Remote Control Switches

In homes, offices, manufacturing, and basically anywhere, remote control switches can be useful. First of all, we are talking about lighting control. The advantage of this approach is undeniable, because personal comfort is very important for a modern person, no matter how cynical it sounds.

Switches with remote control over the radio channel, through an infrared remote control, with a motion sensor, voice command or just from a smartphone - all this is available today and is very wide. A person no longer needs to approach the switch whenever it is necessary to turn on or turn off the light, it is not necessary to reach for the button on the wall, it is enough to send a signal remotely. And all that is needed for happiness is just to add a switch with a remote control to the lighting circuit. It is about such switches that will be discussed in this article, we will consider several models.

BM8049M from Master Kit

First, let's pay attention to the BM8049M from Master Kit. This switch is interesting in that it allows a person to literally control the power supply to the lamps, turn them on and off from the TV remote control. Any IR remote control will do. It is enough to include the unit in the open circuit of the lighting device, say a chandelier or a night lamp, and set a specific button on the remote control from the TV or player, which is usually not used, to control.

The unit itself is powered by a 220 volt network, and when it is first included in the network, a person is given 10 seconds to set a control button. After that, it will be possible to control the lighting without getting up from the couch: if you need to turn off / on the light, he pointed the remote control at the unit and pressed the button, then it's up to the smart automation.

The operating range in the line of sight reaches 15 meters (it works only in the absence of opaque obstacles in the signal path between the IR remote control and the unit itself). If you forget to turn off the light, then after 10-14 hours the BM8049M will turn off automatically. Maximum load - 1500 watts. To program and reprogram the operating button, you will need to remove power directly from the unit, which is not a problem if automatic devices are installed in the switchboard.

WK-327 from Wookee

The WK-327 remote control switch is equipped with its own remote control. The remote control is no longer in the infrared, but at a radio frequency of 433.92 MHz. A radio receiver is located on the push-button switch, capable of receiving a signal at a distance of up to 80 meters, unless of course there are large shielding metal barriers in the signal path between the remote control and the switch.

This key module can be used both as a conventional switch and as a remote switch. Moreover, two channels are available for load control. Each channel is capable of switching up to 600 watts of active load (incandescent lamps), or up to 300 watts of energy-saving lamps. That is, the maximum switched power is 1200 watts of purely active load at 220 volts.

The circuit-breaker electronics does not require special power supply; it is enough to connect the lighting circuits, as well as bring the phase and zero to the corresponding connectors on the circuit-breaker. The remote control is powered by its own battery and is precisely tuned to this unit.

Why is this solution convenient? Unlike the IR remote control, the radio remote control works even through obstacles, because radio waves easily penetrate most of them (for example, through home furnishings and even through partitions). Moreover, since the light now has its own remote control, such a remote control can always lie in the same place at hand, for example, on a shelf in the hallway or near the bed.

There are two channels, therefore, if desired, a person will be able to turn off a large light and turn on the evening illumination or vice versa.And the presence of classic buttons directly on the wall makes the lighting control more flexible - if it is convenient to take the remote control, the person controls it from the remote control, but if it stands near the button on the wall, it presses the button. And there is no need to make several switches in different parts of the apartment or house, especially if the area is large, not to mention several floors.

Sonoff

Finally, what could be more convenient for an active user of a smartphone or tablet than Wi-Fi lighting control? Having a smartphone on IOS or Android, a person will be able to control lighting from anywhere in the room, because a load of up to 10 amperes can be switched by Sonoff Wi-Fi relays.

There is only one function button on the device’s casing, designed both for synchronization with a wireless network and for direct control, so that after a single set-up, a person would not have to worry more about whether the switch will work or not. A short press of a button is a function of a simple push-button switch, a long press is a pairing via Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b / g / n).

The eWeLink program requires the user only to register, after which the Sonoff device can be added and managed using a smartphone, not only at home or in the office, but wherever there is Internet access. The device is small in size, easy to install and camouflage: in a niche, behind the ceiling, at the base of a chandelier, etc. The long-term load capacity of the switch is up to 1500 watts.

By the way, with Sonoff it is possible to control lighting not only by turning it on and off, but also by timers, of which up to 8 are available, and the user can check the status of the switch through the application at any time.

Other lighting remote control devices: Controlled sockets and ERLO switches and NooLite Lighting Control System