One-stop protection for your home: Canary All-in-One Home Security

Additional amendments (2015-05-07 15:13:41):
Since many comments are common questions, I hereby explain it in a unified way: First of all, we must have a concept. No product is perfect. It is only for you. If you hold the best attitude of what you have bought, don't look at the clothes. Because that only means that it is best for you, and some people are willing to buy millet and some people like to buy apples. Secondly, the canary's motion detection function allows the entire screen to be monitored (and optimized for pets, and how the specific pet's effect cannot be tested because there are no pets in the house), rather than a domestic IP camera or some people who say in my factory. The camera can also have this feature. There are fixed stations or fixed entrances and exits inside the factory. Such as this Samsung (SAMSUNG) SNH-P6410BN 1080P home full HD webcam

I understand that you can only specify up to three areas for mobile monitoring. If you are outside the area, there is no way. If you have more windows and doors at home, you don't know how much to install. Other brands may have no more examples than one point. There are some people who say that it's no use telling you to turn on your camera again? This is because you have not seen this product well. In camera mode, the camera is always on. When an activity (motion or sound, light) is detected, it is recorded and sent to you. You have received a short video that was recorded. At this time you can choose to watch live or press the machine with alarm or you alarm. Third, the products I need are not visible at home, so those who grow up with a camera are excluded. Secondly, my home has been renovated. I don’t want to destroy the overall effect. Secondly, the function I want is only to remind my family. Someone who later wanted to buy sentri canary switch to baby monitoring (of course not compared with professional surveillance products). Third, canary works differently in different modes, with lights on the bottom of the canary. The fortification mode is green light, unguarded is yellow light, privacy mode is no light, error or missing network is red light. Third, in fact, what I had originally issued was only for drying materials. I did not expect Xiaobian to be categorized into use evaluation. Originally, the purpose of this article was just to open up everyone's ideas, not product introductions. Canary is just a new product. Within months of its launch, the technical department is also drawing on the customer's opinion to improve the functionality. Second, the so-called one-stop type of my understanding is that buying such a one can satisfy the needs of some people, and the installation is easy with only one device and the design is simple. But it cannot be said that he meets everyone's needs. Just like you want to be safe with railings, you have 7x24 hours of your high NAS, you have to decorate all the lines you can pre-install. You want the best home security solution, or you still have a security guard. If you need to continue to respond to everyone, I would like to write about the latest situation of this type of product and the comparison of various products, but because there is no physical majority is something I and their e-mail contact asked. The parameters can all be viewed on the official website, so they will not be done. I just hope this text can help some even a few people is enough.

This time, the singles were really twists and turns. In order to defeat the procrastinism, they were ready to finish writing once in the evening. I didn't expect that half of the contents lost before the final release could only be rewritten. . .

This should be regarded as a domestic launch. Although it is not very well written, please respect originality and prohibit reprint.

Purpose of shopping:

After the renovation of my new house, due to the relatively low floor, both parents and relatives and friends have always recommended that we should install anti-theft windows. As a Sagittarius, how can I deprive myself of my freedom? So my answer under the turn attack is still no!

However, as an ordinary family with a suitable security system still needs to be solved, I began some exploration and research and finally bought back canary.

Official website link

I purchased $249 in Amazon America

The following content is just for me to summarize and understand. If there are more professionals, please feel free to enlighten me.

I roughly divided domestic home security into two categories:

First, the camera-based standard security system.

This system has been used for various types of shopping malls, communities, villas, etc. The advantages are: 1. Real-time monitoring, can do 7x24 hours of uninterrupted recording and monitoring; 2. All-round no dead ends, as long as you set up enough cameras . 3. Safe and reliable, after many years of practical testing in various fields, home security is a piece of cake.

However, because it is not designed for the average family, there are corresponding disadvantages along with the advantages: 1. Requires NAS or other large-capacity storage devices; 2. Complex settings, including installation height, angle, host settings, NAS settings, etc.; 3 • It is impossible to integrate with the family as a whole and affect the overall appearance. 4. There are costs such as post-maintenance and the initial installation cost is not small.

