Small body and big intelligence, traditional switch can also quickly upgrade intelligence?

Maybe you are realizing that smart products are gradually occupying our lives, then you will be interested in this smart device. In real life, in the process of intelligent transformation, many families often worry about the installed rooms. If you want to reinstall the intelligent switch in the room, it will not only cost a lot, but also have a great impact on the appearance of the existing indoor walls.

Therefore, consumers and manufacturers are considering how to upgrade traditional switches and realize intelligent control without destroying walls. Is there a device with small size and simple installation that can intelligently upgrade the traditional switch? Of course, it would be more ideal if you could hide in the box after the transformation and remotely control the lights after leaving home.

Therefore, a unique intelligent switch module solution represented by LifeSmart has appeared in the market. By adding a switch module in the box to transform the traditional switch, the intelligent upgrade of the home switch is realized. In order to actually experience this type of products, as an early adopter in the field of smart home, this time I brought the evaluation of LiifeSmart's new singularity intelligent switch module. It is understood that this product is currently only suitable for zero fire line. As long as this small module device is added at home, it will bring many smart surprises.

Unpacking: Appearance and Functional Features

This evaluation is a mini LifeSmart intelligent switch module equipped with LifeSmart Intelligent Center. The small size makes people sigh that this may be the smallest switch module at present.

Its function is just as mentioned above: it helps the traditional switch to upgrade intelligently to meet the different intelligent control needs of different users for home lighting. After successful installation, users can even use intelligent voice, mobile APP control, custom scene mode and timing switch.

Product packaging and appearance drawing

In appearance, the outer packaging of the product is a white carton, and there are no renderings and product words on the front, which is very simple; Only on the back can you see some simple English instructions and safety signs, including size, one/two, voltage and other information. It is understood that because this product was first listed abroad, it has not yet been officially listed in China, so there is still a lack of detailed Chinese description.

Suitable for zero fire line, simple and convenient wiring.

LifeSmart single-joint singularity switch module has a stylish and compact appearance, which is slightly smaller than the general door magnetic sensor. The small size of 4232 16mm opens up other similar products on the market and is more suitable for being installed and hidden in the switch box. Interface, singularity module * * * has seven connection ports, which are fixed by two kinds of common small hole screws (cross and straight). It is equipped with three very thin wires and a factory antenna (black line). As shown in the figure:

One side of the module is marked with the wiring diagram of zero live wire, so ordinary users can try wiring with simple electrician knowledge. The other side of the module is the product barcode and product authentication information, and the network key and indicator light are on the right side of the barcode. Like many other home smart security products, the Singularity Switch module can only control the APP through access pairing with the gateway.

Intelligent Center: Building the Control Center of Smart Home

LifeSmart wisdom center

As an important part of home intelligence scene, LifeSmart Intelligent Center, which is connected to the network through network cable, becomes its control center. All product linkage and intelligent control are realized based on this platform. The intelligent center adopts CoSS communication protocol to ensure that users can know the running state of equipment at any time and place and carry out intelligent linkage control.

Product wiring and installation settings

As a novice who doesn't know much about electrician knowledge, it is better to install the wiring according to the existing wiring diagram. Only when you see the instruction manual and wiring diagram of Singularity module, will you really realize that this intelligent switch module is only suitable for zero-live-wire switch, which explains the fact that this product was listed abroad for the first time to some extent.

Original double-open single-fire switch

In this way, the existing single fire switch in the digital intelligent evaluation room cannot be evaluated. How to solve this problem? Because it is in the evaluation environment, we changed our thinking and planned to rewire with a single traditional switch. At the same time, in order to further test the feasibility of the module, we choose a single-open three-hole switch to replace the original double-open single-fire switch.

Considering the actual situation of different families, here is an explanatory diagram to introduce the methods of one-way and two-way connection. Of course, this requires users to have certain professional knowledge. If you have difficulties, you may wish to contact a professional electrician.

The singularity switch module on the hand of the digital intelligent evaluation room is a combined product, so the wiring is easier. First of all, the live wire must be connected to the L hole in the middle of the left side of the singularity switch module, the zero line is connected to the N hole on the far left side, and L 1 and L2 are the live wires for the light bulb, but the actual one-way module can only be connected to L 1.

