- Wirelessly control nearly any low-voltage electronics device
- Basic circuitry knowledge of electrical wiring is required
- Use triggers from a variety of sensors
Sorry - just not worth it
01/29/2015
This review is from: Belkin F7C043fc WeMo Maker - Home Automation for the Tinkerer & DIY'er, Wi-Fi Enabled and WeMo App Controlled
Pros:
- Wifi and phone app integration
- Simple
For someone with money to burn this can be an interesting device to get your feet wet with some real-world interfacing and simple "coding" (if you call IFTTT actually writing code). Not much you can get wrong with this thing since it is so darn simple
Cons:
It's way too limited for doing anything productive beyond turning lights on/off or opening/closing a garage door, etc. Way too expensive for the ROI, as well. You'd need a small collection of these things to do anything useful.
There is no user's guide and forget finding anything about the internal architecture. The phone software is buggy and the device works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. I would not trust it with anything more important than turning a light on.
Overall Review:
It's sad that they could have had a winner her and this thing comes up so lame. For this price, it should have two channels of A/D inputs -- then we could do some interesting things. For example, it would make a neat foundation for environmental monitoring, or even a way to experiment with creating your own remote car starter (you need A/D feedback to test engine RPM or alternator voltage).
Even Belkin's online 'community' discussing this device is lethargic and the best that end users could come up with are things like water level sensing or remote launching a model rocket. Really?
Anyone spending this money would be better suited looking at something else for more bang for their buck. Sorry to sound so harsh but this device is really not worth it.
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- Christopher C.
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