Source: Sina Zhongce
Author: Chen Yaochang-Stone
With the rise of artificial intelligence in the past two years, artificial intelligence products have entered thousands of households. These artificial intelligence products mainly have two general directions, one is smart wearable products, and the other is smart home products. Because these two categories are closely related to our lives.
Today, we are evaluating the green rice smart door lock belonging to smart home products-Aqara smart camera door lock P100. This is the first smart door lock that the author started, which comes from the latest smart door lock created by Lvmi Lianchuang. In fact, it was a little awkward before the evaluation. After all, it was the first time to personally use and experience the smart door lock.
In fact, we are no strangers to smart door locks, such as our common access control, fingerprint door locks, punch-in door locks, and face recognition and document recognition at the pass, all of which belong to the category of smart door locks, but they are used in different occasions and have different performances. The smart door lock for home needs to be considered in many aspects, such as interaction, portability, safety and so on.
Next, start the evaluation. According to international practice, open the box first.
I was surprised when I got the product, because I thought it should not be too big. As a result, boy, it’s so big. The whole package is 20*25*50cm in size. The package is white, in the form of an upper card cover, with a handle at the top.
On the side of the bag are the renderings, product names and main selling points of the product. The full name of this product is "Smart Camera Door Lock P100". The two parts of packaging are the introduction of the main functions of the product and the parameters and production information of the product.
After opening the package, the top is a drawing explaining that the door lock was said and installed. Because it is the first time for me to use the smart door lock, I read the instruction manual. The instruction manual introduces the use of the door lock and some cases. I am going to install it myself. There is no instruction on installing it myself in the instruction manual, but there is a QR code to scan and watch the installation video. It should be noted here that the official provides free on-site installation service, but I want to try it myself, so I haven’t let on-site installation for the time being, and the service is still reserved. Installation drawings of door locks, with schematic diagrams of installation openings of overlord locks and standard locks.
Remove the black foam card board on the top floor, and two door locks will be exposed, wrapped in plastic bags. Two door locks, one inside and one outside, are quite heavy in hand.
After taking out this layer, the bottom layer is some small accessories, which are still placed with black foam cards. The components are lithium battery, No.5 battery, lock core, emergency key, hinge, screw, lock body (head), charging cable, etc. There are also two NFC door cards, which were sent separately after the official. According to these circumstances, these should not be very complicated to install.
The next step is to install it, because the door I live in now can’t be installed, mainly because of the locking off the edge of our frame and the placement of the locks, which has not been installed. So I used an acrylic lock frame to install it, so that it is easier to see the internal situation of the lock and the specific details of the studio. (Once again, the official provides free on-site installation, and it is not recommended to install it yourself)
First, install the lock head in the inner part, and then fix it with the screw. When installing, pay attention to the direction of the lock head. Never install it in the wrong direction. The lock head is marked. (Because of the lock frame I use, I don’t need to make a separate hole.)
After the lock body is installed in the door, the lock core is installed. (If the door is real, open the lock cylinder according to the drawing). When installing the lock core, it is also necessary to pay attention to the correct direction. The section with the bayonet is installed on the outer door handle. The outer door handle is not fixed by screws, but is fixed by the buckle of the lock core, and the inner door handle is fixed by screws. The lock cylinder is also marked with the installation direction. When installing here, it is necessary to use strong force to completely test the lock core into the lock.
When installing, install the battery on the door handle. Lithium batteries and dry batteries are installed on the inner door handle. There is a small opening at the top of the inner door handle, through which the dry battery and lithium battery can be installed. And when there is no electricity, it can be locked and installed on the door, and it can also be easily taken down for charging.
When fixing two door locks, the power and signal wires on the two door locks should be installed at corresponding positions. This is at the door of the door handle. Only after the wires are installed can the door handle be fixed. The multi-pin buckle connection makes it easy to find the insertion position.
The whole installation step is not as complicated as expected, except for the lock core installation step, the others are relatively simple, but we still need to remind everyone again that the installation direction must not be reversed.
Smart door locks require more settings and more functions with App. There is a downloaded QR code on the manual and the inner door handle. You can download "Aqara" by scanning the code.
Home”App, about 60 megabytes.
After opening and registering the App, you can add devices, click Add Devices, select the door lock, click "Smart Camera Door Lock P100", and then link according to the tips of the App. You need to lock the phone card door, and then open the back door panel. There are three buttons at the lower end of the dry battery, namely, setting, resetting and networking.
The whole connection process is relatively simple, but there is a small suggestion that the official should be equipped with a small tool to open the inner door panel, because it is difficult to buckle with your fingers, and it will be pried with a screwdriver.
After adding equipment, users can be added. You need to set a password and then enter your fingerprint. At first, I thought this door lock was unlocked by facial recognition. After setting up the user, I realized that the lock was unlocked by fingerprint and App remote control, and the camera was used for monitoring.
The users added to the door lock can be set as administrator users and ordinary users. The administrator users can set and operate more in the background, while the ordinary users only have the function of opening and closing the door, and the person who binds the mobile phone is the administrator with the highest authority. You can set 50 groups of permanent passwords.
