welcome to the third instalment of our evaluation of the Devolo house manage range. So far we have the starter pack up running with some extra movement detection as well as changing capabilities.
We have evaluated numerous elements of the myDevolo app, adding devices, producing groups, guidelines as well as scenes. We will now look at the security as well as safety and security applications in addition to even more software application capabilities.
One of the justifications for building a wise house is security as well as safety and security in addition to benefit as well as energy efficiency. With the utilize of rules, groups as well as scenes it’s extremely simple to provide the appearance that your residential or commercial property is occupied while you are away by turning lights as well as even appliances like a TV on as well as off, however much more can be achieved.
Emniyet
The Devolo Smoke Detector (Art No:09504) RRP £49.99 operates as a stand alone smoke detector. When it detects smoke it emits a loud cautioning tone through its piezo electric sounder as well as flashes the centre LED switch just like a routine battery powered detector. Its style implies you have to put a battery in it before you can screw it up, we have seen headlines of a terminate in a residential or commercial property that had a smoke alarm however no battery in it. eliminate it from its base for as well long as well as the alarm will go off, just like a tamper alarm. regrettable it doesn’t comments the tamper condition to the software.
Anyone who has checked out one of the previous evaluations will understand what’s coming – adding gadgets to the Devolo network takes seconds. begin the add gadgets sequence, tell it which gadget you want to add, press a button as well as there you go.
Once linked to the Z-Wave network it’s capabilities are improved further. It can be integrated with the rest of the network, triggering lights to find on as well as send notifications through sms or email when an alarm is triggered with the suitable set of guidelines as well as notifications.
Current UK building policies stipulate amongst other things that, a house ought to have at least one smoke detector on every floor, within 7.5m of each door, long-term AC mains powered, on their own circuit linked back to the consumer system as well as be interlinked so when one goes off they all go off. With these demands in mind this detector like numerous on the market with a battery power supply will not satisfy building policies as well as might only be utilized to compliment an existing compliant smoke detector installation. It is a completely great smoke detector for retrofitting or for utilize in conjunction with an existing system.
We tried to set up a guideline to ensure that when a smoke alarm was triggered that one more detector would noise in tandem however the app does not enable you to put the smoke detector in the ‘Then’ part of the guidelines builder. I am sure Devolo have their reasons however it would be great to set off all smoke detectors if one goes off in a similar method to hardwired as well as interlinked detectors work.
It would likewise be helpful if the sounder of the smoke detector might be utilized a part of an alarm setup. set the system to an ‘away’ or ‘night’ mode as well as if any type of of the suitable alarm sensors are triggered then the sounders emit a different cautioning tone to the one utilized in the event of a smoke alarm trigger. At present you requirement to purchase an extra sounder.
After at first setting up this gadget as well as before publishing Devolo issued a recall of the smoke detector as it has shown formal deficiencies with regard to European basic EN14604. For this reason as well as as a precautionary determine they issued a recall. We were provided an RMA number as well as prepaid postage. A replacement will be issued between July as well as August, so no precise date.
Güvenlik
The system has remove safety and security applications as it can spot movement in addition to opening doors as well as windows. The Devolo platform does appear dependable sufficient as so far it does whatever when we expect it would. There are some missing features when compared to an existing or conventional alarm system as well as this can be stated for the majority of Z-Wave devices. The test home has a traditional intruder alarm as well as we believed to compare as well as contrast the two.
As discussed in an earlier evaluation of the sensors there is no tamper detection. A sensor might be interfered with without any type of indication. On the test home traditional alarm removal of a sensor gadget or opening its situation will set off an alarm.
In the event of a power cut the hub loses all performance whereas the test home alarm has a battery backup so the residential or commercial property stays secured as well as features like the auto-dialer as well as smoke detection still function. This issue may be conquer by adding a UPS to the hub as well as Web routers as well as gateway to preserve the system as well as a connection to the outside world.
The test home has two outside siren/strobe units that will spring into life if triggered by the alarm. At the moment there is no similar z-wave gadget we understood about. It may be possible to integrate these by utilizing a z-wave based low voltage relay as well as an input appropriate for the outside unit.
The intruder alarm market requirements are set in files PD6662 as well as EN50131. These govern the technical demands for the design, installation as well as operation of alarm systems as well as their components. We have not come across any type of Z-Wave elements that satisfy these standards.
The expense of Z-Wave gadgets compared to conventional wired or even wireless elements is higher. For comparison a quick browse will turn up a Yale diy wireless alarm with a telecommunication feature, bell box, dummy bell box, two PIR, two door contacts for £195 as well as adding a essential fob, PIR or one more door/window switch will expense £20 not they common Z-Wave £50 device. Of program this is a stand alone system as well as you would be not able to leverage any type of type of house automation with it. A similar wired system from a respectable producer costs even less. The test home has PIRs in every space as well as several door as well as window sensors. Some convergence in these technologies as well as requirements will occur shortly, one imminent example is the Texecom link system which will enable a traditional safety and security system to work with Z-Wave based components. We will have to wait to see what this implies for the house automation market.
Any Z-Wave safety and security application ought to be referred to as a benefit rather than a replacement for a conventional system particularly where mandated by insurance coverage business or where you would want to take a discount rate on your house insurance coverage policy as a result of having a system installed as well as maintained.
Bildirimler
You have a option of notification methods, SMS, email or push as well as you can set up one or several methods. You can utilize the Devolo SMS gateway however you will be restricted to the number of SMS you can send as well as a journal of messages sent can be accessed with your profile settings. It’s not apparent exactly how to purchase a larger SMS entitlement so we utilized the on the internet concern tool however no different to previous events ‘No professionals were on line’. We submitted a concern as well as you requirement to add some much more to a cart. It’s not apparent where this cart is however back on the myDevolo there is a link to ‘devolo shop’ however it is in German. You can likewise configure your own SMS gateway if you requirement to send much more messages or have an existing account elsewhere.
