Rowi Smart Plug with API
Kiwi Warmer Rowi is a professional IoT Automation Kit – a developer edition of the Kiwi Warmer Smart Plug, equipped with a powerful Espressif ESP32 MCU, an open REST API, Mobile SDK and integration with the ESPHome ecosystem. Rowi can be used for automation projects to control any electrical device connected to the mains voltage. In addition to the switching capabilities, Rowi also has an integrated temperature sensor SHTC3 that can be accessed through the API via HTTPS, MQTT or ESPHome.
Specifications
How is rowi different from the existing smart plug solutions?
Rowi Smart Plug is fully customisable in its functionality and user interface. Rowi can be operated as a standalone device or connected to a local WiFi network that does not require Internet/cloud connectivity, which maximises security, privacy, response time and service availability. The built-in temperature sensor enables one to monitor environmental conditions and react to them. Even though Rowi is built for professional and industrial purposes, it can also be used by hobbyists for Smart Home and Smart Gardening projects.
Rest API example
Controlling a Rowi device using REST API is super easy. Below example shows how to to turn on and off the relay remotely using the curl command. Detailed API reference can be provided upon request. Please send us an email if you would like to receive a full product manual including API reference.
ON
curl -H “Content-Type: application/json” -X POST http://192.168.0.164/setRelayStatus -d ‘{“data”: “on”}’
OFF
curl -H “Content-Type: application/json” -X POST http://192.168.0.164/setRelayStatus -d ‘{“data”: “off”}’
Use cases
Smart homes for hobbyists and professionals
Use our Smart Plug API to easily create your own Smart Home, Smart Building and Smart Gardening solutions – for yourself or for your customers!
Integrate Rowi into the existing ecosystem to control a wide range of applications, for instance, lighting, audio, video, camera, cooling or heating.
Use our Mobile App SDK to create own Mobile Applications and distribute them under your own brand!
Use our Smart Plug API to easily create your own Smart Home, Smart Building and Smart Gardening solutions – for yourself or for your customers!
Integrate Rowi into the existing ecosystem to control a wide range of applications, for instance, lighting, audio, video, camera, cooling or heating.
Use our Mobile App SDK to create own Mobile Applications and distribute them under your own brand!
Maximise energy efficiency of office equipment
Switch on and off unused office equipment, cooling, heating and lighting using a scheduler, a central computer, mobile/tablet app or remote functionality to reduce carbon footprint and save energy.
Weekend and Night mode
Lighting control based on sunset and sunrise
Heating and air conditioning control based on weather forecasts
Remote switch on and off, for instance, to react to the Covid alert levels
Digital kiosks and vending machines
Use Rowi to switch on and off digital kiosks and vending machines at appropriate times using integrated timers or sunset and sunrise settings to save energy.
Weekend and Night mode
Lighting control based on sunset and sunrise
Remote reset
Remote switch on and off function, for instance, to react to the Covid alert levels
Can operate as a standalone application in remote areas without network and internet
Ble Gateway
Rowi Smart Plug is based on a powerful ESP32 WROOM 32 MCU with an integrated Bluetooth/BLE module. This enables Rowi to act as an IoT gateway for Bluetooth and BLE-enabled sensors.
Collecting data from BLE sensors, e.g. Temperature, Humidity and CO2
Sending data to an IoT cloud for processing and visualisation, e.g. AWS IoT or to our own Wao cloud
Power from the wall socket – no battery required
Easy to set up and deploy
Server watchdog in data centres and server rooms
Rowi can detect failures in the server rooms and react to them by resetting the router, switching on a backup router or turning on a backup air conditioning system.
Detect faults in the internet connectivity
Detect overheating using an internal temperature sensor
Switch on and off backup equipment in the event of a fault
Inform IT and Operations manager about server overheat via SMS and E-Mail
Can be accessed from a local or VPN network (no cloud connection required)
Automating testing and validation procedures
Rowi can be used to automate the testing and validation processes at the test labs, for instance, EMC/Radio, Electrical Safety and Environmental testing labs.
Switch on and off various testing equipment
Activate, deactivate EUT
Easy integration into the existing test procedures
Reproducible response times
Shortest latency
Standalone mode (no cloud connection required)
Camera Watchdog
Video cameras for surveillance and traffic control rely on stable internet connectivity. However, unfortunately, there are situations in which either the camera or the internet gateway “freezes” due to a software error or deadlock. The only remediation often is rebooting the camera and the internet gateway to restart the software and bring it back to its default operation state. Rowi can detect an internet failure and reset both the camera and the internet gateway.
It is a very valid use case for both industrial and residential use. Imagine you are on vacation out of town and want to access your camera to check if everything is ok with the house, but the internet router freezes again – Rowi can detect and fix this!
Customisation options
Depending on the use case and customisation level required for your project, we have four options: REST API, ESPHome integration, Mobile SDK, and White labelling.
ROWIO
PEN API
Smart Plug with open API. Enables you to control one or multiple Rowi devices within a local WiFi network using an open REST API.
ROWI
ESPHOME
Use Rowi Smart Plug within the legendary Home Automation ecosystem ESPHome. You won’t need any programming skills to get started with ESPHome and if you are capable of configuring Home Assistant integrations using YAML, you will feel right at home.
ROWI
MOBILE SDK
Smart Plug with open Mobile SDK. Develop your own mobile app using the Kiwi Warmer Mobile platform. Program with Angular and IONIC frameworks.
ROWI
WHITE LABEL
The ultimate development kit that enables you to develop and launch your own products based on the Kiwi Warmer firmware and mobile app platforms and using your own branding. Includes all features of the Firmware SDK and Mobile SDK packages.
