To say that the concept of smart home in recent years speculation hot, when strangers enter the community, the security of the community is the first barrier of our safety, and when it enters the building door with others, then the security of the building door also becomes useless, therefore, even if the security of the residential property is done well, the accident of the stolen door in the community also occurs from time to time, as the last barrier of our safety, the household security door, often does not get the attention of the owner, so that the thieves can take advantage of it, the author is deeply affected, the home is invaded by thieves, Fortunately, there is no personnel injury, so, for the security progress of the home security door has been very concerned, after changing the smart door lock, although the security has reached a new level, but always feel that there are still shortcomings? If there is such a product can remotely monitor visiting guests, visitors can also remotely call the owner, with smart door locks, this is my ideal product, with the advancement of science and technology, there is such a focus on intelligent security black technology company Spotted Cat has developed a smart cat eye product that replaces the traditional cat's eye, what is it? Let's take a look!
Spotted cat m100 pro is a very practical smart cat's eye products, the same as the traditional cat's eye, the spotted cat m100 pro retains the outdoor situation that can be seen in real time through the interior, but, not only that, the m100 pro also integrates the traditional doorbell function, through the supporting app can achieve the function of remotely calling the homeowner, that is to say, even if the homeowner is not at home, you can also receive a doorbell request from visiting guests, in addition, even if we install a smart door lock with a higher security level, But it is also impossible to avoid the modus operandi of thieves opening the door lock from the cat's eye through special tools, such reports are often seen, and the spotted cat m100 pro can realize the door alarm, remote real-time monitoring of visiting guests, and take a video in real time to send to the mobile phone client. The responsibility of truly looking after the last barrier for the master. Without further ado, let's take a look at the magic of this product.
Packaging using environmentally friendly cardboard box packaging, open the package can be seen that the spotted cat m100 pro is composed of two parts, namely installed outdoor with a doorbell, an outdoor camera, and an indoor unit similar to a smart tablet. The first time to see the spotted cat m100 pro, very amazing at its product workmanship, bronze color matching, so that it and the mainstream brown security door on the market very match, in addition to the host, spotted cat also for us to come with a dedicated charger, data cable, installation tools, instructions, etc.
First look at the outdoor unit part, the outdoor machine is very small, the workmanship is very exquisite, the bronze color matching makes it look very amazing, on the small body, integrated camera, doorbell, speaker, microphone, infrared sensor, pir human body detection sensor and other components, although the body is small, but integrated a lot of black technology, but also have to sigh the wisdom of the spotted cat engineers. The thickness is also very thin, and it will not look particularly abrupt when installed outside the door, and its presence is almost imperceptible.
Spotted cat m100 pro camera using 3 million pixels, the lens uses a 140 ° wide-angle lens, surrounded by four infrared sensors, can make the cat's eye clear transmission of outdoor 1080p HD quality video signals, and support night vision function, even if the corridor lighting is dim, does not affect the cat's eye shooting, the current configuration in the entire intelligent cat's eye industry, are the top level. Under the camera is equipped with a smart doorbell button, through the linkage with the app, press the doorbell, the mobile phone app will also push the visiting visitor notification instantly, there is a horn and a mic hole on the camera side, the homeowner connects the doorbell request, you can realize remote real-time call, if it is a visit by relatives and friends, you can even open the smart door lock through the spotted cat smart cat's eye, so that guests enter the house in advance to wait for the owner to go home, to avoid eating the closed door soup. At the top of the camera is a pir human body detection sensor, which can detect outdoor dynamics in real time, and dynamic alarm settings can be made through indoor tablets or apps. 4 infrared night vision lights, with a 140 ° wide angle lens can make the spotted cat m100 pro in a dim environment to view the monitoring screen of about 3 meters outside the door, the night vision effect is very good.
On the back is a cylindrical cat's eye plug, with a row of wires at the tail, and 3m glue around the arc of the back, which is used to fit the outdoor door panel when installed.
