Marriage between TV and air conditioning, it is a matchmaker

Due to the pressure from policies on the OTT industry, the industry transformation is imperative. Shandong Taixin Electronics Co., Ltd. responded to the national requirements for promoting the development of the triple play, relying on its strong technical superiority in the wide-area STB, took the lead in DTB+OTT and integrated the cable TV and the Internet TV together. The great success has created the first of its kind in the industry, and it is the only one of its kind in the domestic market.

Another major transition trend of the OTT industry is smart homes, which have very good development prospects. Taixin Electronics will certainly not give up this huge market demand and has already made useful attempts in this regard. The Thai smart box as a smart home control center, and gradually realize low-cost intelligent furniture layout, has achieved initial results.

The protagonist of this article, the smart temperature controller, is such a smart home product, the success of the use of Thai letter box through the LAN will be home air conditioners into smart phone device management, solve the air conditioning remote control signal is weak, multiple air-conditioning remote control Inclusion control problems.


Out of the box

Taixin smart thermostat (hereinafter referred to as thermostat) is packed in white paper box. The top center is a photo of the product, and the top left corner is a Thai letter LOGO with the product name and main selling points below.


Unpack and expose the host and accessories.


Hosts, accessories and instructions. The accessories include a lithium battery and a 3M double-sided adhesive tape for fixing the product.


The host is black plastic material, flying saucer shape, the top surface for the piano paint, the central ring area for the signal reception window.


The power interface is located on the side of the center and is a standard microusb interface. Since the product does not come standard with a power adapter, users can use most Android phone chargers to charge the thermostat.


The bottom panel can be opened by hand in a clockwise direction according to the direction of the arrow, exposing the battery compartment.


1500mAh lithium battery, battery life should be guaranteed.


The enclosed 3M double-sided adhesive tape is convenient for fixing products.


Summary Thermostat package is simple and stable, compact and exquisite, black plastic piano paint, standard with a 1500 mAh lithium battery, comes with a fixed 3M adhesive tape.


Application experience

The application of the thermostat relies on the new T6 (T6S) box of Taishin as an intelligent home center. The T6S on hand, in addition to the inherent DTB+OTT function, has its own ability to monitor indoor air quality.


Thermostat display room temperature, humidity and the remote control of air-conditioning function, the need to use the Thai letter box ( T6 or T6S ) and LAN networking as the premise, the mobile phone terminal "Tai Xin smart home" APP as a carrier to achieve.

Scan code download and install "Tai Xin smart home", the mobile phone and T6 (S) connected to the same local area network, open the APP , automatically pop up the box connection prompt, to get more features and gameplay, you need to click on the landing page to enter the registration and account Bind.


The APP is divided into entertainment, health, safety, shopping malls, and my five sections. The functions of the thermostat introduced in this article will be highlighted in the health section. The other functional sections are only used for brief introduction.


It is worth mentioning that the smart home function of the Thai letter box is based on the latest firmware support on the box side. The support of the old firmware is not good, and the connection may not be possible. The author's T6S firmware version is older, unable to connect to the mobile phone terminal, received a version upgrade prompt on the mobile phone side, after the online upgrade firmware, the problem is solved.


Speaking of Thai letter, we can't fail to mention its live cable broadcast function. Through the smart home app , users can set aside a remote controller, directly select a button to switch to their favorite TV station, and be able to see the program preview in real time.


3D function refers to the 3D channel that has already been broadcasted on cable TV, and VR is currently a more popular entertainment project. Users can experience 3D programs or live cable broadcasts at a large distance through VR glasses. This function is still being further improved. .


The big screen experience refers to the function of realizing the multi-screen interactive sharing function by using smart home APP to realize the mobile phone picture, video, and audio content to the large-screen TV. Lele alone is not as good as Lele, so that the photos and wonderful audio and video content captured in the mobile phone can be pushed to the big screen in one click and the whole family can share it.



