I like all smart products, and my home is about to be built into a smart home model room.

Those who like to play smart home know that the intelligent transformation of lighting is a very troublesome thing. Various sensors and smart bulbs are expensive, and the linkage relationship is quite complex.

stay Love to play computer games The biggest benefit of playing on such a digital product platform is that you will have the opportunity to know some novel digital products that you have never paid attention to before. If you are lucky, you can also get a free trial. The trial product applied for this time is "Millimeter ROOME Switch Genie (Bluetooth version)".

According to the official website, the ROOME switch wizard is directly attached to the existing wall switch, and the installation is completed in ten seconds, turning the ordinary switch into an intelligent switch.

Now let's take a look at the magic of this ROOME switch wizard.

1、 Appearance and structure

↓ Simple packing box

↓ Selling point: common switches become intelligent in seconds

↓ The switch wizard is simpler than the packaging box, and the surface is covered with transparent protective film

The switch wizard has single button, double button and three button product versions. I got the single button version, which is suitable for use with standard single switch.

↓ All contents in the package: product itself, user manual, Velcro x4, charging cable x1

↓ This product has light sensing function, and the light sensing hole is opened at the upper end ‍

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↓ The lower end is the MicroUSB charging hole and the charging/power indicator

When charging, the indicator light will flash, and a long light indicates full charge. If the indicator flashes red and blue alternately during the use of the product, it indicates that the battery is insufficient and needs to be charged.

↓ At the bottom are two mechanical paddles, which alternately extend and retract during the action, so as to simulate the action of pressing the traditional mechanical switch by hand.

↓ Check how the two paddles work

‍ ↓ Side close-up. There is a gap between the transparent panel and the white base, which is the stroke when pressing the panel. You can feel clear key feedback on your hands, get the feel of traditional key switches, and effectively avoid misoperation.

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2、 Installation

The official said that the switch upgrade should be completed within 10 seconds, but I encountered a little trouble, but this is not the problem of the product itself.

The switch wizard needs to be fixed on the traditional switch panel by the Velcro on the top and bottom of the back. But the surface of my switch panel has a large radian. The middle is high and the two ends are low. Although the Velcro has a certain thickness, it is still not thick enough to be fixed. See the figure below.

↓ As a veteran of DIY, this problem is certainly not difficult for me. First, stick a piece of strong double-sided adhesive tape with a certain thickness on the original panel.

↓ Stick the velcro attached to the package on the double-sided adhesive tape, and then press the switch wizard to fix it.

In this way, we can use it first. If the double-sided adhesive is not solid, we can use hot melt adhesive in the future.

There are two details that need to be mentioned. First, there are 4 velcro stickers in the package, and only 2 are needed for actual installation. If the stickers are misplaced or the switch wizard needs to be moved in the future, there are another 2 available. In addition, when the installation is completed, the switch wizard is slightly larger than the original panel from the front, just blocking the old switch behind. Without careful observation, you will not notice that this is an additional addition.

Details determine success or failure These thoughtful details reflect the manufacturer's intentions.

3、 Configuration

Since it is a smart device, it can not be separated from the mobile phone client.

For regular code scanning and downloading, account registration is required for the first time. The user account is used to bind the ROOME smart device and all the settings. When the phone is changed, there is no need to reconfigure the device. After logging in, all the settings are back, which is very convenient and considerate.

Then bind the device through Bluetooth. You don't need to read the manual, just follow the app prompts, and the elderly have no difficulty.

After the binding is completed, the equipment needs to be assigned a room. If there are many equipment, they can be classified and controlled according to the room.

I put this switch at the entrance of the hall. The app does not have a hall by default. Click Add Room below to add it.

After the equipment is added, the key height of the original switch needs to be calibrated so that the key wizard can accurately execute the switch action. There are various types of switches on the market. If the default low, medium and high gears fail to operate correctly, there is a function of user-defined key height, which can match almost all traditional switches. This is another very careful detail.

Fortunately, my switch does not need to customize the height. The default middle gear can be controlled correctly.

4、 Using

The ways of ROOME switch wizard to control the switch include mobile phone app (via Bluetooth) control, timeout automatic light off, manual and automatic scenes, light switch, traditional key control, etc.

Mobile phone control

Open the application, and the home page lists common scenarios and devices. Directly click the white box of the device to quickly turn on or turn off the light. Long press to enter the second level page, and there is a delayed turn off option.

The action of the mobile phone control switch is required to be in the Bluetooth connection state, so the mobile phone and the switch must be in the same room. Generally, the main light switch in the room is located at the door. If you are too lazy to get up and get out of bed before going to bed to turn off the light, the mobile app can be used as a remote control, and it can also be delayed for a period of time. Children who are afraid of the dark can safely turn on the light to sleep.

Several common scenarios are also listed on the application homepage, which will be discussed later.

Automatic light off after timeout

If you turn off the corridor lights before going to bed, you can't avoid going to the bedroom in the dark. It's very useful to turn off the lights automatically after a timeout.