Second, the security system designed with family as the goal:

This type of system is based on a host and various sensors and is designed for home security. Advantages: 1. Comprehensive protection: As shown in the picture above, you can't buy it, you can't think of it, everything from fire, gas, flooding, infrared (the perfectionist's choice) 2. Most have sim card function, detect alarm In the future, the world can report to the mobile phone via SMS, etc. 3. The combination with the camera can achieve intercom and other functions.

And its shortcomings are also corresponding: 1. The installation is complex, each device must be installed in a specific location, and finally connected to the host. If you want to do a wired connection, you need to consider it before renovating. If you don't think about it beforehand, if you use a power cord, it would be very ugly. If you use a battery, you need to replace it. 2. The same cannot be combined with the overall decoration. 3. The initial investment is not small. Most households may only choose several simple detector combinations. 4. Also consider the later maintenance costs.

Third, one-stop home security system

Recently, a security system called the All-In-One System (which I translated into a one-stop security system) has become popular in foreign countries. Its characteristic is that all functions are all in one, including functions such as motion detection, HD recording, alarm, temperature and humidity, and air quality detection. And the beauty of design and overall home design can be integrated.

Representatives can refer to this article:

Inventory of 11 excellent home security cameras (in which the canary parameter is incorrect, should be 1080P instead of 720P, linked here)

I chose one of the cameras, called canary, which was originally $199 for Indiegogo crowdfunding. When I saw it, it was pre-sold by Amazon and the price went up to $249. Actually, I prefer Sentri, but it will not be officially shipped until 8.9, so it will be secondarily.

The following starts the official sun list:

Out of the box

shell

Exterior:

CANARY official website provides the high dimensions: 6 inches | diameter: 3 inches; converted to centimeters is about 15cm high, 7.6cm diameter can roughly refer to the following figure:

List of accessories: manual x1; pairing line x1; charging line x1; plug x1;

Saying this sticker is purely funny.

I am a mighty day. . Fly back again.

After the canary app is installed, simple installation can be performed step by step according to the installation guide in the APP.

1. Plug in the power

2. Plug in the pairing line

Here are some simple introductions.

The main hardware parameters:

1080P 147° camera: with night vision and motion detection.

Home Health System: Detects the temperature, humidity, and air quality in your area.

90+ decibel alarm: May be able to scare others.

Canary has three modes at runtime

Alert mode: In this mode, once a moving object is detected, you will be notified via SMS and APP notification. The subsequent action will be up to you to determine whether it is an alarm or a false alarm.

Unguarded mode

This mode is the default mode when the director is at home. In this mode, he will not automatically prompt you when it detects the invasion of a moving object, but it will still record.

3. Privacy mode

In this mode, canary is equal to standby and no record will be made.

All three modes can be switched automatically if you allow GPS positioning

After pairing, unplug the yellow line. Canary will make the first major update, which is based on user feedback after the US officially released updates and BUG repair. Update can use LAN or wifi.

After the update is complete, it can be used officially. It only needs to find a power plug and place it on any level to start working.

I did a simple test:

Automatic status switch:

Daytime detection effect:

Night vision effect:

Test tips:

It is specifically intended to be bought and delivered on time before going out of the tour. After more than 10 days of travel tests, it can basically meet the demand.

I believe the merits are obvious: beautiful, concise, high-definition video, motion detection, night vision, and what it advertises.

Everyone can go to the website to see, there are already a large section of comments in the United States Amazon can refer to.

So here I summarize the shortcomings of canary:

Not particularly sensitive, and sometimes not every action will be alarmed.

Because video is stored in the cloud abroad, it requires a relatively high speed. And free storage is only 24 hours.

If it is to set more than one, the cost is relatively high.

There is no intercom function.

Without the battery, the corresponding measure that canary adopts is that the video before the power outage or disconnection will be sent to the cloud to be saved and sent to you. It is up to you to judge whether it is artificially unplugged or something else.

The positioning accuracy of GPS is not very high. It can only locate about 100 meters in the neighborhood of the residential area.

Finally, a simple look at another Sentri: It has many advantages that canary does not have, comes with a battery, SD card slot seems to be because crowdfunding is not in place (cannot remember), the overall setting can be later and home smart home system The 10-inch display is more high-profile (although the overall pricing is also higher). Those who are interested can go to their website to see.