Front of single-port three-hole switch

Back of single-hole three-hole switch

At the traditional switch wiring on the right, K 1 and K2 are switch control lines respectively, and g is the male line connected to the switch panel. Because we use the power plug for evaluation, it is directly connected to the live wire during installation.

In addition, in order to make the module work normally. We also added the zero fire line, as shown in the figure.

Real shot wiring diagram

It should be added that we had some trouble in wiring. The additional zero line is not shown in the wiring diagram. Therefore, the actual wiring circuit diagram is as follows:

hookup

Actual wiring diagram (subject to actual interface)

After completing the wiring between the switch module and the traditional switch, you can turn on the power supply after confirming that the wiring is correct. If the blue light of the switch module is always on, and the manual control of the switch is normal, it means that the LifeSmart Intelligent Center can be connected. One end is connected to the power supply, and the other end is plugged into the router port at home through the network cable. The indicator light stays on, indicating that smart center has successfully connected to the network.

Matching experience: small body, great use

distribution network

Before testing the LifeSmart Singularity Intelligent Switch Module, we need to allocate the network. Networking is relatively simple. The switch module has a wake-up button. Press and hold 5s or switch to open the contract 10 times to enter the pairing mode. At this point, you can add and access devices in the APP.

step

Open the APP, update the software, add the intelligent center equipment, upgrade the intelligent center to the latest version, and add the singularity switch module to complete the equipment addition.

1. management intelligent switch: APP free control.

After the singularity module is connected to the intelligent center, the corresponding circular switch will appear on the homepage of LifeSmart's app, which can realize the same control as the traditional switch, and it is easy to control and operate.

APP control switch button

2. Intelligent voice control: not just mobile phones.

In addition to the switch button control in the APP, the Singularity Intelligent Module also supports multi-intelligent voice control. Iflytek's voice assistant is built into the APP, which ensures accurate recognition and timely control feedback. There is basically no obvious delay in the light feedback during the whole evaluation process. At the same time, the LifeSmart Singularity module also supports third-party devices. If you have a Xiaomi smart family suit at home, you only need to bind the account in the background of Mijia APP, so you can control the voice with Xiao Ai, and the response speed is also timely.

In addition to Iflytek and Xiao Ai, LifeSmart intelligent switch module also supports a large number of well-known intelligent speaker products at home and abroad, such as Tmall Elf, Xiaodu Home, Ruoqi, Mobvoi, Tencent Cloud Xiao Wei, Amazon Echo/, Google Home and other intelligent voices with strong adaptability and comprehensiveness.

Intelligent voice control

3. Scene linkage: Linkage with sensors.

Due to the lack of LifeSmart products in this evaluation room, the product linkage function has not been fully experienced. However, according to the official understanding, this intelligent module can realize intelligent scenes such as opening the door, turning off the lights when people walk, and lighting with door magnetic sensors or human sensors at night.

Intelligent scene linkage

4. Mobile phone remote control, turn on/off the lights regularly.

Such small problems often occur in our lives. We forgot to turn off the light and go out. When going out, we can observe the lighting situation at home at any time through our mobile phones. Here, we can not only give outsiders the illusion that there is someone at home, but also use electricity reasonably, saving the high monthly electricity bill.

At the same time, the function of APP timer switch is also very useful, and we can customize the scene with other sensors during use. For example, the mode of going home from work, as shown in figure:

APP timing function

Stylish and compact, easy to install, which is the advantage of LifeSmart singularity switch module. This product can be compatible with switch panels of various specifications and brands such as 80, 86, 120. By cleverly hiding in the box, the intelligent upgrade of traditional switches is realized, and the important pain points of people in the process of traditional switch transformation are solved.

Of course, more practical application scenarios such as smart speaker control and product equipment scene linkage require consumers to spend more time exploring and developing. LifeSmart singularity switch module may not be a perfect intelligent module product, but for users, it is the most worthwhile smart home life to buy a good product at a lower cost and give full play to its intelligent functions.