Ngaba ikhaya lakho likrelekrele kangangoko kunokwenzeka?UGreg Paul Miller Iinkampani ezinkulu zinomsebenzi obizwa ngokuba kukudityaniswa kweenkqubo. Abantu beli qela banoxanduva lokwenza iitekhnoloji ezingafaniyo ezivela kubathengisi abohlukeneyo basebenze kwaye badlale kakuhle kunye.
Yile nto kanye ifunekayo ukujongana nemeko elusizi yekhaya eli-smart-umbono wexesha elizayo wee-thermostats zobuchwephesha, izibane, iikhamera, izixhobo kunye nezinye izixhobo ezisebenza kunye ngaphandle komthungo ukuphucula ubomi bethu.
Uluvo lwasekhaya smart lusonwabisile ubuncinci ukubuyela umva njengoRonald Reagan's General Electric ikhaya lekamva kunye nababhiyozelwayo Umboniso weMonsanto KwiDisneyland. Kwaye yonke into iyintelekelelo namhlanje njengokuba yayinjalo ngoko.
Owu, sinazo izixhobo zobuchwephesha obuphezulu zilungile. Kwaye sinobuchwephesha bezonxibelelwano-i-Intanethi, iWiFi yonke, ii-smartphones- ukuzilawula. Into esingenayo ngumgangatho ekuvunyelwene ngawo wokudibanisa zonke kunye.
Endaweni yokuba sifumene i-welter yezikimu ezikhuphisanayo apile , Google kunye Isamsung , ukubiza ngambalwa, okungaphezulu okanye okuncinci kufuna ukuba uzibophelele ekuthengeni izixhobo ezibotshelelwe kwindalo yazo ukuba ufuna yonke into isebenze kakuhle. Ngaphandle kokuba uzinikele ngokwakho kunye nonikezelo olungenasiphelo lomonde, eyona nto uyifunayo ngumntu wokuhlanganisa inkqubo yasekhaya ehlakaniphileyo enengqiqo.
Kudala ndisebenzisa umnikelo onjalo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ngoku ukusuka kwinkampani engekho iApple, uGoogle, iSamsung okanye nawuphi na umenzi wegadget. Nguwo Ukuphila , Waziwa kakhulu njengomboneleli weenkqubo zokhuselo lwasekhaya.
Iqonga leVivint Smart Home lidibanisa iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku ukubeka esweni indlela yokufaka ezinye izixhobo esele ndizifakile, kunye nokudibanisa izixhobo ezitsha, kunye nokulawula yonke into ngombala kunye nokusebenziseka okulula okwenza yi-snap kwiqela kunye nokuzenzekelayo imisebenzi. Ngaphandle kweziphene ezithile, iza isondele njengayo nayiphi na inkqubo endiyibonileyo ukuba iqale ukuhambisa kwezo 'ngcinga zingama-50s.
Ukufaka inkqubo yalo naluphi na uhlobo kwikhaya lasekhaya laseSan Francisco Bay kuyazenzekela ngokuzenzekelayo. Inemigangatho emibini, iindonga ezininzi kunye neefestile, kunye neenduli ezikufutshane ezinciphisa ulwamkelo lweselfowuni — singasathethi ke ngetoni yezixhobo ezingenazingcingo ezidibanisanayo ezenza amaza kanomathotholo aneleyo ukuqhotsa iqanda. Ukongeza umceli mngeni kule meko yayiyinkqubo yokhuseleko esele ikho kodwa ephelelwe lixesha kangangokuba ukucacisa ukuba ibinokufakwa yinkosi yeziyobisi.
Ke ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndichasane nesisombululo se-DIY esidityaniswe nenkonzo yokujonga esweni, kwaye ndakhetha endaweni yokunikezelwa kweVivint smart ekhaya.
Kwintliziyo yenkqubo yeVivint yiphaneli yeSkyControl, iziko lemithambo-luvo elijongeka kancinci njenge-Mini Mini ebekwe kwicala layo. Umbala wokuchukumisa umbala ubekiwe kakuhle kwaye kulula ukuba namalungu osapho angengawo i-techie aqonde kwaye asebenzise, kwaye igcina umkhondo wokhetho olunomdla lwezongezelelo ze-Vivint, kubandakanya umnyango, iikhamera zangaphakathi nangaphandle, Kwikset izitshixo ezi-smart, isixhobo sokulawula kunye nezibane.
Kwimeko yam, ndikwazile ukudibanisa ubuncinci ezinye zezixhobo zam ezingezizo iVivint, kubandakanya izibini zokuqala ze-Nest thermostats kunye nesilawuli sokukhanyisa ngombane ngokubanzi esisebenzisa inkqubo yonxibelelwano ye-Z-Wave. (Nceda ungabuzi ukuba yintoni Z-Wave kuba, kuba emva koko kuya kufuneka ndikuxelele malunga Zigbee nawe… linda, sele ndiwabonile amehlo akho eqaqambile.)
Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, bendikwazi ukudibanisa iVivint kunye neAmazon Echo yam, indinika ulawulo lwelizwi kwinkqubo. Usebenzisa amagama omlingo u-Alexa, xelela uVivint ukuba… Ndiyakwazi ukucima okanye ukucima izibane ezidityanisiweyo, nditshixe ucango lwangaphambili, ndibambe isixokelelwano nokuba sekusebusuku okanye xa ndihamba, ndenze neminye imisebenzi emininzi. Ukhuphiswano lweGoogle's Echo, Ikhaya leGoogle , inikeza ukusebenza okufanayo.
Xa ndifuna ukufumana ulwazi ngakumbi, ndingasebenzisa ezona fowuni zintle zeVivint kunye neapps, ezilinganisa inkangeleko kunye nokuziva kwepaneli yokulawula, ukwenza amaqela ezixhobo kunye nokumisela imigaqo- umzekelo, ukukhubaza ngokuzenzekelayo inkqubo kunye nokuvula izibane nje ukuba ndingene kwikhowudi yokuvula kumnyango wangaphambili. (Iiapps zinako, ewe, ingalo kunye nokungaxhomeki kwinkqubo kude kwaye unikezele ngezilumkiso kwimeko yayo nayiphi na into engalunganga.)
Kwelinye icala, iqonga leKhaya leSmart alixhasi iikhamera zomntu wesithathu ezinjengezo ezivela kwiNest, ephethwe ngumzali kaGoogle, Alphabet. Kwaye ayinakusebenza kunye nemodeli yamva nje Chamberlain LiftMaster igaraji-yokuvula umnyango; Njengakwiikhamera zeNest, kuya kufuneka ndisebenzise i-app eyahlukileyo, ezinikeleyo ukuyilawula.
Ndiphinde ndangena kwimicimbi ephathelene nenye ye-Nest thermostats, ethi iphulukane nonxibelelwano kunye nepaneli, nangona ndikrokrela ukuba imiba ikunye ne-thermostat uqobo. Kwangoko, bendinengxaki zokuva ngefestile kunye noluvo lweengcango ukuba azinxibelelani nepaneli okanye, ngamanye amaxesha, zibangela ii-alamu zobuxoki.
Isiphetho sokugqibela yayikukuba ingxaki inokuba ibangelwa zii-sensors kunye ne-wiring ezishiyekileyo kwinkqubo yenkosi ephelelwe lixesha. Nje ukuba izinto ezingalunganga zigqithiswe, ezo ngxaki ngenceba ziyekile. Kwaye, hay, yandinika ithuba lokunxibelelana neziko lonxibelelwano laseVivint kunye nabantu abalungileyo bokuxhasa ubuchwephesha.
Awona magama am abalulekileyo alumkisayo malunga nenkonzo yokujonga esweni ebonakalayo isebenza ukuba umthengisi yiVivint, ADT , okanye abatsha abangenayo ebaleni njenge I-AT & T. kwaye Comcast : Yeyona nto ibiza kakhulu ekhaya.
Kwimeko kaVivint, ipakethi yokuqala-ipaneli yokuLawula iSky kunye nokukhetha kweesenzi ezintandathu-kubiza i-549 yeedola; Unokongeza ezinye izixhobo kwimephu. (Kukwakhona nentlawulo yokufaka eyi- $ 199, edla ngokususwa.) Ungayihlawulela le nkqubo nokuba iphambili okanye ayinamali-nzala; Njengakwiselfowuni yakho, lindela ukusayina ikhontrakthi yenkonzo ukuba uhlawula ngokuhamba kwexesha.
Ngayiphi na imeko, kuya kufuneka ulindele ukuba iindleko zokubeka iliso-zeVivint yi- $ 39.99 ngenyanga, okanye i-49,99 yeedola ngokugcinwa kwevidiyo esekwe kwilifu-ukuze uqhubeke okoko nje ungumnini wekhaya. Kungenxa yokuba ukuba urhoxisa ukubeka esweni, izixhobo zinokuqhubeka nokusebenza kwalapha ekhaya kodwa uya kuphulukana neminye yemisebenzi ebalulekileyo yenkqubo.
Nge-Vivint, ebandakanya, umzekelo, ulawulo lwe-Alexa kunye nokusetyenziswa kweVivint app yokwakha amaqela kunye nemithetho yezixhobo, kunye nenkxaso yezobuchwephesha efunekayo ukuze ufumane indlela yokudibanisa zonke izixhobo.
Ngamanye amagama, uya kugqiba ngeqela lezixhobo ezipholileyo kwaye akukho ndlela ilula yokubopha bonke. Kwaye akunjalo apho singene khona?
U-Rich Jaroslovsky ngumbhali weetekhnoloji ye-Braganca kunye nosekela-mongameli we SmartNews Inc. eSan Francisco. Fikelela kuye richj@observer.com okanye @RichJaro kwi-Twitter.