It is challenging to see where to add extra email addresses for notifying other people as all the notifications are tailored to the registered individual of the system. once again we submitted a concern as well as you requirement to add a ‘Sharer’ in the my setting page. You go into an email address as well as an invite is sent to the new user. The new individual needs to go into their name as well as date of birth as well as agree to the typical terms as well as conditions. up until the individual registers they will show as pending on under the listing of sharers. There is no apparent method to add extra smart phone numbers or register extra devices.
Once a notification is configuration you next go to guidelines as well as configuration a guideline to set off a notification, for example email the residential or commercial property owner when the front door is opened.
Further experience of the app
One element to note is what appears to be the prolonged process to get to the info you requirement in the app. To illustrate, preliminary starting the app you are satisfied with a Devolo sprinkle screen, complied with by a myDevolo screen where you choose HomeControl, then on the next screen you choose your HomeControl Hub as well as then you see your devices. Our experience is this can take between 20-30 seconds. a few of this will be because of gadget as well as Web latency however we believe Devolo might eliminate a couple of the steps explained above.
The app appears to be a shell for a website particularly developed for the little screen as the exact same pages can be saw in a desktop browser. When moving from one screen to one more you often see a ‘Loading’ spinner as well as when going into a gadget an preliminary message flashes up ‘No widgets available! Please add widgets to the dashboard.’ Whilst disconcerting it rapidly vanishes when a spinner has rotated.
On the app it is not possible to gain access to the history graphs, a function we believe is missing. BTYapılandırmayı veya düzenleme işlevselliğini kısıtladığınız için uygulamayı sistemin temel bir kitlesi olarak açıklamak için en iyisidir, örneğin mevcut bir bildirimi açabilirsiniz/kapatabilirsiniz, yeni bir bildirim ayarlayamazsınız, geri döndürebilirsiniz. Masaüstü tarayıcınıza geri dönün.
Cihaz gecikmesi
Gadget’lardan birkaçını uzun süre kullanmış olmak, kaçınılmaz bir unsur gecikme. Bu, ışık yandığında hareket sensörünün tetiklendiği geceleri görünür. Sadece bir saniyenin bir kısmı olabilir, ancak karanlık bir koridorda bir kez daha bulmak için ışığı beklerken çok daha uzun görünüyor, sistemlerin dışında bölgesel ağ ve web trafiği gibi unsurlar olabilir.
Anahtarlık
Bu taksitte bakacağımız ikinci donanım, uzak temel fob (Sanat No: 9506 RRP £ 35). Ortak garaj kapısı uzaktan kumandanızdan daha büyük olmayan 4 düğme gadget’tır. 4 düğmenin her biri ayrı ayrı programlanabilir ve birkaç yönetme seçeneğiniz vardır, doğrudan gadget yönetir veya sahneleri başlatır.
Test evimizde, hoş bir ev olarak ışıkları açmak ve yöntem üzerindeki ışıkları kapatmak veya yatmak için kullandık.
Bunun, düşük voltaj rölesi gibi bazı ekstra donanımlarla nasıl daha fazla kullanılabileceğini tam olarak görmek mümkündür, elektrik kapılarının yanı sıra garaj kapılarını açabilir. Ne yazık ki Devolo, bu yeteneği donanım portföyüne eklemedi, ancak diğer üreticilerden sunuldu.
Pil ömrü
7 hafta geçti çünkü kapı sensörünü ve hareket sensörünü taktık, pil ömrünün%100 olarak bildirildiğini belirtmekten mutluluk duyuyoruz. Bunları düşünmek, test evinin en yoğun kısmında, bu çekici bir başlangıç. Bunu gelecekteki taksitlerimizde takip edeceğiz.
Özetle
Duman dedektörünün hangi Devolo’nun elinde olduğunu çözmek için bazı teknik uygunluk sorunları vardır. Ne yazık ki zor kablolu duman dedektörünüzün yerini almaz. BT’yi bağımsız bir siren olarak kullanamama veya diğer dedektörleri belirlemek için yönergeler kullanamama esnekliğini sınırlar.
Güvenlik ile benzer bir hikaye, bir devolo sistemi mevcut alarm sisteminizin yerini almayacak ve bunun sadece Z-Wave cihazlarının büyük çoğunluğu ve sadece devolo için değil inanıyoruz. Sistem size ekstra uzaktan maruz kalma veya güvence sağlayabilir ve evden uzakta olduğu gibi aydınlatmanın yönetilmesini sağlayabilir, ancak bunu programlamanız gerekir. Fantastik bir ek, sistemin rastgele farklı ışıkları açacağı ve birinin evde olduğu anlayışını sağlamak için kapalı olacağı ‘tatil modu’ olacaktır.
Temel FOB, sahneler veya diğer donanım parçalarıyla entegre edildiğinde büyük olasılıklara sahiptir. Fantastik bir aralığa sahiptir, test evi uzak garaj kapısı veya giriş uzaktan kumandasından çok daha iyi, bu nedenle Z-Wave Fortrez arayüzü/köprü modülü mimolit gibi gerçek dünya arayüzlerini kontrol etmeye değer.
Yazılım uygulamasının, herhangi bir çevrimiçi sohbet ve öğretici/talimat eksikliğinin yanı sıra, bireysel deneyimi zaman zaman ağırlaştırabileceği gibi sezgisel olmayan alanlar vardır. SSS’nin şimdi İngilizce olarak sunulduğunu görmek harika, ilk incelememizde Almanca idi.
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