9/1/14: See latest update on why I had to replace WeMo Insight switch due to failure. See blog http://hari-google-blog.blogspot.com/2014/08/replaced-belkin-wemo-insight-60-wifi.html
One of pet peeves was that we frequently forget to take clothes when the washer stops and in the best case they get wrinkled a lot and in the worst case very smelly and I need to wash again.
So, I experimented and bought Belkin WeMo Insight switch (actually a plug with a power button and WiFi indicator) for $50 when it came on sale. Regular price was $60.
First I installed Android App WeMo. I then plugged in the WeMo Insight into the wall outler and then the clothese washer to the WeMo Insight. Then I connected to WiFi "router" called WeMo something which was built into WeMo Insight.
After that it asked me which is my home WiFi network and I gave it the password. WeMo Insight which I named WeMo Laundry then connected directly to my router and so did my phone. Then I registered my WeMo laundry to my ifttt account directly from the WeMo App.
Then I went to ifttt (IF This Then That)
and created a "recipe" to send me text message when my WeMo laundry enters standby mode. ifttt asked for my cell phone number and sent me a 4 digit code by SMS which I was asked to enter in my ifttt account to authenticate the transaction. Done.
I started my clothes washer. While the washer was running, I was able to see the power consumed in Watts in real time using the App on the phone. Within seconds after the washer entered standby mode, I got a text message. I guess it worked!
I cannot do the same to my electric clothes drier because it runs on 220V and WeMo Insight only comes in a 110V version.
Update 8/13/14
I changed my router and now Belkin Wemo will first allow my phone to connect to it as an access point and then I open WeMo App and provide the password to the router I want to connect. Once I do that, WeMo is supposed to act as a client and connect itself to the router. It does not. I guess there is a failure. I am going to use Smarthings multi-sensor to sense the stopping of Vibration to detect end of cycle just as I did with the dryer. My conclusion is that Belkin WeMo is not quite there yet...
One of pet peeves was that we frequently forget to take clothes when the washer stops and in the best case they get wrinkled a lot and in the worst case very smelly and I need to wash again.
So, I experimented and bought Belkin WeMo Insight switch (actually a plug with a power button and WiFi indicator) for $50 when it came on sale. Regular price was $60.
First I installed Android App WeMo. I then plugged in the WeMo Insight into the wall outler and then the clothese washer to the WeMo Insight. Then I connected to WiFi "router" called WeMo something which was built into WeMo Insight.
After that it asked me which is my home WiFi network and I gave it the password. WeMo Insight which I named WeMo Laundry then connected directly to my router and so did my phone. Then I registered my WeMo laundry to my ifttt account directly from the WeMo App.
Then I went to ifttt (IF This Then That)
and created a "recipe" to send me text message when my WeMo laundry enters standby mode. ifttt asked for my cell phone number and sent me a 4 digit code by SMS which I was asked to enter in my ifttt account to authenticate the transaction. Done.
I started my clothes washer. While the washer was running, I was able to see the power consumed in Watts in real time using the App on the phone. Within seconds after the washer entered standby mode, I got a text message. I guess it worked!
I cannot do the same to my electric clothes drier because it runs on 220V and WeMo Insight only comes in a 110V version.
Update 8/13/14
I changed my router and now Belkin Wemo will first allow my phone to connect to it as an access point and then I open WeMo App and provide the password to the router I want to connect. Once I do that, WeMo is supposed to act as a client and connect itself to the router. It does not. I guess there is a failure. I am going to use Smarthings multi-sensor to sense the stopping of Vibration to detect end of cycle just as I did with the dryer. My conclusion is that Belkin WeMo is not quite there yet...
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