Since the addition of Mijia sweeping robot at home, I have been adding smart home products under Xiaomi. At home, there are no less than 20 Xiaomi smart home devices. The Internet, sweeping, security monitoring, air purification and other things are all the responsibility of Xiaomi, which frees itself from the tedious housework, and truly feels the ease and comfort brought by technology.

Smart home is something that is addictive if you don't play it. Now that we have settled the problem, we began to think about how to improve the comfort and convenience in the next step, so the intellectualization of traditional household appliances was put on the agenda.

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Here comes what I need. This is the product of this evaluation: Aqara smart bedroom suit 。

1、 Easy to use product portfolio

Aqara is a Xiaomi ecological chain enterprise Its own brand focuses on ZigBee ultra low power consumption equipment. The well-known smart home products of Xiaomi, such as smart gateway, air conditioner companion, smart socket ZigBee version, are all products created by Green Rice.

"ZigBee technology is a short-range, low-power wireless communication technology, characterized by short distance, low complexity, self-organization, low power consumption, and low data rate. It is mainly suitable for automatic control and remote control, and can be embedded in various devices. " ——From Baidu

Tips: ZigBee accessories adopt ultra-low power consumption chips and communication protocols, and generally use button batteries to supply power. One button battery can maintain a service life of more than one year. Since it does not need mains power supply, its installation location is more optional, but it needs to cooperate with ZigBee gateway or air conditioning partner to use its linkage function.

In addition to the products that can be purchased separately, in order to simplify the beginners' difficulty in getting started, Lvmi Lianchuang also launched highly targeted product packages, such as smart home combinations, air conditioning light control combinations, smart bedroom combinations and other package products.

The packing box of Aqara Smart Bedroom Set is a large white box, which is consistent with the style of Xiaomi Smart Home Products.

The bedroom photo on the back of the box reflects the applicable occasions of this set of products.

When opening the box, the first thing you see is a play guide in the form of a cartoon. For those who have just come into contact with smart home, they can get started quickly by following the lead.

The back of the comic paper is the instruction manual and San Bao certificate of all products in the package.

Products in the package: wall socket ZigBee version, air conditioner partner, human body sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, wireless switch (wall mounted single key version), wireless switch (wall mounted double key version), wall switch (single live wire double key version), and a accessory box with double-sided adhesive tape and 86 boxes of screws.

Although the main application scenario of the Aqara Smart Bedroom Suite is in the bedroom, players can figure out various personalized play methods without opening too large a brain hole.

2、 Make your family safer

Before getting the Aqara bedroom suite, I had built a simple security system in the living room area using several smart home accessories such as Mijia's air conditioner partner, Xiaomi human body sensor, Xiaomi wireless switch, Dafang PTZ camera, etc. When the human body sensor detects an illegal intrusion, the room will alarm and send a notice to the mobile phone The camera automatically tracks the video and uploads it to the cloud at the same time. After receiving the alarm notification, the mobile phone can remotely view the real-time picture taken by the camera.

Existing security system ▼ in living room area

There are two shortcomings of this system. One is that the kitchen is not in the monitoring range. The other is that if a family comes out of the bedroom area at night, they must first use their mobile phones to remove the security, or they will trigger a false alarm.

The human body sensor and wireless switch in the Aqara smart bedroom suite can just make up for the above shortcomings. The smart light control in the kitchen is also realized when matched with the wall switch.

Aqara body sensor Comparison with Mijia human body sensor ▼

The size of Aqara body sensor is almost the same as that of Mijia brand. The difference is that it has added a built-in light sensor and an adjustable angle mounting base. Due to the existence of light sensors, Aqara's products are easier to realize the intelligent light control function than Mijia's products.

With an angle adjustable bracket, it is easier to find a suitable installation position for the Aqara body sensor.

Aqara wall switch It is not very different from traditional products in appearance, but the workmanship is more exquisite, it looks like a work of art, and the stroke of keys is very good.

In use, it is different from the traditional switch. The button of the Aqara wall switch is self resetting. After pressing and releasing, the button will return to its original position. This has caused a problem. It is impossible to judge the opening and closing state of the internal power switch from the key position. Since it is a product connected to mains power, it is unnecessary to consider the power consumption. It is more ideal to embed LEDs on the surface of keys to display the opening and closing status.

The installed wall switch is very beautiful, which is more upscale than the original switch.

Body sensors and wall switches are installed in the kitchen, and the central control equipment uses the original Mijia air-conditioning partner in the living room. There was some concern about whether ZigBee communication would be affected by a wall. There was no problem in the actual measurement, and the control and state transmission were stable and reliable.

In Mijia App, the Aqara body sensor has one more trigger condition than Xiaomi's product: "someone moves and the brightness is dark", so it is very simple to use it to realize automatic light control.

