智能家居光传感器_如何使用智能家居传感器保护您的房屋免受水损害

智能家居光传感器

Like many staples of a pre-smarthome age, the humble leak detector has made the jump to the 21st century. Read on as we show you how to integrate a smarthome leak detecting sensor into your home protection arsenal to receive alerts not just at home but wherever you are.

像许多前智能家居时代的主食一样，不起眼的检漏仪已跃入21世纪。 请继续阅读，我们将向您展示如何将智能家居检漏传感器集成到您的家庭保护武库中，以接收警报，不仅在家中，而且无论您身在何处。

我要怎么做？ (What Do I Want To Do This?)

Water damage is serious and costly. The most common cause of water damage to a home isn’t catastrophic flooding by regular wear and tear induced water problems like leaking pipes, failed coupling on washing machines, flooded utility sinks, and backed up drains. For a fraction of the cost of any water remediation you may have to pay for (or insurance deductible and claim you’ll have to stomach) you can purchase a smart home sensor to monitor any leak or water-damage prone area in your home.

水损害严重且代价高昂。 造成房屋水损坏的最常见原因不是由定期磨损引起的水问题造成的灾难性洪水，例如管道泄漏，洗衣机连接不畅，公用事业水槽被淹以及排水管排污。 您只需支付一小部分水修复费用(或免赔额，并声称自己必须忍受)，即可购买智能家居传感器，以监控房屋中任何容易漏水或损坏水的区域。

Why smart home? Why not just a regular old traditional $12 leak detector? Recently we had a small leak develop in an old pipe down in our basement. Fortunately the leak was slow and it happened to be in an area we frequently went, but according to the plumber who repaired it the leak would have gone from dripping to spraying very soon (on account of the degree of internal corrosion in the joint). If that had happened while we were home a traditional and inexpensive water sensor and alarm would have alerted us. If it would have happened when we were gone for the weekend (or longer) on vacation, the basement would have flooded and no amount of shrieking alarm would rouse anyone in an empty house.

为什么要选择智能家居？ 为什么不只是普通的老式传统$ 12检漏仪 ？ 最近，我们地下室的一条旧管子出现了小泄漏。 幸运的是，泄漏很慢，碰巧是我们经常去的地方，但是据修理它的水管工说，泄漏很快就会从滴落变成喷涂(由于接头内部腐蚀的程度)。 如果那是在我们在家的时候发生的，那么一个传统的廉价的水传感器和警报器会提醒我们。 如果在我们度过周末(或更长时间)度假时发生这种情况，地下室将被淹没，没有任何尖叫声会唤醒空房子里的任何人。

Enter the smart home sensor. It functions exactly like a traditional water alarm but it is connected to your home network and can issue you an alert no matter where you are in the world. Had our old pipes catastrophically failed while we were away, we could have called a neighbor to go shut our water off and saved ourselves thousands of dollars in water damage remediation.

输入智能家居传感器。 它的功能与传统的水报警器完全相同，但是它已连接到家庭网络，无论您身在何处，都可以向您发出警报。 如果我们不在时旧的管道发生了灾难性的故障，我们本可以打电话给邻居关闭水源，并为自己节省了数千美元的水灾整治费用。

Contemplating the kind of bill we would have been facing if that pipe had failed while we were away on holiday, we promptly upgraded our water detection system with the D-Link DCH-S160 Wi-Fi Sensor ($75). In light of the cost of water remediation and the benefit of receiving alerts no matter where you are, the jump from a traditional $12-20 water sensor to a $75 smart home sensor was more than tolerable.

考虑到如果在度假期间该管道出现故障，我们将面临什么样的账单，我们立即使用D-Link DCH-S160 Wi-Fi传感器(75美元)升级了水检测系统。 考虑到水修复的成本以及无论您身在何处都能收到警报的好处，从传统的$ 12-20的水传感器到$ 75的智能家居传感器的跃迁是可以容忍的。

Let’s take a look at how to set the system up.

让我们看一下如何设置系统。

套件中有什么？ (What’s In The Kit?)

The kit itself is pretty simple and looks, more or less at first glance, like a plug-in version of many traditional water sensors. The kit includes one plug-in unit with a WPS quick networking button on the side and a RJ11 phone jack in the bottom, one extension cable (3.3 feet long), and one water-sensing conductive cable (1.6 feet long). In addition, but not pictured here, are three mounting clips to help cable manage the extension cable and/or sensor cable, and a quick start card.