After setting up the user, you can open the door, which can be unlocked by password or fingerprint. The sensitivity of fingerprint recognition is good. If a guest visits, you can open the door by setting a temporary password. You can also use the camera to confirm who is outside the door. If you are sure to be an invited friend, you can open the door lock in the app, and Apple can also unlock it directly with Siri. This is very convenient and practical, especially for women who live alone, and it can be easily carried out by being outside the door to avoid bad people from getting in.
In fact, the function of this camera is very powerful. This camera uses 160.
Wide-angle lens means that the situation in front of the door is clear at a glance. And with infrared fill light function, the picture in front of the door can be clearly photographed at night. A professional monitoring camera chip is built into the door lock, which can automatically capture the special situation in front of the door. Someone stays in front of the door, someone sneaks in front of the door, the camera will take a snapshot and push the warning to the mobile phone, so you can see every move at the door in time no matter where you are. If you want to go out for a long time, it means that the guests who come to visit you are also under control. Uninvited guests, unexpected guests, relatives and friends will not miss it whenever they visit, and the camera can also conduct direct video conversations.
Why, sensing the situation outside the door and taking pictures? This is because the lock core is equipped with a human body sensor, which can sense the people at the door and whether they stay or not. If the people in front of the door stay, they will take pictures and remind them on the mobile phone. If the person at the door rings the doorbell, it will also be pushed on the mobile phone. You can check whether the person who rings the doorbell knows it through the camera.
Through the App, you can make many settings for the door lock. In addition to the user management just mentioned, you can also set various settings such as volume language, NFC management, stay detection, unlock detection, camera settings, and security settings. You can also check the power of lithium batteries and dry batteries through the App for timely charging.
Most importantly, in the photo album of App, we can see all kinds of abnormal warnings recorded by the camera, including abnormal leaving home, breaking the door lock, etc. These photos and videos are encrypted by the cloud and will be stored for 7 days, which is completely free, does not occupy the memory of the mobile phone, and can be downloaded when necessary, so that the problem of whether to lock the door when going out is easily solved.
Intelligent door locks, in addition to easy use, we should consider the safety performance, because the place where I live is good, so there are few special circumstances, plus I originally installed and displayed it with a lock rack. But when I tried to break the contact between the lock and the lock core or the door, the intelligent door lock gave out an alarm, and the outer door handle gave out a red flashing alarm light. The alarm kept ringing, and I didn’t know how to stop the alarm. You should enter the correct fingerprint before it can stop.
According to the official, there are six situations: the door will alarm or remind, the door is not closed, the door is left unlocked, the door is not locked, the panel is pried, and someone tries to open it. Moreover, according to my observation, the door is automatically locked after closing, whether it is outside or inside. It can be said that the safety factor is very high.
In addition, Aqara smart door lock
P100 also supports NFC. As mentioned earlier, the official later sent two NFC door cards, which can be set in the App to activate NFC. NFC card can be regarded as a supplementary way to open the door, which can be used by the elderly with serious fingerprint wear or children with too shallow fingerprints at home.
I used to hear some friends who used smart door locks vomit, mainly because the battery was dead and then I couldn’t open the door. Aqara intelligent door lock
P100, emergency unlocking is set, which is on the outer door handle, and it is a hidden keyhole. You need to press the front end of the keyhole cover by hand before unlocking, and you need to twist it for two or three turns before opening the door. There are two emergency keys, one of which can be hidden in the secret base where family members put their keys outdoors, and the other can be carried with them.
As for battery life, Aqara smart camera door lock P100.
It is a mix and match of lithium battery and dry battery, and the batteries are all under the cover plate of the installed inner door handle. The capacity of the lithium battery is 6000mAh, and the lithium battery mainly supplies power to the camera, while four No.5 dry batteries supply power to the door lock, including fingerprint input, digital input of the external door handle, and prompt and alarm. According to the official statement, the battery life is more than 200 days. This different frequency of use, as well as the alarm frequency, will be different in different use environments, but it is acceptable to charge the battery once in half a year, and the power is lower than 20%, so the App will prompt the power, so there is no fear of sudden power failure. It takes 5 hours to fully charge the lithium battery, and the charging power is 5W.
In addition, this Aqara smart camera door lock P100
At present, only the standard lock body is supported for installation, and the thickness of the door should be between 40-120 mm. Before buying, you can use the "Aqara Door Lock Identification Gadget" to make a preliminary identification, so as to avoid the situation that it can’t be installed after buying. Although the manufacturer provides on-site installation service, it is still embarrassing to fail to install it. By the way, the screws for fixing the inner and outer door handles are also reserved according to the longest size, and some of them should be sawed off according to the situation when installing.
Overall experience, Aqara smart camera door lock P100
It feels very good and powerful, especially the camera’s night vision, abnormal capture and video call functions are very powerful, the fingerprint recognition sensitivity is high, the safety factor is high, and it supports six unlocking methods such as fingerprint, password, NFC and App. The battery life is also good, and the value installed on the door is also quite high. It is not only beautiful, but also has a sense of science and technology. It is a very good choice for guarding the home. Of course, Aqara smart camera door lock P100
If you can support the installation of more doors, give two more NFC door cards, and be equipped with an inner door panel opening gadget … it will be more perfect.