The right button of the wall switch is used to control the kitchen lamp. After two automatic programs are created, it is unnecessary to press the right button. When the light is insufficient, as long as someone walks to the kitchen door, the kitchen lamp will automatically light up, and it will automatically turn off 2 minutes after leaving.

As for the left button, it is used to control the ceiling lamp of the kitchen balcony. There is no need for automatic control here. If you need to go to the balcony, just press the left button like a traditional switch.

The Aqara body sensor is also used for kitchen alert. Since the alert mode automation has been completed previously, now it is only necessary to add the kitchen body sensor to the alarm trigger device of the air conditioner partner.

In suit Wireless switch (wall mounted single key version) It is used to solve the problem of mistakenly triggering the alarm when walking from the bedroom to the living room.

The wall mounted wireless switch does not have a strong current interface protruding from the back. It can be pasted anywhere needed with double-sided adhesive tape. I pasted it on the wall of the corridor between the bedroom area and the living room. The control equipment connected is still the original air-conditioning partner of the living room.

It should be noted that the wall mounted wireless switch can only be triggered by clicking the button, while the button type wireless switch, which is also a product of Green Meter Lianchuang, can be triggered by clicking, double clicking and long pressing. I tried to force the air conditioner partner to set it as a button type wireless switch when connecting it, but the air conditioner partner can still correctly identify the connected product as wall mounted after successful connection.

In my understanding, the reason why Aqara does this is that the wall mounted wireless switch is generally used for light control. In order to have the same use experience as the traditional light switch, the corresponding action must be executed at the moment of pressing. If double click and long press actions are introduced, the control can only be triggered after the key is released and delayed for a period of time, and the operating experience will be different. The actual test also confirmed my analysis. When the button type wireless switch is used to control the light, there will be a delay of about 1s from the button press to the light action, while when the wall mounted switch is used to control the light, there will be no delay.

Therefore, if it is used to control lights, it is preferred to use wall mounted wireless switches, while for controlling other equipment, button switches can achieve more functions through different actions.

Let both the wall mounted and button mounted wireless switches trigger the "switch alert mode" action, so that when the system is in the armed state, press the wall mounted switch before walking from the bedroom to the living room to turn off the alert, and press it again when returning to the bedroom to return to the alert state.

Perfect security system and kitchen automatic light control ▼

So far, the intelligent transformation of the living room and kitchen area has been completed.

3、 Make the bedroom more comfortable

Multi function gateway or air conditioner companion is the core control equipment that enables ZigBee equipment to work together. The first step to build an intelligent bedroom system is, of course, to install the Aqara air conditioner companion.

Aqara air conditioner partner ▼

Compared with Mijia's air conditioner partner, Aqara's air conditioner partner is more delicate in appearance, but its actual functions are completely the same, with infrared emission, network radio, ZigBee gateway functions.

Many people do not know how to choose between multi-functional gateway and air conditioning partner. In brief, both the multi-functional gateway and the air conditioner partner have built-in ZigBee WiFi gateway, built-in speaker and network radio, the multi-functional gateway also has light sensor and night light functions, while the air conditioner partner has infrared emission functions. Therefore, if you need to control traditional appliances (air conditioners or other infrared remote control appliances), you should choose an air conditioner partner. If you need a brightness sensor instead of this demand, you should choose a multi-functional gateway. Another difference is that the multi-function gateway needs to occupy a common 10A socket, while the air conditioner partner is suitable for the 16A socket dedicated to the air conditioner and has the same power output specification.

When it comes to the infrared function of the air conditioner partner, I have to mention that the infrared emission ability and effective range of the air conditioner partner are amazing. Take my master bedroom air conditioner as an example. The indoor unit and socket of the air conditioner are respectively installed on two walls at 90 degrees. The infrared receiver of the air conditioner is located at the other end far from the air conditioner socket, but the air conditioner partner can control the air conditioner through infrared.

The air conditioner companion can not only be used to control the air conditioner, it has the infrared learning function, and can control any electric appliance that can be remotely controlled by infrared. The original air conditioner companion in my living room, in addition to controlling the air conditioner, is also used to control an old non intelligent air purifier, so that it can be linked with the millet air purifier in the bedroom to achieve intelligent switch. The new Aqara air conditioner partner is placed in the bedroom and is also used to remotely control the power amplifier switch of the bookshelf sound. Lying in bed and moving your fingers can play beautiful music, and happiness is multiplied.

Therefore, users of air conditioner partners must not waste its infrared function, which is a sharp tool to make traditional household appliances intelligent.

Although the Aqara smart bedroom suite recommends such play methods as "automatically turn on the air conditioner when there is someone in the room and the temperature is high", there are too many factors to consider in practical application, the control conditions are complex, and the air conditioner itself is not suitable for frequent switching on and off, so I only set a notification to the mobile phone when the indoor temperature is high. As for switching on and off the air conditioner, there is a voice robot, In a word.

