Belkin has a diverse lineup of WeMo products, but its latest addition is the WeMo Insight Switch. It not only allows you to turn appliances on and off from your smartphone, but it also monitors power usage and provides estimates on how much you’re spending by having that space heater plugged in. Here’s how to make the most of that information.
Belkin有多种WeMo产品系列，但最新添加的是WeMo Insight Switch 。 它不仅可以让您通过智能手机打开和关闭设备，还可以监视电源使用情况，并通过插入空间加热器来估算您的花费。这是充分利用这些信息的方法。
First off, if you haven’t yet set up your WeMo Insight Switch, we have a handy guide that takes you through the process. Setting up the WeMo Insight Switch is exactly the same as setting up the regular WeMo Switch. The only difference–besides the size–is that the WeMo Insight Switch can monitor the power usage from anything that’s plugged into it. That’s what we’re going to talk about in this article.
首先，如果您尚未设置WeMo Insight Switch，我们将提供一个方便的指南来指导您完成该过程。 设置WeMo Insight Switch与设置常规WeMo Switch完全相同。 除了大小之外，唯一的区别是WeMo Insight Switch可以监视插入的任何物品的电源使用情况。 这就是我们将在本文中讨论的内容。
如何查看Insight的用电量统计信息 (How to View the Insight’s Power Usage Stats)
In the WeMo app, you can turn on and off the Insight Switch just like any of Belkin’s WeMo products, but you may notice the addition of a small virtual LED light next to the power button. Sometimes it will be yellow, and other times it will be green.
在WeMo应用程序中，您可以像打开Belkin的WeMo产品一样打开和关闭Insight Switch，但是您可能会注意到，电源按钮旁边有一个小的虚拟LED灯。 有时它将是黄色，而其他时候将是绿色。
This light indicates whether there’s power flowing through the switch or not. When it’s green, there’s power flowing through it, and when it’s yellow, that means its idle, but the outlet is still on.
该指示灯指示是否有电源流过开关。 绿色时，有电源流过；黄色时，则表示电源闲置，但电源插座仍然打开。
So, for example, if you have a space heater that turns on and off automatically throughout the day, the WeMo Insight Switch will show a yellow light when the space heater is in standby, and a green light when the space heater is on and actively heating the room. The Insight Switch itself remains completely on the whole time.
因此，例如，如果您有一个全天自动打开和关闭的空间加热器，则当空间加热器处于待机状态时，WeMo Insight Switch将显示黄灯，而当空间加热器处于打开状态且处于活动状态时，WeMo Insight Switch将显示绿灯加热房间。 Insight Switch本身始终保持完整状态。
Tapping on the Insight Switch within the WeMo app will bring up details about the power usage from whatever is plugged into it.
轻按WeMo应用程序中的Insight Switch，可从所插入的内容中获取有关功耗的详细信息。
When the appliance you have plugged in is on, it’ll say how long it’s been on for, highlighted in green, and the time on the right-hand side is when the appliance turned on. When the appliance is off, it will instead show how long it’s been since the appliance was on, and what time that last occurred off to the right.
当您插入的设备打开时，它会说它已经打开了多长时间，并以绿色突出显示，并且右侧的时间是设备打开时的时间。 当设备关闭时，它将显示从设备启动到现在已经有多长时间了，以及最后一次发生在右侧的时间是什么。
Below that, you have “Today:” and “Avg day:” fields. “Today:” gives you a total time of how long the appliance has been on for that day, and then “Avg day:” gives you the average time that the appliance has been powered on per day. Obviously, this becomes more accurate the longer you use the Insight Switch, so you’ll have a better idea of this figure once you have something plugged in and being used for several weeks.
在此之下，您具有“今天：”和“平均日：”字段。 “今天：”为您提供当天该设备已开启电源的总时间，然后“平均日：”为您提供该设备每天开机的平均时间。 显然，使用Insight开关的时间越长，这种方法越准确，因此，一旦插入电源并使用了几周，您就会对这个数字有了更好的了解。
Below those fields are “Estimated monthly:” and another “Today” field. The “Estimated monthly:” field won’t be terribly accurate during the first couple days of use, but after a couple weeks.
这些字段下面是“估计每月：”和另一个“今天”字段。 在使用的前几天，但在几周后，“估计的每月费用：”字段的准确性不是很高。
However, at the end of any given day, you can take the number in the “Today:” field right below that and multiply it by 30 or 31 days to get a sense of what that appliance is costing you on a monthly basis. We’re not sure why the switch just doesn’t use that kind of math to estimate the monthly cost, but we at least know that it takes the wattage into account when it estimates the monthly cost, because we noticed that the estimated monthly cost went down to $21 after the wattage dropped from 1,000 to around 300 when I first started using the switch.
但是，在任何一天的结束时，您都可以将数字放在其下方的“今天：”字段中，然后将其乘以30或31天，以了解该设备每月要向您收取的费用。 我们不确定为什么交换机不使用这种数学方法来估算月度成本，但我们至少知道在估算月度成本时会考虑瓦数，因为我们注意到估算的月度成本当我第一次开始使用该开关时，瓦数从1,000下降至300左右，然后降到了21美元。
In any case, seeing that my space heater used about $0.21 worth of power during the day, it’s likely that it would cost roughly $6.50 to heat my home office during a given month, which doesn’t seem like a lot, but that probably accounts for around 6-8% of our electric bill.
无论如何，考虑到我的空间加热器白天要花费约0.21美元的电，在给定的月份里为我的家庭办公室供暖的费用大概为6.50美元，这似乎不算很多，但是这可能是由于约占我们电费的6-8％。
Below the estimated costs, there’s the last section detailing wattage usage. You have “Avg when on:”, which gives you the average wattage that your appliance is using whenever it’s on (it takes about a day for this to appear so that it can calculate an average), and then you have “Now:”, which gives you the real-time wattage use of the appliance you have plugged in.
