The famous Aqara brand that is part of the Xiaomi ecosystem and that we know very well thanks to the myriad of smart products for the home has just released a very interesting new gadget; we welcome the Aqara Smart Knob H1 from today on sale in China at the price of 499 yuan, about 63 euros at current exchange rates.
Aqara Smart Knob H1 is the new smart knob to control all the lights in the house
The Aqara Smart Knob H1 is nothing more than a smart knob that has multiple features such as multi-action, multi-scene control, HomeKit and internet connection.
So let's go into more detail starting with the multi-action control, this means that the knob can intelligently control the lighting of the whole house, but not only. It supports most lights, but also smart curtains made by Aqara and much more.
There are also 3 adjustable sensitivity levels for more precise control. Low sensitivity is suitable for fine adjustment, such as adjusting the light color temperature from 5800K to 6200K; medium sensitivity is suitable for the most common scenes, such as adjusting the opening and closing of the smart curtains; finally, the high sensitivity is suitable for quick change of scenes, such as the quick change of light from the lowest to the highest brightness.
As for multi-scenario applications, we can set the Aqara Smart Knob H1 to control the light, blinds and smart drying rack, all at the same time. So for example, by pressing the button in the morning we can turn off all the lights in the house, open the curtains and lower the rods of the smart drying rack.
The Aqara Smart Knob H1 must obviously be positioned on the wall, on the back we find 5 holes for wiring the N, L, L3, L2, L1 sockets. With N representing the negative, L is the positive, L1, L2 and L3 are respectively connected to the 3 load lines of the lights; of these, L1 corresponds to the left button, L2 corresponds to the middle button and L3 corresponds to the right button.
Finally, the product works with gateways equipped with the Zigbee standard, in particular it supports the following gateway products: M2 gateway, MIS gateway, P3 air conditioner and G2H smart camera.