Compared with the warm and humid south, the more realistic demand of the north is to increase the indoor humidity. My goal is to automatically control the humidifier according to the indoor humidity, so that the bedroom always maintains the appropriate humidity.

The other three accessories in the Aqara smart bedroom suite are used here: temperature and humidity sensor, wall socket ZigBee version, wireless switch (wall mounted double key version).

Temperature and humidity sensor ▼

The general air conditioner can only detect the temperature near the indoor unit, which is quite different from the temperature near the bed. Attach the temperature and humidity sensor to the bed head to detect the temperature and humidity near the bed at any time, and use this data to control the air conditioner, which will be more consistent with the real feelings of the human body.

In addition to temperature and humidity, the Aqara temperature and humidity sensor can also detect atmospheric pressure. Outdoor enthusiasts know that the sudden change of air pressure means that a rainstorm is coming, so they can use this data to predict the weather. Unfortunately, the detected air pressure value cannot be used as an automatic trigger condition in Mijia App. We hope that this problem can be solved through software or firmware updates in the future.

Intelligent wall socket ZigBee version ▼

The smart wall socket adopts 86 box standard design, which can directly replace the traditional wall socket. There are pairing buttons and power on/off indicators on the panel. Although it is a 5-hole socket, the upper two holes and the lower three holes must be connected and disconnected at the same time, and cannot be controlled separately, which is a pity.

The wall socket is very functional. In addition to the program control switch, it also has the functions of timing switch, countdown, power-off memory, charging protection, power limit, etc. If you use this socket to charge your mobile phone while sleeping, and turn on the charging protection function, it will automatically power off after the charging is completed, so as to avoid battery overcharge affecting the life.

I installed this socket near the window sill of my bedroom. This socket has humidifiers inserted in three seasons of the year. In summer, when there is no need for humidification, an electric fan will be inserted. It is not too hot at night to use an electric fan to blow the cool outdoor air indoors.

Wireless switch (wall mounted double key version) ▼

This must be attached to the bed. You can control the humidifier and electric fan without getting up when lying in bed.

In fact, the most appropriate use of the wall mounted wireless switch is to cooperate with the wall mounted wall switch to realize the double opening and double control of the lights and avoid the trouble of slotting and wiring. However, when my house was decorated, there was no such good product. The traditional wiring method has been used for dual control of the aisle lights, so this wireless switch was used alone in the bedroom.

In addition to pressing the left and right buttons separately as the trigger condition, the wireless switch double key version also adds the trigger action of pressing the left and right buttons simultaneously.

The automatic control of humidifier can be realized by linking the wall socket with the temperature and humidity sensor. Considering that the humidifier is separated by curtains when sleeping at night, the humidifier should be kept closed.

To do this, first define two automations in Mijia App:

When the humidity is lower than 30% - the wall socket is turned on, and the effective time is 8:00~22:00;

The humidity is higher than 50%, or 22:00 every day - the wall socket is off.

The automatic control of humidifier has been realized by opening these two automations.

However, it is also necessary to consider that the socket needs to be powered all the time when connecting to other appliances, and stop automatic humidification when going on holiday for many days, so it is also necessary to cooperate with the wireless switch.

The control logic of wireless switch is as follows:

Press the left button - the socket is powered on and the linkage with the temperature and humidity sensor is closed;

Right click - the socket is powered off, and the linkage with the temperature and humidity sensor is closed;

Press the left and right keys at the same time - automatically control the connection and disconnection of the socket according to the ambient humidity.

Although the functions triggered by wireless switches can be controlled in Mijia App, it is obviously simpler and more intuitive to use wireless switches to control.

Since the automatic humidification was put into use, the comfort of the bedroom has increased significantly, and the happiness index has risen sharply. When summer comes, prepare to design an automatic control scheme for electric fans and air conditioners, which will effectively reduce the use of air conditioners, and ensure a comfortable sleep while saving electricity.

4、 Advantages of packaged products

Lvmi Lianchuang has successively launched a variety of smart hardware packages for different application scenarios, from the simplest combination of air conditioning light control to a more comprehensive smart bedroom package. These package products are highly targeted. They not only provide the required intelligent hardware, but also provide a variety of recommended play methods. You can easily achieve the required functions according to the diagram.

This Aqara smart bedroom set is a complete set of intelligent temperature control and light control solutions for the bedroom, which is very suitable for creating a warm and comfortable bedroom environment. Even if you don't have any experience in smart home, you can easily get started and enter the threshold of smart home.

For users who are familiar with smart home products, buying a package has more price advantages than purchasing each accessory separately. You can use each smart hardware in the package to create a smart home system that meets personalized needs and fully enjoy the fun of DIY.

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