[Preface]

Smart home is currently a hot spot in the industry, but what kind of products can be defined as "smart"? Is a camera or a light bulb plus an APP controlled by a mobile phone "smart"? In fact, it is not. After really experiencing these so-called smart products on the market, I understand that it is just a change in the way of control, and the more such products, the more APP in the phone, which not only takes up the space of the phone, but also is not convenient to control.

Many people should have seen the "Super Marine". In addition to the big white, there is a very powerful magnetic robot, but a single robot is only used for fighting, and its function is not powerful. After countless such small robots are connected, the real power will come into play, and it is even expected to change industry, traffic, etc, Although it was used by bad people. In fact, as LEO's ideal smart home, it should also be this mode, which integrates the original single smart bulb, camera, door magnet, door lock, etc. in the market into a system, plus various sensors to trigger the operation and adjustment of various devices through people's activities and needs in the room. For example, when people come home, they don't need a key. The owner unlocks the door through his face or fingerprint. The light can be turned on at the moment of opening the door, and the indoor temperature can be automatically adjusted to the most appropriate. In the morning, they are awakened by beautiful music rather than a loud bell. The curtains will also open automatically, and even the milk has been heated... Brain holes are not enough. In short, From the perspective of personal understanding, intelligence should be more proactive. When there is demand, the device can actively respond to let the whole of your home "serve" you. This is not as simple as an app, because there is not much difference between mobile phone control and remote control in essence.

LifeSmart is a smart home system that LEO came into contact with earlier. They integrate various smart hardware components into one APP. In fact, Alibaba and JD are also doing this. If this is only the case, it may have less advantages than the latter two. After all, the platform has more advantages, but LifeSmart has more advantages Not only the system, but also the product itself. This advantage can make every single product connected, which also makes LifeSmart more likely to realize a real smart home.

I remember that the earliest contact with the LifeSmart product was its capsule bulb. In fact, there were many smart bulbs with better experience at that time. If you really want to look at the single product, there is no advantage. And those who have really experienced a lot of so-called "smart home" products will have their basic products ashed after the freshness. But the advantage of LifeSmart is that it concentrates every single product into its own system, and has many playing methods. Users can DIY, and make their home more intelligent through small hardware. What we want to experience today is four small module hardware.

Hardware

This experience is a total of four types of hardware, multi-functional dynamic sensor, multi-functional environmental sensor, multi-functional magnetic door sensor and random switch. The package of the four models is very small, similar to the ordinary medicine box, and similar products can be seen occasionally in other brands, such as door magnets. Temperature sensor and so on. Now let's begin to understand each item.

First, let's take a look at the multi-functional environmental sensor. The package is very small. You can see the product name on the front of the box, and behind it are some simple product information.

The size of the product is very small, about three fingers wide and a small square, with a small screen in the middle.

The product comes with 3M adhesive backing, which can be pasted to any place where you want to detect temperature and humidity. The power supply of the product adopts CR2450 button battery, and the back cover can be opened by gently pushing down. If the back glue is fixed to the wall, the battery can be removed and replaced as long as the shell is pushed online. Open the cover, you can see a black dot on the upper right corner of the battery, which is used for pairing with the system.

The function of the environment sensor is actually simple. It mainly detects temperature, humidity and illumination, and displays it on the screen, and triggers other intelligent devices with the control center in time. For example, turn on the light through light sensing, or turn on the air conditioner or heating through temperature sensing, provided that these devices are connected with LifeSmart devices.

The multi-functional door magnet and packing box are similar. The size of the door magnet is much smaller than that of the previous generation, so the installation will be more concealed. Of course, there are many door agents of the same type on the market, but because they are relatively simple, the most important function of the door agents on the market is the APP reminder of opening and closing doors. This may be useful for long-term absence, but other practical functions are relatively small. However, although the size of LifeSmart's door magnet is much smaller, its function will be more powerful because of the linkage mechanism, such as the linkage of opening the door and turning on the lights, or the linkage of opening the door and taking photos and videos with the camera.

