" Jarvis, some music," "Jarvis, the air quality in this house is horrible"...

The first impact of the Smart Home Furnishing to our daily life may be traced back to Jarvis in Marvel’s Iron Man. We do nothing but drink come coffee or have some sweets, and the versatile super steward helps you fix everything.

How far are this mysterious super steward, and the smart life we dream of from us?

Today, we would like to share “Simon i7 Smart” Smart Home Furnishing system with you. Largely different from the traditional switch panel control mode, Simon i7 Smart series can start the Internet of Everything in the home space with one key, by means of mobile phone remote control, voice wake-up and coordinated induction.

What magic strength does “Jarvis” in this switch have? Let’s check it out!

Preface

Before getting to the point, let’s review the basic concept of the smart switch. Since the switches are smart, of course, we must keep up with the times. If you are a “Smart Home Furnishing” beginner, just understand it to be the “Smart Steward” that is installed on the wall.  Create the home space as you wish, through multiple control modes and scenario settings, and enjoy what you want.

In the testing, we start with the out of box procedure. The first we see is the good-looking appearance of “Simon i7 Smart” smart switches. In respect of visual style, Simon i7 series follow the concise and bright style. The vertical lines at four sides are very clear-cut. The pure white is all matched and suitable to minimalist style lovers.

It is worth mentioning that these smart switches adopt “76 free-of-interval combo”design (the distance between two functional keys and the center is 76mm), looking seamless and scrupulous, with a shocking visual effect. It is absolutely good news for those with compulsion. 2-5 functional parts combo may be tailored according to our daily life needs, guaranteeing one stop fixing of beauty and function. 

76 free-of-interval combo, temperature controller and functional keys are perfectly matched in their sizes. The bottom-plate side frame is plastics and steel integrated, which is very compact.

Simon i7 Smart series adopt the“micro touch feedback”design. Practically, the press-keys are easy to operate and smooth, with their effects identical to those of our frequently used physical touch switches, very smooth. 

After talking about the good-looking appearance and first experience of Simon i7 Smart series, we then introduce those outstanding “seeded players” in Simon i7 Smart series by categories.

i7 “more in one” temperature controller

It adopts the full perspective VA dot matrix screen. It is also very clear even in side view or in the strong light environment. The screen press-keys adopt the micro touch design with a quick response. In respect of function integration, i7 “more in one temperature controller” integrates the central AC, fresh air and floor heating functions, with separate wiring free of interference, easily realizing sync control of AC and floor heating.

Type A&C socket

Its built-in protocol chip can automatically identify various charging protocol for charging, saying goodbye to those heavy original chargers and power adapters. No matter whether it is the traditional USB interface or brand-new Type-C interface, just one portable USB wire can completely satisfy the charging demands of various electronic products. Type-C supports quick charging of max. 45W laptops. Type-A supports regular charging and 10w iPhone/Samsung phone quick charging. The installation is also very simple, without extra wiring. It can directly replace the traditional five-hole sockets, labor saving and free of worries.

Wall-mounted wireless router

It has the router function, wireless hot spot function and relay function. The random switch and connection among several hot spots may be realized by setting up the same user name and password for several hot spots, without waiting for re-connection.300M is able to support a connection with 8 sets of mobile devices, fully satisfying the family’s Internet surging needs. Multiple-point installation realizes the wireless network coverage in the entire house. Theoretically, WiFi signal transmission range is up to 100m (restricted by the practical application environment), free of the wall blocking worries.

How much complicated is the inner structure of the smart product? What internal strengths do Simon i7 Smart series have? I have adequate practice ability to handle the smart switches. It’s a piece of cake. So just one word: disassemble!

Challenge? Of course, let’s handle the most difficult challenge! This time, we will disassemble and test the temperature controller and smart switches with the highest futuristic technology contentin i7 Smart series.

 i7 Smart temperature controller supports the prevailing AC, floor heating and fresh air devices in the market, realizes remote control, and after connecting with i7 Smart system, manages the status of the equipment through the voice management, and links with other Simon Smart Home Furnishing equipment, truly mastering the Smart Home Furnishing in the entire house just with one window.

Just like the abovementioned “more in one” temperature controller, this temperature controller also adopts the VA screen – the integrated black screen appearance makes it have a stronger contrast degree and angle of visibility, presenting sufficiently clear display effects even from the side view or in the strong light environment. 

i7 Smart temperature controller structure breakdown

i7 Smart scenario switch structure breakdown

i7 Smart temperature controller and smart switch, as the representative products in such series, adopt the industrial prevailing zigbee3.0 wireless communication chip. The power chip uses the microchip from a famous chip company in the industry, ensuring that the electronic components have the most stable load environment during their running (control voltage and temperature rise scope).

