Swtichbot Hub Mini Review｜Does more then you think
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- When starting a smart home I generally recommend staying away from a hub. However, that is not the case with the Swtichbot hub mini. Rather than locking you into an ecosystem, it is there to open it up to do so much more.
What are those things? Well to find out you will need to watch.
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Intro: 0:00
Hardware: 0:29
What can it do: 1:32
Setup: 2:36
Connections: 3:39
AC IR setup and test: 4:39
TV IR setup and test: 7:25
App controls: 10:11
App settings: 12:39
Wrap up: 14:44
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Some helpful time stamps:
Intro: 0:00
Hardware: 0:29
What can it do: 1:32
Setup: 2:36
Connections: 3:39
AC IR setup and test: 4:39
TV IR setup and test: 7:25
App controls: 10:11
App settings: 12:39
Wrap up: 14:44
These little hubs are really cool. Thank you for making this video. It really helps
Happy you found it helpful.
I bought 5 of these to run the AC around my house initially i wanted one for my shower room so i could tell alexa to turn off ac(heating mode ) in say 15 minutes to dry room out. They work really well.
Good to hear from some other real world use examples.
Thank you!
Happy to help.
The IR blaster is interesting especially if you have an older Samsung Smart TV as they used to shutdown their computer a few minutes after being turned off which meant you could no longer turn it back on over WiFi a few minutes after it turns off even though it has a setting for you to do so. Mind you, that would mean renaming my TV to a name that won't be used such as it's model number or serial number and then having the smart speaker use the mini hub to control the TV instead of over Samsung's SmartThings app.
It is a trade off, but sounds like it could be worth it.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Well, the SmartThings WiFi access to the Samsung tv is very limited to begin with, basically just volume, channel up and down and power on and off. Yes, I found that weird as it was Samsung's own product. The account also logs out after a several months so you have to log back in to activate it again. So the remote interface that you showed on your video looks more complete than that of SmartThings but I think the tradeoff might be that the power will be a power toggle so saying something like "Alexa, turn off the tv" while the tv is off might turn it on whereas if you did that through SmartThings, Alexa would only turn it off if it was truly on. I guess, I'll order a hub and find out if there's really a tradeoff to be concerned about. We also currently have old CRT analog TV's with a separate desktop digital tv converter in a few rooms and we use Harmony universal remotes to sequence the IR for the converter with the tv but we have the problem that from some locations the Harmony can blast the TV but not the converter, so another project will be to see how the hub deals with sequencing those devices and how this interferes with the Harmony control as it may obviate it. I'm not certain if I want to automate those older TV's beyond just using the Harmony controllers as we don't really use them much but this mini hub does seem to open up a few possibilities so long as a suitable position with power can be found for it...
I got into the Switchbot devices in that this summer is hot, my father just got put on insulin and though I used to use Frio evaporative carriers to keep "in use insulin" at a reasonable temperature, I opted to put my Dad and myself on the new Breezepack PCM carriers but the fridge thermometers I ordered to see if the high temps gets too high proved to not have true min/max displays but advertised a max/min feature that was useless so I got a Switchbot thermometer, it worked well (except setting the warning range doesn't seem to have any noticeable effect so I might have to contact support), so I was going to scoop up another for my father and there was a special of three with a mini hub hence I was looking into how the mini hub might be useful.
Now, I don't want to pay for a subscription for cloud services but so far, I haven't found anyone saying if there's a subscription and your video also didn't mention any subscription.
question: does the hub remember the settings and groupings? I need the hub to display all groupings and calibrations set up before when it connects to a new phone
As long as you are using the same account it will be fine.
Thanks. Very informative. Can I have it turn on my projector, my TV, my AC and a couple of switchbots all in the same room by a single verbal Alexa command? Use case - for my golf sim. Can I say 'Play golf' and have it turn on AC, Projector, TV, my computer and my launch monitor? The last two with the switchbots
As long as the devices that need the IR blaster are all in range of of the hub you should be able to.
Hello, does ot report back the state of the A/C ? If you are not home, it is important to know if it is realley turned on/off and at what temp...
It does not. The or blaster of this hub is more of an extra that it can do and not it's primary function. So it only sends out a signal.
I wish you’d demoed the hub’s integration with Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri. Is it free? Is it fast/reliable?
I will keep that in mind for future reviews. However, yes voice assistant intigration is free. As far as speed goes that depends on the voice assistant. I find Alexa to be faster then Google Home.
Does it have to be in clear distance to work or does it work through walls?
Line of site is only needed for the use of the IR blaster. If you are using it to access some of the swtiches via the app over wifi they can be in other rooms.
Hi how can i add remote control to my switch bot, I bought Switch bot and hub mini, i have all in my app and i don't know how to control my bot switch remotrly (via internet) using my hub min. Can you help me?
ooo okey, I turn only the cloud services and it's working, wow
@@mrchick8885 You will also know you did it correctly if there is a cloud icon next to your bot on the home screen of the app.
Pretty sure you can teach it buttons that are grayed out.
I will have to check that out. Thanks
What range does the ir blaster have?
It is really not listed anywhere. But I have found it to be the same as most of the remotes I used it to replace.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Is the ir blaster need to point to particular direction to operate Air-con and TV?
@@jeffhychan7706 Not that I have found, you can see when I was testing it with the AC it was not really pointed at it. Just has to be with in IR range.
Good try but I miss explanations on how connecting this device
To manage the minis
In different rooms
Once the hub was added to the app the minis were linked to the hub.
why does it constantly disconnect from wifi?
Do you have alot of things on your wifi? I have only had this drop from my wifi once.
only the blind tilt and switchbot.
Lots of repeating within this video. Came here to find out how to connect SwitchBot to the Hub Mini, but unfortunately video talked about the IR function only, not how to control SwitchBot from outside the home
That would be done from the swtichbot settings menu. After that you can toggle it on and off from outside the home.
Is this an advertisement for switchbot,,, i bought it its verrrrry CHEAP plastic box
Not an ad, but a item sent to me to be reviewed. It is made to be a gateway for other switchbot devices that could only be accessed locally. The IR blaster is an exter thing it can do. Kind of like iceing on a cake.