Thanks to the transformation from a single product to a systematic product, the smart home experience has achieved a qualitative leap in the past two years, attracting more consumers attention. However, at present, for many ordinary consumers, the one-time installation of a full set of smart home may not be realistic, to "just need" attributes of the more prominent products can yet be regarded as a shortcut to taste new intelligent life. Considering the number of demand, the use of stickiness and other factors, the intelligent switch is undoubtedly one of the best choices.

Different from the traditional switch

Intelligent switch is the intelligence of traditional switch, which is an upgrade from traditional switch 1 to N, rather than directly from 0 to 1. Also because of this, the intelligent switch in the appearance and shape is basically with the traditional switch, a lot of intelligent switch can basically be recognized as the switch, installation is no difference. Of course, smart switches are more different from traditional switches. On the structure:

The main difference is the internal structure, the traditional ordinary switch is mainly the cut off and connection of the circuit, the internal structure is very simple, and the intelligent switch in addition to some things inside the traditional switch, mainly is to increase the circuit board, communication modules, relay, capacitors and other chips, far more complex than the traditional switch.technically:

This intelligent switch is also much more complex, the intelligent switch should consider the communication technology, standby power access technology, electronic control technology, programming technology and so on. In fact, the smart switch is not only just a hardware problem, but also involves the software, which is also one of the biggest difference between the smart home and the traditional home furnishing. Functions:

In the final analysis, the function of intelligent switch and traditional switch has similarities, which are to realize the control of lighting equipment nodes. The difference is that the traditional switch can only be on and off, while the intelligent switch can be done more carefully, there is an intermediate state between switches, such as adjusting brightness, color temperature, etc. In addition, there are also certain differences in the number of control, the number of intelligent switch control is far from the traditional switch, generally tens of hundreds are not a problem. Used on:

The use of traditional switch can pull, can be press, can touch, but there is always the same, to hand to control, intelligent switch in the traditional switch on the basis of local control has improved greatly, such as mobile APP control, linkage induction control, timing control, etc., can break through the limit of time and space.

How does the smart switch wire it out

One: wire wiring

Intelligent switch wire wiring, in fact, with the ordinary switch, at the same time simpler than the ordinary switch. Specific wiring way is arranged by the electrician basically, specific no longer do detailed explanation. The main ones are some differences.

The wiring of the traditional switch is mainly considering that some lights need double control, or even three control, so the wiring is more complex. And the current intelligent switch wiring, there is no need to consider the problem of multiple control, only need to connect the corresponding light wire to the corresponding switch bottom box. That is to say, completely by the single control to conduct the wiring.

So so, how to achieve the requirement of multiple control? This is the second part of the signal line to solve! Two: signal line wiring

The current intelligent switch, intelligent is mainly reflected in the mutual control between switch and switch, switch and switch to form a network, through the transmission of signal commands in the network, to achieve the purpose of intelligent control. For example, just the multi-control, is through the signal line to pass the command to the actual wiring of the switch, command the switch to turn on or off the light.

In order to form a network between switches and switches, it is necessary to connect all the switches with signal lines. Signal line belongs to the weak wire, also need to slot pipe distribution and other operations, need to comply with the principle of weak current wiring. With the most popular 485 communication protocol intelligent switch wiring, in fact, the wiring is very simple, as long as the signal line to each switch bottom box string can be connected up, the connection mode is very flexible.

The possibility of future smart switches

In 2015, foreign media exposed a patent for Apple. It describes an intelligent switching system based on holographic projection technology. In short, once the system detects that someone enters the room, the projector directly above the roof will project some virtual switches according to the preset, from which we can directly control the lights, sound, curtains and appliances. Apples patent is morphological, arguing that future switches could be virtual.

As for function, the switch is electrical equipment controller, clear electricity is not impossible, such as each switch can calculate the specific power consumption of the terminal, and can through voice broadcast, or we can through the phone to view the relevant electricity report (the smart home can have a big power system, the system platform can reflect the equipment or use battery, the user can control the energy consumption of specific equipment).