该套件本身非常简单，外观乍看起来或多或少，就像许多传统水传感器的插入式版本一样。 该套件包括一个插入式单元，其侧面有一个WPS快速联网按钮，其底部有一个RJ11电话插Kong，一根扩展电缆(3.3英尺长)和一根水感应导电电缆(1.6英尺长)。 此外，这里没有示出(图中未示出)，这是三个安装夹，用于帮助电缆管理扩展电缆和/或传感器电缆，以及一个快速入门卡。

While we’ll get into the software setup side of things in a moment, let’s talk about the physical setup. Once you’ve configured the device you simply plug the extension cable into the RJ11 jack (if you need the extension) and then the actual sensor cable into the either the main unit or the end of the extension cable.

尽管我们稍后将介绍软件设置方面的内容，但让我们讨论一下物理设置。 配置设备后，您只需将扩展电缆插入RJ11插Kong(如果需要扩展)，然后将实际的传感器电缆插入主机或扩展电缆的末端。

Unlike “spot” style detectors that consist of two contact pads an inch so apart (thus named spot sensors because they detect water only in the exact spot they are sitting), the D-Link unit comes with a cable-style sensor, seen closer up in the photo below.

与“点”式探测器不同，后者由相距一英寸的两个接触垫组成(之所以称为点传感器，是因为它们仅在所坐的确切位置探测到水)，D-Link单元配备了一个电缆式传感器，看得更近在下面的照片中。

The cable doesn’t have solid sheathing, it has a spiral cut in it with a wire exposed in the cut. When water touches the wire it triggers the sensor; the design is more effective because you can place the wire in a circle around something you want to monitor for leaks or along a baseboard or ledge.

电缆没有坚固​​的护套，电缆上有一个螺旋形切口，导线中有裸露的导线。 当水接触到电线时，它将触发传感器。 该设计更加有效，因为您可以将电线绕成一个圆圈，使其围绕要监控的泄漏物，或者沿着底板或壁架。

Speaking of the cables and placement, we were a bit apprehensive about the length of the cables. Collectively they are just shy of 4 feet long which would seem to mean that you need an outlet placed right by where you’re doing your water sensing. Fortunately you can use any old RJ11 phone extension cord to extend the reach of the unit and, furthermore and usefully, the sensor cable is actually a standard (in so far as the water sensing industry has standards for such matters) design. As such you can not only use a plain old phone cord extension cable to extend the sensor cable but you should, in theory, even be able to use a longer RJ11-based sensor cable like this 8-foot Honeywell model.

说到电缆和布置，我们对电缆的长度有些担心。 总的来说，他们只是害羞4英尺长，这似乎意味着，你需要通过你做你的水感，其中右侧放置的出口。 幸运的是，您可以使用任何旧的RJ11电话延长线来扩展设备的范围，此外，有用的是，传感器电缆实际上是一种标准的设计(就水传感行业而言，是这样的标准)。 因此，您不仅可以使用普通的旧电话线延长电缆来延长传感器电缆，而且从理论上讲，您甚至应该能够使用更长的基于RJ11的传感器电缆， 例如8英尺霍尼韦尔(Honeywell)模型 。

A final note on the physical side of things: while the D-Link sensor has digital alerts (that’s its finest selling point) it also has a traditional 70dB alarm built in so if you’re home but your smartphone isn’t on hand you’ll hear it beeping in protest when it gets wet.

关于物联网的最后一点：D-Link传感器具有数字警报(这是它的最佳卖点)，但它也内置了传统的70dB警报，因此，即使您在家但智能手机不在手，潮湿时会听到蜂鸣声以示抗议。

安装和配置您的Smarthome水传感器 (Installing and Configuring Your Smarthome Water Sensor)

The D-Link DCH-S160 is part of the My D-Link stable of smart home products but, don’t worry, it functions completely on its own and doesn’t require a specific auxiliary D-Link product (like a D-Link router, smart hub, or additional products). As long as you have a Wi-Fi router and a free My D-link account you’re good to go.

D-Link DCH-S160是智能家居产品“我的D-Link”稳定版的一部分，但是不用担心，它完全可以独立运行，不需要特定的辅助D-Link产品(例如D-链接路由器，智能集线器或其他产品)。 只要您有Wi-Fi路由器和免费的“我的D-link”帐户，您就可以使用。

The first step is to download and install the MyDlink Home app (iOS/Android). Run the app and login with your My D-Link account (or create a new one) and then tap the giant “Add a New Device” + symbol in the middle of the screen. Setup is super easy as the device comes with a QR code you can scan to start the process.