The indoor unit looks like a tablet, hardware, the use of 7-inch IPS capacitive touch screen, and deeply customized for the smart cat's eye optimization of the Android system, the screen uses the mainstream 1280 * 720p resolution, 1280 * 720 for the tablet is more mainstream, but in the cat's eye products absolutely top match. The effect of the screen in different angles to see the screen is also very good, there will be no situation like low-end tablet devices can not see the screen on the side, the touch response is sensitive, and the operation is smooth.
Under the front of the outdoor unit, there is a button similar to the home button, which can be used to activate the screen of the tablet and take pictures. Because the spotted cat uses a 7-inch large screen, so compared to the 4-5 inch screen on the market of smart cat's eye products, the viewing experience is better, the fuselage is built-in 8400mah lithium battery, full charge can meet the indoor unit up to 60 days of standby. This far subverts our impression of a day charge of smart tablet products, large-capacity batteries are very powerful, measured, open dynamic detection, normal doorbell, monitoring and other functions, after 20 days of use, the power is still 56%, standby is quite powerful.
On the back of the fuselage, unlike the common tablet products, the Spotted Cat m100 pro has four non-slip pads in the four corners, in the middle position, there is a hidden magnet device, and there is also a cable socket at the bottom to connect with the wiring data of the outdoor unit. On the far left are the speakers of the outdoor unit.
On the side of the indoor unit is equipped with a power-on key, a tf card expansion card slot and a micro USB charging port. The fuselage comes with 8g memory capacity, through the tf card slot can be expanded up to 128g memory capacity, massive storage space, can help us store enough video.
Open the Spotted Cat m100 pro's kit and you can see an iron plate bracket used to secure it with the host. Since the back of the indoor unit has a built-in magnetic device, it can be easily adsorbed with the bracket when installed.
The indoor unit can be on standby for about 60 days, and the battery can be charged through the standard 5v-2 a charging head included with the Spotted Cat. Of course, we can also choose the charging treasure to charge, as long as the specifications match.
Installation, the installation of the Spotted Cat m100 pro is very simple, just got the hand, I thought I needed a professional installation master to help install, did not expect, the Spotted Cat m100 pro through the engineers' streamlined installation design, ordinary users can install, the installation method is also very simple. Spotted cat m100 pro is suitable for cat's eye holes in the diameter range of 15mm~ 50mm, and the thickness of the door panel is 35mm~110mm, which can be installed smoothly. The author's door is pan pan anti-theft door, below, personally demonstrate the installation method of the m100 pro.
First of all, to install the outdoor unit, the spotted cat comes with screws of different specification lengths, the author's anti-theft door is thinner, so I selected the shortest screw, unscrewed the old cat's eye, screwed the screw on the back of the cat's eye screw hole, inserted the cable and the screw together into the cat's eye hole, next, take off the 3m glue of the outdoor unit and paste it on the door panel.
Next, you can install the indoor unit, the shuttle line through the bracket and then inserted into the back of the plate, the bracket is fixed to the door panel through the screw, and then the indoor plate can be adsorbed on the fixed bracket, and finally, through a small screw at the bottom of the plate, so that the installation is completed, very simple. Note: During the installation process, it is necessary to avoid injuring the wiring, so as not to cause the machine to break up.
Hands-on experience
After the installation is completed, long press the boot button of the indoor tablet, you can complete the boot, as we mentioned earlier, the indoor unit uses the Android system, for the use of the Android system, presumably everyone will use, enter the system settings, network settings, through wifi for the device networking. Next, follow the tablet prompts, download the Spotted Cat app through the mainstream application market, and start pairing for the system binding.
Open the app, follow the prompts, create a family, select the device Spotted Cat m100 pro, and complete the binding by scanning the paired QR code of the indoor unit to add the device successfully. Spotted cat company not only develops a spotted cat m100 pro intelligent cat eye, but also has a variety of intelligent terminal equipment, including smart door locks, cameras, door and window alarms and a series of equipment, choose supporting equipment, equipment through the Internet of Things linkage, will open more and more cool functional experience.
Enter the main interface, you can remotely view the outdoor real-time monitoring screen remotely through the app, and enter the monitoring screen to capture, record, and even voice calls to the images taken by the outdoor camera. You can also remotely view the album to help owners find real-time images of every moment outdoors.