在估算成本之下，最后一节详细介绍了功率使用情况。 您具有“开启时的平均功率：”，它为您提供了电器在开启状态下所使用的平均瓦数(此状态大约需要一天的时间才能显示出来，以便可以计算出平均值)，然后您将获得“现在：”。 ，可让您实时使用所插入设备的瓦数。
如何更改“每千瓦时成本”以获得更准确的估算 (How to Change Your “Cost per kWh” for More Accurate Estimates)
Everyone’s electric bill is different, and depending on where you live, the price per kWh (kilowatt hour) may be higher or lower. You can change this factor on your WeMo Insight Switch within the app so that you get more accurate cost estimates.
每个人的电费都不同，根据您的居住地，每千瓦时(千瓦时)的价格可能更高或更低。 您可以在应用程序内的WeMo Insight Switch上更改此因子，以便获得更准确的成本估算。
To do this, start by tapping on “Edit” in the top-right corner of the app’s main screen.
为此，请先点击应用程序主屏幕右上角的“编辑”。
Then tap on your WeMo Insight Switch.
然后点击您的WeMo Insight Switch。
Tap on “Cost per kWh”.
点击“每千瓦时成本”。
Tap on “Cost per kWh” again and use the data entry field below to put it how much your electric company charges per kWh.
再次点击“每千瓦时成本”，然后使用下面的数据输入字段将您的电力公司每千瓦时收费多少。
If you don’t know this figure, you can look at your last electric bill and it should show you how many kWhs you consumed during the month. Take the bill’s amount and multiply it by 100 (e.g. $75 x 100 = 7,500 cents). Then, take that new number and divide it by your kWh usage for that month. This is your “cost per kWh”.
如果您不知道该数字，可以查看最近的电费单，它应该显示您一个月内消耗了多少千瓦时。 以账单的金额乘以100(例如，75美元x 100 = 7,500美分)。 然后，将这个新数字除以该月的用电量。 这是您的“每千瓦时成本”。
After you enter in the new number, tap on “Done” and then tap on the arrow button in the top-left corner to go back. From there, tap on “Save”.
输入新号码后，点击“完成”，然后点击左上角的箭头按钮以返回。 从那里，点击“保存”。
The more information you can give the WeMo app, the more accurate your power estimates will be.
您可以为WeMo应用程序提供的信息越多，您的功耗估算值就越准确。
如何获取Insight交换机的电源使用警报 (How to Get Power Usage Alerts for Your Insight Switch)
Aside from being able to see how much power your appliances are using, you can also set up alerts that you can receive on your phone letting you know if the Insight Switch detects a power flow. That way, if you accidentally left your space heater on, you can get a notification about it and turn off the switch remotely before you waste even more electricity.
除了能够查看设备正在使用的电量外，您还可以设置警报，以在手机上接收警报，让您知道Insight Switch是否检测到电流。 这样，如果您不小心打开了太空加热器，则可以收到有关它的通知，并在浪费更多电量之前远程关闭开关。
Start by selecting the “Rules” tab at the bottom.
首先选择底部的“规则”标签。
Tap on “Sensing power”.
点击“感应功率”。
From here, you can customize what notifications you want whenever the switch detects power. To start, tap on “WeMo Insight” at the top.
在这里，您可以自定义每当交换机检测到电源时所需的通知。 首先，点击顶部的“ WeMo Insight”。
Select one of the three options, which will determine what exactly you receive a notification about. For example, “power on” will send you a notification when the Insight Switch detects power from the appliance that’s plugged in.
选择三个选项之一，这将确定您确切接收到的通知。 例如，当Insight Switch检测到所插入设备的电源时，“开机”将向您发送通知。
You can also select “power is on for…” and set a time limit for an appliance to be on before you receive a notification.
您也可以选择“打开电源…”并设置在收到通知之前打开设备的时间限制。
Tapping on “When” will let you choose when you want these notifications enabled. You can select a certain time window during the day, as well as select certain days out of the week.
轻按“何时”将使您选择何时启用这些通知。 您可以选择一天中的某个时间窗口，也可以选择一周中的某些天。
Under the section “Notify Me”, tap on “Message”. This is where you can enter in a custom message that will be included with your notification. Tap on “Save” in the top-right corner when you’re done.
在“通知我”部分下，点击“消息”。 您可以在此处输入将包含在通知中的自定义消息。 完成后，点击右上角的“保存”。
Next, tap on “How Often”. From here, you can set how annoying you want to receive notifications. You can select “notify every time” or you can pick an interval from the list. So if you choose 15 minutes, you won’t get notified anymore than every 15 minutes.
接下来，点击“频率”。 在这里，您可以设置要接收通知的烦人程度。 您可以选择“每次通知”，也可以从列表中选择一个间隔。 因此，如果您选择15分钟，则不会每隔15分钟收到通知。
Next, under “Rule Name”, give the notification setup a custom name if you want.
接下来，根据需要在“规则名称”下为通知设置指定一个自定义名称。
After that, tap on “Save” in the top-right corner to complete your new notification setup. Once done, it will show up in the list under “Enabled Rules”.
之后，点击右上角的“保存”以完成新的通知设置。 完成后，它将显示在“已启用规则”下的列表中。
From then on, you should get notifications at the times you specified, ensuring you don’t pay more than you need to for devices left on.
从那时起，您应该在指定的时间收到通知，以确保您所支付的费用不会比剩余设备所需的多。
翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/250182/how-to-use-the-belkin-wemo-insight-switch-to-monitor-power-usage/