Belkin WeMo Home Automation Switch + Motion Sensor bundle for Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
- Turn Electronics on/off from Anywhere
- Motion Control your Lamp, never walk into a dark room again
- Get SMS or Email Notifications when movement is detected at home (powered by IFTTT.com)
- You've already got everything you need: WeMo works with your existing Wi-Fi router and any Apple iPod touch, iPhone, iPad - iOS v5 or higher
- Modular system. You can add additional WeMo Switches and WeMo Motion sensors easily, any time. Control as much or as little of your house as you want to
- Operates over Wi-Fi and mobile internet, at home and away
- Included: WeMo Motion and WeMo Switch : Electrical Rating 120V~/15A/60Hz/1800W
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well made product, but software/firmware is a bit rough around the edges,
Let me answer the first question – what exactly does this do?
It controls ONE light. One side plugs in between the light and the wall – this is called the switch. It can be operated via the iphone/ipad app on or off. The other thing is a sensor. It also plugs into the wall, but does not control a second light. Instead, the sensor monitors motion via the round can thing and reports that motion to the iphone/ipad app. The app allows you to set “rules” that turn on and off the switch based on movement or time of day. You can adjust the sensitivity of the sensor and the time the switch stays on after motion ceases. By having the switch and sensor separate, you can put the sensor at the bottom of a flight of stairs and the switch on a light at the top, so once you start up the stairs the light turns on.
You MUST have an iphone/ipad/itouch to use this. It is entirely dependent on the app.
Good
The switch, once set up, actually works as intended.
The sensor seems to work well and has a decent range of motion.
It works even when traveling (you dont have to keep your iphone/ipad in the same wifi network).
It integrates with IFTTT, assuming you know what that is (google it – it is an “if this than that” service).
Bad
The set up can be problematic, not because of wifi issues, but because the app kept freezing on my ipad.
The sensor does not include a light sensor – allowing you to not turn on the light if it is already bright in the room.
The switch makes a loud click when it turns on or off.
There are much less expensive alternatives.
The switch does not allow dimming – it is on or off.
The sensor pod has a plug that plugs into the wall brick, but I cant seem to tell if the wall brick does anything on its own.
The iphone/ipad app is really just an iphone app. The ipad app works in “mini iphone” mode.
There were virtually no directions in my packaging – just some pictograms on the back of the cover (but this was a review unit, so maybe there are instructions in the normal packaging).
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|This switched on a headache and I made lemonade,
OK, this Belkin WeMo sounds like a great invention. Turn on a lamp of other device from your iPad, or iPhone, etc. Here are the problems:
1. The design of the plug in device is such that it takes up an entire two outlet surface. It could have been designed with a swivel male part so that it would not take up an entire wall receptacle.
2. The software is easily installed, but two separate options appeared for web enablement. I chose one of them, perhaps the wrong one?
3. I tried setting the unit up using two different lamps in my house. Neither one of them worked.
4. A firmware update took place automatically and I tried setting it up with a lamp in my bedroom again. No luck either.
I spent 45 minutes fiddling with this Belkin gizmo that is supposed to be soooo easy to install and use — so intuitive. What I now have is a sense of frustration coupled with a headache. I deleted the app from my iPad and am having a nice glass of lemonade and thinking that this gizmo is a lemon.
Belkin does provide an Early Release Technical Support Team number (1-866-528-7596). I did not call — yet. Waiting for a day with zero to do.
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