bb-mobile «GSM eye": an electronic peephole with 3, 5-inch screen and GSM-phone

Most of the gadgets I buy just for the soul, and the real benefit they bring. However, in rare cases, the electronic device is necessary for me. bb-mobile «GSM eye" just refers to the number of useful gizmos.

That is absolutely a real life situation. A month ago, in an apartment of my grandparents call. They looked through the peephole and saw only the silhouette of a man - a bulb in the stairwell was unscrewed. To the question "Who is there?" The visitor said that he came downstairs neighbor and borrow salt. In short, the door opened, and this is the "neighbor", who was a stranger, soon left the apartment with a thousand hryvnia (about $ 120, 3 000). Fortunately, there were no injuries, money given voluntarily.

Search this fellow is useless - vision in my old (and they far 70) not very bright to take the thief was not, and no one really can not remember what he looked like. Now it's time to go back to the device called bb-mobile «GSM eye". It is intended to avoid situations like the above.





To order - a bit of history. The first "eye" (it was called) was led to the Russian market in March 2012, and since then the model sold in the country with a circulation of 10,000 copies. Today in the line bb-mobile has three devices of this type: "Super EYE», «GSM eye" and "PROGlazOK." The last two are remarkable in that they actually built a mobile phone (its capabilities below). The latest model is also a large touchscreen display - with a diagonal of 5 inches. In the first two - shields 2, 3 and 7, respectively 5 inches. As grandparents do not need GSM-option for them, I took the "Super eye" - just lucky in NY, but for themselves acquired «GSM eye". About him, and I'll discuss in this post, the benefit of the curious things missing.

An important advantage of "eyes" - easy to install. Personally, I do some drive a nail into the wall can, but prodelyvat holes in it and lay the wiring - not Babskii this business, you will agree? :) «GSM eye" anything that is not required: it is inserted into the hole from the normal eye (diameter - from 12 to 58 mm), and wherein the thickness of the door should not exceed 100 mm. Fasteners are included, so that did not have to buy more.



Hardware Installation took about 10 minutes, of which about 5 I was looking for a screwdriver. While I was cemented "eye" in the simplest way, ie without screwing screws in the door, but even if I took it, to "install" hardly would take more than an hour. Looks set «GSM eye" as follows:





Outward looking unit with a camera, infrared illumination (this is the question of efficiency in the dark - for example, when some suspicious character Remove the light bulb on the site), motion sensor, light sensor, microphone, speaker and call button.



Panel, located on the inner side of the door bears the display, battery compartment, memory card and SIM-card, speaker, port microUSB, microphone, press Reset and three control buttons - "on / off / reverse", "Activation of the screen" , "challenge" (the latter is needed to run the application dialing).



The screen model, as I said above, 3, 5-inch. He touch and is made of resistive technology. The quality of the matrix is ​​not too high (I mean the color and brightness), pressing it handles in 9 cases out of 10, but for such a gadget is normal - Angry Birds on it you do not play and do not watch movies.



Desk «GSM Glazko» i>



The main menu «GSM Glazko» i>

Interface in the "eye" simple, not difficult to understand. The key to it are the virtual mode button. Three of them: the first is called "Answering Machine", the second - "House", the third - «GSM».



menu select «GSM Glazko» i>

In the first case, after pressing the call button device makes photo / video and beautiful female voice said something like: "To leave a message, press the call button again and speak after the tone." After that, the visitor can either press the call button again, or do nothing. If a visitor rang the bell again, you hear a beep. Video recording will last 10 seconds.

The second mode - that "House" - is designed for use when you are in the apartment. After pressing the call button the visitor in this mode, the indoor unit will beep sounds, then the screen will turn on automatically, and the user can see what is going on behind the door. At the same time the device will make a photo or record the video - depending on the settings.

After clicking on the button in the «GSM» device will make photo / video and all the same beautiful female voice (sorry not a male :)) invited to contact the owner of the apartment by pressing the call button again. The "eye" call the owner to set in the settings telephone number, and the visitor will be able to talk to the occupant of the home. For this purpose, «GSM eye" should be pre-installed SIM-card and ask your phone number. On the set of "eye" card can also make calls (and they will be taken from only one of the three preset numbers, that is extraneous to the «GSM eye" does not get through). The device automatically picks up the phone and you hear what's going on in the apartment. For example, did not die of hunger if the cat while you soak up the Turkish beaches. But I hope that one cat you do not leave on vacation, right?



«GSM eye" dials to connect visitors with the landlord i>

However, in the mode of «GSM» device can not only call - it is also able to send SMS or MMS. To enter the MMS settings menu there is a special item. I, however, this option has not tested - the phone I welcome MMS does not set, so take a photograph I still would not be able to. But I think that the problems will not arise with this.

A few examples of the photo. In my opinion, for a device of this kind of quality is acceptable.







In an apartment with zombies breaking hedkraby on the head! I>

And yes, the user can at any time to see what's going on behind the door - even if it no one called.

Camera resolution in «GSM eyes" is 2 megapixels. However, it is recommended to put in the settings 0, 3 - likely to quickly save images. Max Video Resolution - 640 x 480.

Immediately after the first turn "eyes" should be set in the settings of the exact time and date. The fact that the photos and videos stored in the format «20130324-151228.jpg» - this is, in particular, a picture made in 15 hours 12 minutes 28 seconds, 24 March 2013.. If the time / date to set wrong, and correct data about the time of the visit you will not get.



"Settings» i>

Apart is the item "Movement". It is possible to configure the motion sensor - so that it automatically highlights the bell, the door if someone was standing and photographed / filmed video and trigger an alarm if the door someone fumbling too long (say, 20 seconds - the time given in the settings). In fact, an important point: it would be better to know the owner that someone has long been hanging outside ...

Another point. With «GSM eyes" you can manually make voice calls with inserted into it, "Sims." Perhaps, this option is useful in case you lose your phone somewhere within the apartment.

Overall - definitely worth a device. Perhaps the location of the call button on the door seems a bit strange (yet calls we decided to hang next to the door), but it is perhaps the only serious drawback «GSM eyes". And for me personally, it is compensated by the lack of need for drilling holes in the walls and laying wiring - as mentioned above, the installation of the device, for me, a girl, took about 10 minutes. It should be described contraption expensive - about 6000 rubles. But there are cheaper options (and more expensive) - see. Table:





Source: habrahabr.ru/company/smartgadget/blog/206382/