As a leader in the field of domestic security, 360 has been deeply engaged in all fronts of security products and leads the trend of various products. The surveillance market, which has a large market share, has always had the pain points of strong professionalism, high cost and difficult construction, making some small places that have just needs for video surveillance very embarrassing, either bear high costs or give up the protection of video surveillance. Fortunately, 360 company discovered this problem a few years ago, and gradually rolled out from the small droplets of home smart cameras, smart cameras, smart doorbells, outdoor smart cameras (commonly known as bolts), and later intelligent outdoor ball machines with PTZ, covering various application scenarios such as families and individual users, small shops one by one, so that the former professional video surveillance has become a convenient product that everyone can install and use, and promotes the development of this product in the home user market.
The author has been a loyal fan of 360 since contacting 360, and recently got the latest model of 360 outdoor ball machine, 6 Pro, which I will share with you below.
Packaging drawing
The simple packaging and sharp corners not only indicate the simple and fast installation of 360 products, but also show 360's confidence in its own products.
Unboxing diagram
Open the package, ball machine, lifting bracket, manual, power supply, card needle, etc. are all available.
Frontal view
As a new generation of outdoor smart camera, 360 Outdoor Dome 6 Pro adopts a 400W pixel camera, IP66-level dustproof and waterproof for all-weather outdoor use, 360-degree steering PTZ without dead angles, and 4 strong LED lights to support full-color night vision.
Back picture
The SD card slot on the back of the gimbal and the ball machine reset hole are placed inside the waterproof cover because they need to be installed outdoors.
Stickers
At the same time, 360 also intimately prepared a perforated sticker, which only needs to be pasted on the wall when installing, and the hole can be punched according to the indicated position.
Waterproof kit
Because the ball machine is mainly installed outdoors, in order to prevent the water ingress short circuit when the power socket rains, 360 also prepared a waterproof kit in the box, and the power socket is loaded into the kit, which can effectively reduce the risk of short circuit.
Installation
With a little hands-on ability, it can be easily installed on the wall by itself.
finished product
After the installation is completed, because the outdoor installation is generally far from the router, in order to ensure the stability of the signal, 360 has designed two omnidirectional antennas on the ball machine to adjust the angle freely.
activation
After the ball machine is installed on the wall, it needs to be activated through the APP, 360 this time abandons the traditional 360 camera APP, and uses a new 360 smart life, as can be seen from the interface, this is a fusion APP that integrates all 360 intelligent products.
After installing the APP, add the device and select the 360 Ball Machine 6 Pro as prompted.
networking
After selecting the device, you need to install the device to connect to the network for subsequent operation, 360 outdoor ball machine 6 Pro provides two ways of WIFI connection and twisted pair wired network connection. Network cable connection, generally the monitoring point is far from the router, can not WIFI coverage or the coverage signal is not good to use. My billiard ball machine is installed on the wall outside the living room, so the WIFI connection is used directly, and it also saves the trouble of pulling cables.
disposition
The process of network distribution is the same as the previous 360 cameras and doorbells, which is to select the WIFI to be paired, enter the password and send the network information to the device through the sound wave to connect, this process will not be repeated.
Monitor the page
After the setting is completed, you can enter the normal use interface, as long as there is a network, you can check the situation at home anytime, anywhere, and you can talk to your family through two-way calls, which is still quite practical for people who work outside for a long time.
Cloud Record
360 outdoor ball machine 6 Pro and previous monitoring products, you can use self-inserted SD card for recording or use 360 cloud server for recording, but free cloud video only provides 7 days, more than you need to buy cloud video space, this can be decided according to your own needs.
The daily functions of 360 outdoor ball machine and 360 other monitoring products are not much different, such as manual adjustment of PTZ, timing cruise, two-way intercom, screenshots, videos, etc., not to repeat one by one, the following is only a few places that I think are more innovative.
AI skills
The first is AI skills. The AI skills supported by the 360 Outdoor Ball 6 Pro include area audible and visual alarm, vehicle identification, parking violation monitoring, and vehicle care. Because I am installed in a residential area, the vehicle cannot enter, so the skills related to the vehicle cannot be used, and I can only use the first, regional sound and light alarm.
AI Store
This feature is available for free through the Skill Store, is currently experimental, and may be charged as it matures.
Audible and visual alarm
After downloading the skill, you can set the area that needs to be alarmed, and when the monitoring detects humanoid moving objects in the set area, it will issue an audible and visual alarm, and at the same time take pictures of the scene and notify the owner from the APP to deter illegal acts and minimize personal and property damage.
Humanoid tracking
The second is humanoid close-up tracking. As long as the 360 Outdoor Ball Machine 6 Pro detects a humanoid moving object in the monitoring screen, it will automatically rotate and follow until he is out of the monitoring range, which is of great practical significance to users.
BUG
However, in practical applications, a small BUG was found that the pants dried in the courtyard were often identified as people, and then the ball machine was always motionless against it, and it needed to be improved in the later stage.
Due to time reasons, this time from the receipt of the equipment, only a few days of test time, coupled with the usual work, can not be used in depth, but in terms of the use of these short days, I personally feel that 360 outdoor ball machine 6 Pro has unprecedented powerful performance, 2K ultra-clear picture quality, super infrared night vision, full-color night vision, IP66 dustproof and waterproof and other functions, enough to meet the needs of the nursing home, and the installation and operation is simple, the operation of various functions is very easy to master, Let ordinary home users completely bid farewell to the complex wiring of traditional monitoring systems, which is very close to the people.