The timeout can be set to 59 minutes and 59 seconds at most. After the setting is completed and enabled, whether the lights are turned on manually or the app is turned on, the lights will be turned off automatically at the set time, which is suitable for corridor light control.

Manual and scheduled scenarios

Scene is an important embodiment of intelligent switch wizard. Here you can customize multiple manual scenes or timed scenes, and realize the single control or group control function of multiple switch sprites by triggering scenes.

Manual scene : It is triggered by clicking the scene button to switch a lamp or a group of lamps with one key. For example, when going out, you can turn off all lights with one button, and when going home, you can turn on hall lights and living room lights with one button.

Timing scenario : When the set time is reached, the scene will be automatically triggered. You can also control a single or a group of switch sprites. For example, I set a series of timing scenarios according to my family's work and rest time on weekdays and weekends to automatically turn on the hall lights before getting home from work.

Just imagine that when you open the door with tired legs after a full day's work, whether you are greeted by dark rooms or warm lights is absolutely different. Relaxation and happiness arise spontaneously.

Optical switch

The switch wizard has a built-in brightness sensor, which can automatically switch the light according to the detected ambient brightness.

The trigger brightness of the light sense automatic light on and automatic light off is set separately. The switch wizard has built-in intelligent algorithm, which can learn the ambient brightness when the light is turned on and off according to the accumulation of a period of time. If you are not satisfied with the trigger brightness value set automatically, you can also set it manually.

My switch genie is installed at the door. It's dark all day. But after several days of learning, the switch genie has fully adapted to the environment, and the temperature of the switch light is well controlled. Now I can safely let it adapt.

After the light sensor switch is enabled, will the light automatically turn on when sleeping at night? Of course not. The manufacturer has already considered this problem. In the automatic light on setting, you can set the sleep period on weekdays and weekends, and the light sensing light on function will not take effect during sleep.

Key control

No matter how advanced the intelligent equipment is, it will serve people after all. For a household device that is used frequently every day, if the cost of intelligent upgrading is to change the daily use habits, the acceptance of this product may be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the ROOME switch wizard retains the traditional key operation mode. The gap between the panel and the base is the key stroke. When pressing the panel, you can feel the feedback clearly on your hand, get the feel of the traditional key switch, and effectively avoid misoperation.

The panel also has touch sensing function. Touch the panel with your finger, and the blue indicator light will display the on/off status of the current light. It was difficult to understand at first. If you want to know whether the switch is turned on or not, just look up at the light. Why do you want to touch the switch? On reflection, when you need to change the bulb, make sure that the switch is powered on before removing the old bulb, which will ensure your personal safety. I have to praise the manufacturer's thoughtfulness and care again.

In addition, many functions of the switch wizard can be operated through the panel.

Touch: check the current key status

Press: Turn the light on/off

Long press for 5 seconds (until all indicators flash): switch on/off

Long press for 10 seconds (until the indicator light flashes red and blue alternately): key calibration

Long press for 15 seconds (until all red indicators flash): restore factory settings

The indicator light flashes alternately red and blue, and the red light flashes: the battery is low

5、 Some fantastic ideas

After a few days of experience, I feel that the ROOME switch wizard is a very creative and highly playable product, which allows users to meet most of the needs of intelligent lighting at a very low cost, and there are many details worthy of serious consideration. In the process of use, the author also generated some fantastic ideas and wrote them for manufacturers' reference.

1. The product has a built-in Bluetooth 4.1 low-power chip. In addition to being used for APP connection settings, if it can be set to turn on the light when connected to a designated Bluetooth device (such as a mobile phone), and turn off the light when disconnected, this is equivalent to adding the human body sensor function to the key wizard, but I don't know whether it will increase the Bluetooth power consumption in addition.

2. It is recommended to add the function of automatically turning on and off the lights according to the sunrise and sunset time. The sunrise and sunset time in winter and summer are quite different, and the use of timed scenes requires frequent modification of the light on/off time. It would be more considerate if the light on/off time could be automatically adjusted through calculation based on the geographical location entered by the user when registering and the current date.

6、 Experience summary

A small product worth 200 yuan is simple but not simple. Mobile phone control, self-learning intelligent light sensor control, manual and timed scenes, and delayed light off have basically covered the needs of household daily light control, saving the cost of purchasing additional sensors and avoiding cumbersome sensor linkage configuration.

Compared with intelligent devices based on WiFi and linkage sensors, some special scenarios are naturally difficult to achieve, such as automatically turning on the lights when encountering an intrusion, such as remote control of switches through cloud services. However, ROOME has the advantages of excellent workmanship, simple installation, comprehensive functions, independent work, considerate details, no network support, and compatibility with traditional operations. It is a good product for home upgrading intelligent lighting.

In addition to the single bond products mentioned in this article, ROOME has double bond and triple bond products for users to choose from. According to the information provided on the official website, the ZigBee version should be available soon. ZigBee version supports multiple switch genie ad hoc networks to achieve linkage control, which is more flexible and playable.

We are looking forward to the new products of ROOME, and we are also looking forward to experiencing the technological innovation of ROOME at the first time.

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