With the advent of the 4G era, the voice of the domestic car networking market is once again high, but for ordinary car owners, the practical significance may not be so before the release of Bluetooth 4.1 technology.
Reports from the car home and the TCC ecosystem show that 55% of the owners’ smartphones use mobile 2G networks, and more than 30% of the owners say they have not heard of the concept of car networking, and the car network operators will be in the future for a long time. The mainstream will focus on 2G and 3G.
However, for the development process of the Internet of Vehicles, technology is not a decision and a constraint. The more important challenge is that the entire industry is in a chaotic state, the market prospects are unknown, the gameplay is not known, and the rules of the game are not established.
In simple terms, the car networking industry chain covers car companies, terminal equipment providers, chip manufacturers, software providers, information content providers, navigation system providers, electronic map providers, network operators, application platform operators, and In 4S shops, insurance companies and other fields, related companies have participated in the game of the Internet of Vehicles from different angles and interests.
A well-known automaker executive told Tencent Technology that it is difficult to determine who dominates the industry in the short term, and jointly make the cake bigger and become the upstream and downstream consensus of the industry chain, but the real question is, it is not clear what the cake is.
At present, functional applications such as navigation, security theft and remote control are the core selling points of existing car networking products on the market, and related data shows that only 22% of car owners use car networking services. In addition to the basic functions, what is really suitable for the owner of the car in the future, why the user pays, and where the profit space is, is an urgent problem that the industry needs to explore.
The root cause of these problems lies in the paradox caused by the fragmentation of the industrial chain, that is, all stakeholders want to use their own products and model innovation to promote the development of the Internet, but in fact, these empty products are not formed under the premise of interconnection. Service is hard to bring value and attraction to car owners.
In other words, if the car network cannot realize the connection between the car and the mobile intelligent terminal, people, transportation and the Internet, and form a large system of information fusion exchange, the data cannot be accumulated and opened, safe driving, insurance, health management, catering, business office Services such as travel vacations and various O2O applications are not seamlessly connected to the Internet of Vehicles.
The fusion of data is essential. For example, China's automobile base is very large. If the proportion of access to the Internet of Vehicles service cannot be guaranteed, the so-called intelligent traffic management will have no real value.
On the other hand, more innovative products depend on the sharing of data. The entrepreneurial team from Shanghai developed an in-vehicle application that collects the brake data of the owner and analyzes and judges the safety index of the driver. The data can be sold to insurance companies to help them conduct specific business evaluations; for example, on WeChat The official police account can also be used to provide humanized services. When the owner violates the regulations, the traffic police can send a message reminder to the owner through the smart phone in advance. If the owner can get back in time, he can be exempted from the trailer penalty.
Analyst Roger Lanctot even suggested that automakers should collect large amounts of data from cars and then sell the data to third parties for profit.
The battle for control between automakers and technology companies
The key to the success of different terminal data in the car networking industry chain lies in the standardization process of the automotive in-vehicle infotainment system (IVI), and mastering the IVI standard means to gain the leading position of the future car networking industry chain.
At present, many car companies at home and abroad have launched their own in-vehicle information systems, such as GM Anjixing, G-book, InkaNet, SYNC, Carwings, GnetLink and so on.
At the Guangzhou Auto Show held not long ago, human-computer interaction and the provision of diversified services based on smart phones are common features of manufacturers' in-vehicle systems. For example, the Qoros Internet of Vehicles platform features "free 3G network"; Ford SYNC system cooperates with Microsoft to develop voice functions that can recognize 8 dialects in China, and Geely and Unicom cooperate to launch Emgrand 3G smart cars to realize online chat and online video services. People's car dialogue; the intelligent transmission system launched by GAC Chuanqi can use the mobile phone to realize the operation of viewing the car condition, remotely starting the car, closing the door, switching the air conditioner and remote positioning.
Most automakers will refer to the standards provided by MirrorLink, a vehicle-mounted mobile device that is mainly promoted by the Automotive Interconnection Association. However, different modes have different application systems, and there is a lack of a unified reference platform and interface between systems, resulting in system incompatibility. Information between each other cannot be shared.
Analysts believe that for automakers, the challenge is not only to best integrate smartphones with cars, but also because the integration can be applied to all models of cars and smartphones.
In addition to car manufacturers, Apple is also becoming a strong contender for the IVI standard. At the WWDC conference in June this year, nine major automakers such as Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan, Ferrari, Chevrolet, Kia, Hyundai, Wall and Jaguar announced a partnership with Apple's iOS in the Car system.
A recent report by research firm ABI predicts that the iOS in the Car system will occupy nearly half of IVI in just four years, with a share of 49.8%, while the current MirrorLink system dominated by the market will drop to 43.6%.
