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Netatmo Healthy home coach on trial. The home health guardian on Homekit

Netatmo Healthy home coach on trial.  The home health guardian on Homekit

Home CasaVerdeSmart ,,,,,The second compatible product Netatmo Homekit after the successful Smart Thermostat designed by Philip Starck aesthetically recalls two other devices of the French company: the Weather Station and the camera Welcome (coming soon compatible with Homekit) that we have tried in the past months on Macitynet.

Let's say that Healthy Home Coach takes from the first model some of the features dedicated to the measurement of internal parameters and from the other the less technological coloring. For the rest, the precise task is to monitor the best environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, noise and CO2) for the health of your home and especially for your loved ones who frequent an environment close to you or at a great distance.

An environmental health condition detector can help you to get to know your surroundings better but also to check without being invasive with environmental cameras or microphones the state of health of the home of an elderly person or of a child's bedroom and, as we will see also to work as a alarm system thanks to sound detection.

Let's see in the unpacking gallery the details of the product and the first installation phase which simply consists of connecting to the electricity grid. The Netatmo application will then take care of guiding us in the configuration of the product and introducing us to the interpretation of the results.

The package also suitable for Apple Stores Works with iPhone Here is the data it can detect The specifications Sober and highly reciable packaging with the product in evidence The back with the only edge: the micro USB power supply The front with the large white window with iridescent backlighting in evidence The bottom and the top which is a big button The attention to detail the Coach with the power supply Everything OK: the room is in perfect health

Home Coach on Homekit and also in “live”

As we will see from the dense series of screenshots that you find accompanying the review, the system currently works only with iPhone and iPad and communicates across the board with Homekit, reporting the environmental conditions directly on the Home application screen or the control center if you have entered the sensors in your favorite accessories.

The data can be queried inside the app which shows the conditions in a very fascinating graph and directly on the device: just touch the top surface of the cylinder and the color of the window will pass from the rest phase to that of signaling the “alarm conditions. .

As always, remember that to have consultation outside the home, outside the range of home Wi-Fi (strictly on the 2.4 Ghz network) it is necessary to have a fourth or fifth generation Apple TV or a compatible iPad.

The starting screen We connect the power supply Let's connect to the Homekit installation already present And let's retrieve the data Here's how the top button works The router and access with 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi From our phone we find Home Coach and pass the connection data The device is now connected and we can proceed with the firmware update if available The explanations on Homekit compatibility We are ready for the connection The phase of inclusion in the Homekit network can be done with photos or manually All the data can be requested through Siri: here's how They can be customized the names of the sensors to facilitate the conversation through Siri You can set three different profiles (Baby, Whole Family, Asthmatic) on the basis of which the application will provide the appropriate advice Through the color code that we will see on the screen or on the illuminated window of the coach we will have the perception of the quality of the parameters detected by the sensors Here you will find information on the data range for CO2 For noise Temperature and … … Humidity, each with recommended thresholds Color codes to report anomalies Here we are at an optimal level And here the quality is scarce Scrolling through the chronology we have an idea of ​​what happened in the past hours (we are missing a line chart, however) Here's a frequent tip for last summer's high temperature Here you can access the customized settings Here at the account AND It is also possible to calibrate the devices to better manage the data collection and compare them with the actuators (thermostats, fans etc …) If you use it in the living room you can also manage the light of the device directly Here is the information on the sendore of CO2 The options on the calibration If we go to see the device on “Home” we have this type of information The same happens in detail for the various parameters including temperature Here's how they look in “Home” We can also think of an automation at the time of the test only the CO2 detector was available as a sensor to trigger one share which could be the activation of a fan or the lighting of a pilot lamp Here we set the accessory in the “alarm” condition Data can also be available outside the Netatmo app such as this Eve by Elgato And so ' programming Here we see the summary for the living room With the data on the level Here we see the rule set And here is a detail that makes it depend on another sensor (the one which controls the opening or not of the door) In any case, the push messages on the phone will warn us when the thresholds are exceeded Everything OK: the room is in perfect health

Conclusions

As expected from Netatmo it is a well finished product with excellent management software. The arrival of iOS 11 and the improvement of sensor condition management brings a good benefit in the system's ability to interact with other home automation equipment (fans to make an air change, interaction with Velux windows very convenient for attics , the coloring of lamps in the same room or in a distant one to signal possible dangers).

The queries to be activated with Siri are well defined and customizable and are also provided in our language.

The commitment with which the French company undertakes to correctly translate all the texts to make them accessible even to those who do not know foreign languages ​​is to be commended.

The push notification system that can be deactivated, however, is able to keep even the most apprehensive parent or child updated.

We would have liked to see the same completeness of graphing of the levels with a historical trend on a temporal axis as happens for the Netatmo Weather station but perhaps the company will reserve it for a future update as well as the management of alarms on Homekit also for different sensors. from those of CO2.

Basically a good product for those who always want to keep track of the basic parameters of a house or a single room without going crazy to create complex systems.

Pro

Elegant and distinctive aesthetics, effective signaling of environmental values, good integration with Homekit (pending an increase in detectable sensors), customer assistance during installation and optimal use. Efficient push reporting system

Cons

There is no effective representation of the historical values ​​accessible also via the Web.

Price to the Public

Netatmo Healthy Home Coach costs 99 Euros including VAT and is available at APR, Apple Store and in the most well-stocked retailers with Nital – Hinnovation distribution.

It is also possible to find it on Amazon at this address at 99.99 Euro VAT Included.

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