There is a mark on the side of the door magnet, which corresponds to the magnetic stripe. It also has its own 3M back glue to fix it.

Multi function dynamic sensor. The dynamic sensing module is common in daily life. There are many similar dynamic sensing lights, such as those that can be automatically turned on when people pass nearby (many garden lights at the exit are of this type). But LifeSmart regards this sensing device as a separate module. Through the command center, it can link the intelligent bulb or camera through sensing to complete the work.

Don't underestimate this dynamic sensor. In fact, if the location is reasonable, it can greatly facilitate our life. For example, a linkage can be set at the entrance of the living room, so that people can turn on the light when they come to the living room. Of course, various conditions can be set on the mobile phone APP, such as turning on the light when the light is more than the amount of light, and turning on the light when the light is less than the amount of light. Or linkage camera, automatic photography, etc. This is like a human neuron, which can be installed in multiple corners, so that the whole house can sense your activities and take the initiative to do the corresponding work.

On demand switch. In fact, the purpose of this hardware is to develop on the basis of traditional switches. First, let's not rely too much on mobile phones to switch smart devices. Second, similar physical switches can be seen everywhere in life, and we won't feel unaccustomed to using them. Of course, there are also various devices that are similar to traditional switches in function, but do not need wiring, and can be set to control personal needs.

Similarly, this product can also be fixed in the place where it is needed with adhesive backing. Of course, it can also be placed in a place where it is readily available to control smart bulbs. Of course, it is suggested to design more appearances of the Suixin switch, such as a small pendant, on the desk, which is both beautiful and practical.

The four small accessories are not very big. If you use one separately, it really doesn't make much sense. But if you connect them, they can play a bigger role. But how about the actual connection through APP?

Software

Of course, if you want to use these devices, you must first have a smart center. After downloading the corresponding APP, the mobile phone can enter one-to-one pairing. The matching method is simple. You can search the corresponding product on the APP, or use the app to scan the bar code behind the corresponding intelligent hardware to pair the product to the system.

The addition of equipment is relatively simple, so we won't describe it in detail here. After adding, you can see the corresponding devices on the APP. After adding, the mobile phone can be directly operated and controlled. Each single product can be controlled through the APP, or the status information can be viewed through the APP.

As mentioned above, many products can be linked with each other. For example, the lights can be turned on and off with the optional switch. Some conditions can be preset, such as pressing the switch when the light is on and closing the execution action. Of course, this is just a simple setting. In fact, it can also turn on the light by sensing the illuminance on the multi-functional environmental sensor. If you don't want the light to turn on when people are not at home, you can cooperate with the dynamic sensing. For example, when the condition of people behind the dynamic sensing is reached, you can turn on the light through the light brightness. If you don't meet the requirements, you will not execute similar commands. Isn't it fun?

Moreover, LifeSmart has an advantage that it can also use the local mode of the smart center to control devices when the network is disconnected, which is not available in many smart home systems.

[Suggestions 】

After more than a month's experience, of course, the whole process cannot be said to be perfect. The first logical setting occasionally fails, for example, when the condition design is not perfect, the light will automatically light up when the above linkage conditions disappear, and so on. In addition, for ordinary users, it may be troublesome to set these conditions. You can issue a detailed description and do some modular linkage settings. Of course, users who like to juggle can still customize the settings.

In addition, in the configuration of product sales, if there is already a smart center, for example, the capsule bulb is equipped with a smart center, when purchasing hardware such as cameras, you can not configure a smart center, but can tie in other hardware.

Summary

How to define the meaning of "intelligence"? I believe that only through the system experience of the above products can I have a real experience and have more say. But simply adding a Bluetooth module, a Wifi module and a mobile app to a product can't really be called intelligence. Intelligence should be able to respond more actively to the environment or actions, just as a master orders a servant to work, or just an action of the master, the servant can understand what to do, which is intelligence. Of course, the whole system of LifeSmart is still in continuous improvement. For example, more hardware modules will be added, and the existing intelligent hardware is also in constant updating and improvement. Of course, individuals prefer to experience more LifeSmart modular hardware to make their homes "smart", which is our future life.