OFweek smart home network information to let the family's many intelligent hardware work together, has never been a simple matter. The emergence of IFTTT has changed this situation. It allows hardware that uses different protocols and rules to interact with each other.

If you have used several different brands of smart hardware at the same time, or have tried to deploy smart home, you should encounter this embarrassing situation: In order to use each product, you need to install a bunch of apps that have no other use on your phone. Even if you do this, there is no way to make any connection between these products. For example, the Nest thermostat works well with Philips' Hue smart bulbs, but if you change the thermostat to Honeywell's, the original bulb becomes an ordinary light bulb.

If you are troubled with these issues, IFTTT will be your savior. IFTTT, the full name "If This Then That," translates to the fact that if something happens, it triggers another thing. The "things" here can be hardware, software, or services in the Internet. It can connect two IoT products using different protocols, let them work together and trigger each other. Although all devices have not yet been adapted, the hardware supporting IFTTT is rapidly increasing.

The following methods of use should help you quickly open the door to the new world.

Social software notification

Have you ever thought of turning your home light bulb into a message notification light? By connecting the App and smart light bulbs on your mobile phone, you can turn the home light into a notification light on your mobile phone. For example, when a short message is received, it turns blue, and when it is @ on a Weibo, it becomes green, etc. Of course, it may be set to turn red when an important message is received.

Security alert

Preventing certain accidental risks in life is one of the most important reasons why people use smart homes. After combining the right smart hardware, you can control everything remotely, or simply let everything do it automatically. When you leave home, you never have to worry about forgetting to lock the door or forgetting to turn off the gas.

For example, let Nest and the light bulb connect, and when the carbon monoxide in the air is detected to be out of control, all lights in the control home will turn red. It can also be set to "turn on the air purifier when PM2.5 is detected."

Weather forecast

If you want to know the real-time weather conditions outside, you can also connect the weather software and light bulbs on the phone. For example, it turns blue when it rains, and turns green when it snows.

Temperature steward

A smart thermostat not only saves energy, it also keeps your home at a comfortable temperature if you live in a place where temperatures can change. With IFTTT, the temperature regulator can automatically adjust the indoor air conditioning equipment when the outside temperature changes, such as turning on the air conditioner when the outdoor temperature exceeds 30 degrees, automatically shutting down when the temperature is below 25 degrees, and the like.

Helping you keep watch

Use with a smoke Sensor or smart door lock to send text messages to your neighbors when smoke or someone is locked.

Exit lights

If you want your home's light to turn off automatically each time you go out, IFTTT offers you many different solutions. You can either set it off when the car starts up or set it to close when the phone is more than 50 meters away from home.

Turn on the lights automatically at home

Connect to the map software on your mobile phone. When you come to your door, turn on the lights automatically so that every time you open the door, you are no longer faced with darkness. If you go out for a long time, you can also use the timer to turn on the lights in your home at regular intervals so that the home looks like someone has always been there.

Get up and turn on the lights automatically

In the early morning, the one that can wake you up from sleep quickly is strong light, which can be sunlight or light. If you have a smart bracelet or smart watch that can monitor sleep, you can set it to automatically turn on the lights when you wake up, or automatically pull out the curtains.

Adjust the atmosphere

Lights can affect our emotions. If you come home from work every evening at 7 o'clock, read books from 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock and make love with girlfriends at 11 o'clock, then you can make the lights warm at 7 o'clock. The yellow color turns white from 9 to 10, and the eleventh becomes pink.

Smart Security

If there are other monitoring devices in your home, you can set the monitoring device to send a text message (which can also be a call or other notification method you like) when it finds that something in the house should not change. If you are often away from home, you can also make an appointment with your neighbor and let IFTTT inform your neighbors to check at your home.

From these examples above, you may find that, as long as you are within the logical correctness, you can almost let IFTTT do everything automatically, even when Trump opens tweets. Although IFTTT does not have a Chinese version of the App so far, there is limited support for native domestic applications and hardware, but this situation should gradually improve. Even if it does not improve, domestic similar applications will soon appear (manual comics).


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