Saturday, September 01, 2012
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Elphi is the first smart plug built for the 21st century. With it you can monitor, control and even share devices with your friends from anywhere in the world. Simply plug your devices into the Elphi plug and connect them to the Elphi cloud with our free app. Our streamlined setup process usually takes less than sixty seconds. We’ve designed our system to work with your existing WiFi network so you don’t have to buy any additional hardware.
ELPHI GOES EVERYWHERE
The Elphi smart plug can be used to monitor and control all of the things you plug into the wall. Elphi hasbeen using it to turn on the espresso machine on the way back from work, for turning on heaters and lights, and to check whether my grandmother is ok by looking at her power usage over time. How will you use it? Elphi is limited only by your imagination.
How does it work?
The Elphi plug and app communicate via a cloud service in real time. The plug uses a dual core Wi-Fi chip to connect to local Wi-Fi networks and is designed to minimize vampire power usage by backing off the relay switch’s coil current via pulse width modulation. The plug’s firmware is also being designed to allow for updates as our system improves and evolves.
The app talks to our API and receives push notifications for events such as turning on the plug with the physical button or your friend turning on your lights from his or her phone. The Elphi team plans to open up the API to users and developers in the near future.
The Elphi cloud is a secure, reliable service that ties together phone apps with the physical devices you use in your everyday life. The team have built it to handle the constantly fluctuating loads associated with even the most demanding smartphone-driven lifestyle.
Compatibility
The Elphi smart plug is compatible with iPhones running iOS 5.1 and will be compatible with Android shortly.
iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S running iOS 5.1
Android devices running 2.3 and higher
WiFi type 802.11b (also works with b/g/n networks)
Standard 3 pronged U.S. plug (safely powers anything you plug into your wall socket- up to 15amps, or ~1875 watts)
Elphi Features
Elphi transforms the devices you use into a seamless, virtual extension of yourself, and Elphis is building the tools to make this a reality. Currently with the Elphi system, you can:
Monitor loved ones (elderly or latchkey kids) by looking at the power use patterns on their devices.
Instantly turn on and off any device from anywhere via smartphone – from your couch or from across the world
Use the button as a manual override if a smart phone is not present
Set timers just like you set your alarm clock on your phone – set your coffee machine to turn on every morning
Location awareness – your phone can notify you or control devices based on your location (i.e. curling iron turns off when you leave the house)
Measure the power usage of any device, and monitor it over time
Plug two Elphi plugs into a single outlet with our space efficient design!
Update Elphi plug firmware from your phone
Synchronize state changes across multiple users’ phones
Automatically turns off if device plugged into Elphi plug is drawing too much power
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