第一步是下载并安装MyDlink Home应用程序( iOS / Android )。 运行该应用程序并使用您的My D-Link帐户登录(或创建一个新帐户)，然后点击屏幕中间的巨型“添加新设备” +符号。 设置非常简单，因为该设备带有QR码，您可以扫描该QR码以开始该过程。

Note: My D-Link, the water sensor alerts, and the entire stable of D-Link smart home product services are free with no subscription charges. 

注意：我的D-Link，水传感器警报以及D-Link智能家居产品服务的整个稳定版都是免费的，没有订阅费用。

Even if you’ve misplaced the quick start card you can just manually enter the information off the back of the sensor. From there you pair the device with your router either via pressing the WPS button on the unit or manually entering your Wi-Fi credentials. The final step is to name your sensor. By default it has the model number of the sensor; we changed it to just plain old “water sensor” but you might consider naming it “laundry flood sensor” if you have more than one.

即使您放错了快速入门卡，也可以手动在传感器背面输入信息。 从那里，您可以通过按设备上的WPS按钮或手动输入Wi-Fi凭据将设备与路由器配对。 最后一步是命名您的传感器。 默认情况下，它具有传感器的型号； 我们将其更改为仅是普通的“水位传感器”，但如果您有多个传感器，则可以考虑将其命名为“洗衣水位传感器”。

Once paired plug in the extension/sensor cable. In the next step we’ll put it through a test run.

配对后，插入扩展/传感器电缆。 在下一步中，我们将对其进行测试。

使用智能家居水传感器 (Using the Smarthome Water Sensor)

Testing the sensor, once you’ve paired it and added the sensor cable, is as simple as spilling a glass of water. No, for real, go get a glass of water and splash some on the cable to confirm the sensor is working properly.

配对并添加传感器电缆后，测试传感器就像洒一杯水一样简单。 不，实际上，去喝一杯水，然后在电缆上溅些水，以确保传感器工作正常。

Now, we’ll tell you right now, we’ve been testing products and smart home devices and sensors for years and we’ve simply gotten used to the inherent delay in such product. It isn’t agonizing or anything but, for example, if you send a command to your smart bulbs from outside your network you can expect at least a five second delay as the commands bounce around the Internet, get processed by the device’s cloud server, and so on.

现在，我们马上告诉您，我们多年来一直在测试产品以及智能家居设备和传感器，而我们已经习惯了此类产品的固有延迟。 它不会带来任何痛苦，但是，例如，如果您从网络外部向智能灯泡发送命令，则由于该命令在Internet上反弹，被设备的云服务器处理，可能会延迟至少五秒钟。等等。

The response time on the D-Link DCH-S160 was freaky fast. Like so fast it startled us fast. We set everything up, put the wires in place, and then splashed a very small amount of water on the wire. The built-in siren went off which didn’t startle us (as we expected an immediate response) but at almost the exact same time the phone in our pocket vibrated with a notification alert. The time from our simulated water leak to the push notification on the phone was less than one second. (Note the time on the clock, indicative of when we took the screenshot, and the time of the alert.)

D-Link DCH-S160上的响应时间很快。 如此之快，它使我们震惊。 我们准备好所有东西，将电线放在适当的位置，然后在电线上泼少量水。 内置警报器响了，这并没有吓到我们(我们期望立即做出React)，但是几乎在同一时间，我们口袋里的电话随着通知警报震动了。 从我们的模拟漏水到电话上的推送通知的时间不到一秒钟。 (请注意时钟上的时间(表示我们截屏的时间)和警报时间。)

Once the water is triggered the physical alarm sounds continuously until you remove the wire from the water or unplug the sensor cable. On the push notification side of things it sends you that first instant alert and then another alert every five minutes for as long as the water source is present.

触发水后，物理警报会持续响起，直到您从水中拔出电线或拔下传感器电缆为止。 在推送通知方面，只要有水源，它就会向您发送第一个即时警报，然后每五分钟向您发送另一个警报。

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Not only is D-Link the first major networking/home product vendor to get a Wi-Fi sensor to market but at $75 their product is significantly cheaper than more complex and less user friendly networked solutions. The addition of the standard cabling and the free (and unlimited) monitoring and notifications make the D-Link DCH-S160 the best value in category at the moment.

D-Link不仅是第一家将Wi-Fi传感器推向市场的主要网络/家庭产品供应商，而且其产品的价格为75美元，比更复杂和用户友好度较低的网络解决方案便宜得多。 D-Link DCH-S160加上了标准电缆以及免费(无限制)监控和通知功能，成为目前同类产品中性价比最高的产品。

Image Credit: D-Link.

图片来源：D-Link。

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/227980/how-to-protect-your-home-from-water-damage-with-smart-home-sensors/

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