Zigbee3.0 Wireless Communication Chip

Zigbee integrated processor, as the critical arithmetic and data storage component, determines its excellent performance.

i7 Smart is designed with a more optimized signal emission mode - Silabs EFR32, with the programmable emission power up to 19dBm,and also with a further emission distance; and also with a bigger flash memory and storage memory, contributing to its better performance.

i7 Smart unifies the background management and supports remote firmware upgrade. It can realize remote troubleshooting without disassemble. In addition, the software function can be updated in a timely manner, making you enjoy new functions promptly.

More than that, “Simon i7 Smart” Smart Home Furnishing system also adopts the famous cloud technology in the industry, with its response time less than 0.1S. In the communication encryption, it adopts AES-128 encryption approach as the recognized advanced encryption means in the industry, thus warranting the users’ information security, and based on safety and reliability, making the data processing and transmission more efficient. 

[AES is an iterative and symmetric key block cipher that can adopt 128, 192 and 256-bit keys, and group encrypted and decrypted data with 128-bit]

Relay

Relayis an essential component that controls the make-break of the equipment. Especially for the extremely large starting instantaneous current of the LED light, the relay’s performance is obviously identified.

The relay (16A high load) adopted by i7 Smart series is in conformity with the TV-8 standards for extremely large starting instantaneous current of the LED light, and guaranteed in this respect, so it is the best relay choice in the market.

Simon switch testing data shows that under the extreme load condition of 20 sets of 10W LED lights, the make-break service life of the switches can reach more than 40,000 times.

Simon’s relay test is on the subject of the capacitive load under the extreme condition of 20 sets of 10W LED lights. Generally, the capacitive load has a stronger starting surge current. The more the lights connected in parallel are, the bigger the surge current is.

In respect of heating radiation, safety, etc. of the components, i7 Smart also has the outstanding performance.

After the temperature rise testing conducted by Simon lab, the temperature rise can be controllable, guaranteeing the service life of the components.

Extreme temperature rise testing data under ambient temperature of 70℃

About the electromagnetic compatibility, i7 Smart has passed EMC conduction testing threshold, in line with the EMC standards,and has outstanding reliability, safety and counter-interference capability, thus being able to protect the electromagnetic environment and ensuring stable running of other equipment and systems.

Conduction testing figure under GB16915.2 standard

Next, it’s the key part of this test – what is the smart switch like? The core is how much convenience it brings to our daily life.

“Simon i7 Smart” Smart Home Furnishing system has the industry leading matching integrity. Over 60 single items can completely satisfy the smart demands of most families.

Simon i7 Smart integrates individual sensing devices of different dimensions, and sends instructions to the control terminals via the sensors. The control terminals control the corresponding scenarios or appliances, thus realizing recognition, adjustment and control of indoor and outdoor factors like sound, light, air, temperature and humidity, etc.

Take the “going home” scenario for example. In hot summer days, the first issue after going home from work is turning on the AC, and then anxiously waiting for temperature drop in the hot environment. But with i7 Smart, we just start the AC with the mobile phone remotely, then we can have a comfortable and cool environment immediately after going home. 

More than that, 150 equipment acts can be established in each scenario in i7 Smart system, guaranteeing each of your needs. All can be done with i7 Smart, with one key to switch a comfortable life: automatically turning on/off the lights at a fixed time, timing air purification, timing watering … with i7 Smart, you can be lazy as you wish.

With Simon-Smart APP, we can conveniently manage each smart hardware at home, check the running status of the equipment, modify various parameters as needed from time to time, and define each home scenario as our favorites.

After our use experience, we can feel the exploration and attempt of Simon i7 Smart in the convenient living and humanized trend. It really ensures good looking appearance externally and powerful strength internally. Even the elderly and babies are very curious and set up their exclusive room mode with a mobile phone. It is indeed “down to earth.”

也许我们每个人对智能家居生活的理解不一样，但是它的宗旨永远不会改变，那就是如何在更加舒适的操作下实现对智能产品的操控。

看着APP里自由度超高的自定义功能，反而有时候会感觉是自己的想象力限制了i7 Smart的更多玩法。智能家居未来究竟会进化到哪种程度？就期待Simon的更多探索啦！