Through the box remote control function in the smart home, in addition to the traditional remote control functions, voice control can be realized, and the speech recognition rate is quite high.


Through the security section, users can associate with home smart door and window guards, cameras or smart light bulbs (equipment to be purchased separately) and other functions to achieve remote home monitoring. To achieve this function, you need to register to log in to bind accounts and devices.


As the name implies, the mall features online sales of Thai letter boxes and smart homes and other peripheral products. Users can purchase a variety of smart home devices without leaving the home.


In the personal center, the user can realize various personalized services by logging into the account.


The box application installation function refers to the common application of mobile phone push to the box-end installation. This is particularly useful in situations where the radio and television have significantly suppressed the box and the box end cannot recognize the U disk and the APK file. There are a wide variety of applications, including various online videos and games, which can basically meet the entertainment needs of family boxes.


Closer to home, talk about the realization of the thermostat function. First you need to connect the box to your phone.


Click on Health - Thermostat in the upper left corner - Add Device - After searching for the thermostat and clicking Connect, the temperature and humidity display in the house will appear.


The temperature and humidity results on the top page of the health section show that it has nothing to do with the actual measured data. Therefore, the author believes that the display on the front page is only the same as this demonstration. The actual display after entering the thermostat section shall prevail. In addition, I used to test the red rice 2A enhanced version of the mobile phone, there have been incomplete test results, estimated and mobile phone resolution and other factors.


In the thermostat page, you can click on Add Device to add the corresponding model air conditioner remote control in your home. It can be added in various ways. You can use the remote controller to accept the thermostat to accept the remote control code corresponding to the window 2cm or the air conditioner brand model provided by APP . List, find your own corresponding model to add, or add a smart test remote signal signal matching step by step.


My home's Hisense RCH-125B model air conditioner due to age, the model is not in the product list, but fortunately the brand remote control has a good heritage, most of them can be universal, so I eventually through the last method, step by step "lucky "Complete the remote control match.


After the device is added, the user can perform air-conditioning control on the mobile phone, as long as they can access the Internet, they can complete the remote control, without having to worry about the signal barrier of the wall. You can sneak peek at the application scenario. Large-sized users who do not have central air-conditioning installed can use the mobile phone on the pillow to easily realize the air-conditioning switch and temperature control of their children's room, instead of having to get up and go to the children's room in the middle of the night; guests are not allowed to disturb him in the guest room. According to the weather, remote control provides a more comfortable room environment. The user can also easily identify and use the air conditioner by changing the name of the air conditioner, such as "living room", "master bedroom", "second bedroom", "study room", "restaurant", etc.


Summary The smart home APP has a full range of functions. Users can conveniently use the mobile phone to achieve multi-screen interaction, home monitoring, temperature and humidity monitoring, application push installation and other functions. Through the thermostat, users can easily perform remote air conditioning control, provided that each room must be equipped with a thermostat, and to consider the same room (such as the popular living room dining room integration) two identical models of air conditioning Separate control problems. Simply controlling the air conditioning is just the first step of the smart home, and it is the real direction of the smart home that the various remote control appliances in the home can be added to the smart control of the mobile phone through a sensor.


to sum up

Taixin smart thermostat packaging simple and safe, compact shape, black plastic piano paint, standard with a 1500 mAh lithium battery, comes with a fixed 3M adhesive tape.

Taixin smart home APP is very complete, users can easily through the mobile phone to achieve multi-screen interaction, home monitoring, temperature and humidity monitoring, application push installation and other functions. Through the thermostat, users can easily perform remote air conditioning control, provided that each room must be equipped with a thermostat, and to consider the same room (such as the popular living room dining room integration) two identical models of air conditioning Separate control problems. Simply controlling the air-conditioning is only the first step of the smart home, and it is the direction that the smart home can truly use.

In any case, Taixin Electronics has taken a solid step in the development of smart homes, and believes that Taixin Electronics will continue to work harder and further away on this correct path.

 

 

Ye Haifeng

2016/6/2

 

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