Impulse purchase can measure ASCII.jp electrical usage of the IoT plug "Sumasoke"!
"Smasoke" is a commodity that goes beyond smart plugs. Through the use of dedicated cloud services, it realizes the time series recording and monitoring of electrical appliances (household appliances, servers, routers) connected to Smasoke, and restarts frozen devices and timer drivers in case of failure.
In today's IoT pandemic era, if it has something to do with the network, it will debut as an IoT product, and the product of the IoT era will be renamed and reappear as the latest IoT product.
Although there are all kinds of opinions, in any case, as long as it makes the world convenient and life pleasant, goods are welcome at any time.
In addition to whether it is really convenient and useful, the most IoT products will be lost property wireless tags that work with relatively cheap smartphones.
Then, what continues to be added are the so-called "smart plugs" that can be remotely managed and plugged into the sockets of household appliances.
It is to turn on / off the smart plug from indoor and outdoor through the Wi-Fi router installed at home, and remotely operate the household appliances connected in front.
However, in fact, even from the perspective of safety, there are not many household appliances that can be driven simply by turning on or unplugging the power supply. The reality is limited to a small number of household appliances such as desk lamps and electric kettles with physical hardware on / off switches.
The function of the popular IoT smart plug in its hand remains unchanged, and the power usage (power consumption) of the electrical products (household appliances, servers and other ICT devices) connected to the front end of the smart plug will be recorded on the cloud server side for a long time in chronological order. There are services that provide a variety of structures that use that data.
One is no fun, so... Buy two Sumensons on impulse. Because the corporate market and VAR are the basic business, the packaging is very simple.
This time, the author focused on impulsively buying the "smart socket" (officially known as smart socket, MZK-EX300 NM) of Planet Communications, which is a commodity undertaken by its client.
You can remotely control the power supply of household appliances, and you can also see the power usage "Sumasoke".
Although the design is a bit familiar, it is basically the client hardware of the on / off switch circuit of the AC power supply added to the Wi-Fi extension. The socket is on the front.
Insert the AC plug on the back into the AC of the AC wall socket of the home or company through the design
Samasoke is used for wall sockets such as homes and companies. This is a mechanism that communicates with neighboring Wi-Fi routers and sends the electricity consumption of appliances powered by their front sockets to the cloud server, the "planetary nebula service" in turn.
The service usage fee is 540 yen, and the one-year purchase fee is included in the physical price (14580 yen), so it can be used directly.
Through the WPS connection to the Wi-Fi router (parent machine) that is close to the Wi-Fi extension, the hardware setting is over.
The connection to the Wi-Fi router can be easily connected through the WPS button, basically using the same mechanism as the Wi-Fi extension connection.
To use a smartphone, first register the user, get the account and manage the server's URL. The fee for the use of planetary cloud service is 540 yen per month (with 1 unit required)
Users can use Samasake after the mail is delivered after logging in.
As mentioned above, Smasoke is a paid service that receives value-added information through a cloud server. Therefore, users who buy hardware-Smasoke first need to register as Smasoke users.
After the user registers and obtains the URL and account information of the intelligent software management screen issued by e-mail, the intelligent software and hardware are registered.
The first mobile phone to visit the mobile phone management server for "new device registration" is named "mobile phone in the living room". Can be changed at any time.
The second Samasoke is going to be placed in the author's room for the time being, so it is named "the Somasoke in Professor T's room".
What is required to register a physical phone (bound to an account) is the model name (this time MZK-EX300 NM) and the serial number and MAC address on the back of the body.
Then, enter and register any device name, such as the install site name and target name, so that you can identify it.
If you can register two phones and bind them to your account, the setup ends
Registered phones can be viewed on the "mobile phone" of the mobile management screen accessed by computers, mobile phones and tablets.
If you turn the power on from the screen, you can monitor the power consumption status of the electrical products currently connected to the Smaske.
You can see at a glance what settings each Smasoke is currently running in by clicking on each device name listed in the list.
I tried to turn on the power when the two Samasoke were online. The Smasoke in the living room is connected to the floor lamp and lit up, showing "57.9W"
Status screen with no special settings in the living room
The connection of the real floor lamp is like this.
If the initial value of the power supply of the management screen is turned off, the light will of course not be lit.
Immediately, the power of the floor lamp connected by the device name "living room phone" is turned on / off from the network of the mobile phone management screen. After a lag of about 1 / 2 seconds, the floor lamp placed in the living room is turned on / off.
When the power is turned on on the management screen, it is lit only a little at intervals. The on / off switch is very smooth and natural.
Smart phones can also be turned on / off in remote areas such as windows that are not at home, such as electric lights, travel destinations, etc., so act like you are at home. From a security perspective, this may be quite positive.