Spotted cat m100 pro in the app use experience is very good, not only that, in terms of security can be described as the ultimate, mentioned in the following aspects, the app can open the fingerprint unlock, further protect the spotted cat m100 pro shooting privacy screen, in addition, can be bound with WeChat, by paying attention to WeChat, you can view the alarm information through WeChat, real-time alarm notification, to prevent missing the information of each important visiting guest.
By pressing the outdoor doorbell, the app can receive real-time visit requests from visitors, which is similar to the video call function, and we can complete the remote call by receiving the request through the app. Even when you are not at home, you can communicate with visitors in real time. Of course, all these services are free, and unlike other manufacturers' smart cameras or cat's eye, the spotted cat m100 pro is very conscientious, all storage services, video call services are free to provide users, the author really likes it.
Spotted cat m100 pro interactive interface design language is simple and easy to use, open the screen by default to display the outdoor monitoring screen, through the physical key can open real-time capture, in addition, in the monitoring screen below the capture, video, album, set several options. In addition to some basic settings in the setting menu, including sound, network, and screen, you can also set the alarm for the m100 pro. The alarm time is adjusted in the sensitivity of 1 to 15 minutes, and the risk of the thief dismantling the machine that we are worried about will also push the alarm information in real time. These setting options can be set not only through the indoor fuselage, but also through the app.
Spotted cat m100 pro in terms of security, thanks to a pir human detection sensor configuration, can make the m100 pro stay alarm and human body motion detection alarm. As long as there is an abnormal stranger outside the door, the alarm information can be pushed synchronously on the mobile app or WeChat. If we find a picture of an unusual stranger appearing, we can shout through the outdoor speakers of the spotted cat to deter thieves from quickly rolling out of view. Of course, at this time, you may wonder, then, like the familiar faces of family and friends will also call the police? In fact, the spotted cat m100 pro also has an important black technology function, a powerful face recognition system, which can intelligently help the spotted cat identify relatives and friends, avoid oolong alarms, is it very powerful? The setting method is also very simple, through the app settings, enter your own selfie photos, you can take three photos from different angles, which can help the spotted cat to identify the face more accurately. In addition, the m100 pro's cloud storage capability not only provides 30 days of free circular storage, but also has a more powerful cloud storage capability, which can push guest visits, calls and shooting, various alarm information event records to the mobile phone, and encrypted storage in the cloud, which users can view or delete as needed.
Next, take a look at the night vision function of the spotted cat m100 pro, the dim corridor will make the spotted cat open the night mode by default, the four infrared lights of the outdoor unit will also be lit, and the large screen of the indoor unit can clearly see the appearance of the visiting guests, and the night vision effect is very clear, which can meet our daily monitoring needs.
summary
After more than half a month of experience, spotted cat m100 pro completely subverted my inherent impression of smart cat's eye, as the last barrier of outdoor security, spotted cat m100 pro can completely replace outdoor surveillance cameras and indoor surveillance camera products, not only can monitor the outdoor wind and grass, but also can timely and visiting guests to make calls, and even help visitors enter the door in advance, avoid letting relatives and friends eat closed door soup. Spotted cat m100 pro can not only replace the traditional cat's eye, thanks to the powerful alarm extreme, not only can achieve capture, monitoring and other network camera functions, powerful face recognition system, can intelligently distinguish acquaintances and strangers, combined with the stay alarm function, the security to the extreme, in addition, but also completely let the thieves through the cat's eye burglary robbery means become a bubble. In addition, Spotted Cat Company focuses on indoor security equipment, including not only the smart cat-eye equipment we experience today, but also smart door locks, door and window anti-theft devices, smart cameras and other supporting smart home products, through the supporting Spotted Cat app, to achieve more intelligent Internet of Things linkage scenarios. On the whole, spotted cat m100 pro as a smart cat eye product, focus on functional design makes this product look extremely powerful, for the author, is a very practical, help me care home good product, very recommended for the pursuit of home security users to use.