Some commentators have also questioned this because it is difficult for automakers to give up their own systems and let Apple or Android become the main operating system, giving the car's information control to mobile phone manufacturers.
Of course, another advantage of technology companies such as Apple or Google is that both iOS and Android systems have formed a relatively mature application market, while traditional car manufacturers need to complete new ecosystems in new areas. Tong Haoliang, head of Gaode's car networking business, believes that the development of the whole vehicle depends on the whole vehicle industry, and more differentiated services need to rely on IT companies to provide. The car network needs to build an open platform like the Internet to create a car network. Ecological environment.
Ford is supporting the "developer community" to try to solve the above problems. Ford encourages developers to create, test and promote applications on Ford's cars, and its SYNCAppLink 2.0 feature enables smartphone apps and AppLink-equipped vehicles. Better interconnection.
"Ford is a developer-centric company and we recognize that a dynamic ecosystem of application development is critical to users and developers," said Ge Weihua, vice president of product development at Ford Asia Pacific.
GM is more cautious about the openness of the information system platform. Angie Star CIO Li Xiaoxia told Tencent Technology: "Opening is limited, because security is critical to the car, and not all applications can be used. If all the platforms are turned on, a mobile phone application will cause an accident. Who will pay the bill?"
Li Xiaoxia said that the advancement of the Internet of Vehicles must first involve OEMs and car owners. Of course, the car must be connected to the mobile phone. The design standards of mobile phone manufacturers are equally important. Industry standardization needs to be built together in the future.
For the development process of the Internet of Vehicles, technology is not a decision and constraint. The more important challenge is that the whole industry is in a chaotic state, the market prospect is unknown, the gameplay is not known, and the rules of the game are not established.
Instruction Manual
1. Features
Clock display, 10 sets of adjustable timed power control, randomized power control, manual switch and optional DST setup.
2. First time charging
This timer contains a rechargeable battery. It is normal that the new/old model runs out of battery if it wasn`t being charged for a long period of time. In this case, the screen will not turn on.
To charge : simply plug the timer to a power outlet. The charging time should take at least 15 minutes.
If the screen doesn`t light up or displays garbled characters, simply reboot the system by pressing the [RESET" button.
3. Set clock
Hold [CLOCK" button and [WEEK" button to adjust week.
Hold [CLOCK" button and [HOUR" button to adjust hour.
Hold [CLOCK" button and [MINUTE" button to adjust minute.
Hold [CLOCK" button and [TIMER" button to select 12 hour/24 hour display.
Hold [CLOCK" button and [ON/AUTO/OFF" button to enable/disable DST (daylight-saving-time).
4. Set timer
Press [TIMER" button, select and set timer. Setting rotation : 1on, 1off, 2on, 2off, ...... , 10on, 10off.
Press [HOUR" button to set hour for timer.
Press [MIN" button to set minute for timer.
Press [WEEK" button to set weekday for timer. Multiple weekdays can be selected. ex: if selected [MO", the timer will only apply on every Monday; if selected [ MO, WE, FR", the timer will apply on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Press [RES/RCL" button to cancel the selected on or off timer. The screen will show "-- -- : -- --" , the timer is canceled.
Press [RES/RCL" button again to reactivate the timer.
When timers are set, press [CLOCK" to quit timer setting and return to clock.
5. Random function
Press [RANDOM" button to activate random function, press again to cancel function.
System only runs random function when [AUTO" is on.
Random function will automatically start the timer from 2 to 32 minutes after the setting.
ex : if timer 1on was set to 19:30 with the random function on, the timer will activate randomly between 19:33 to 20:03.
if timer 1off was set to 23:00 with the random function on, the timer will activate randomly between 23:02 to 23:32.
To avoid overlapping, make sure to leave a minimum of 31 minutes gap between different sets of timer.
6. Manual control
Displayed features:
ON : socket turns on.
OFF : socket turns off.
AUTO : socket turns on/off automatically via timer.
Manual ON setting
Press [ON/AUTO/OFF" button to switch from [AUTO" to [ON".
This mode allows socket of the device to power up. Power indicator will light up.
Manual OFF setting
Press [ON/AUTO/OFF" button to switch from [AUTO" to [OFF".
This mode turns socket of the device off. Power indicators will turn off.
7. Electrical parameters
Operating voltage : 230VAC
Battery : NiMh 1.2V
Power consumption : < 0.9W
Response time : 1 minute
Power output : 230VAC/16A/3680W
Q&A
Q: Why won`t my timer turn on?
A: It`s out of battery, you can charge the timer by plugging onto any power outlet. Charge the device for at least 15 minutes. Then press [RESET " button to reset the device.
Q: Can I set seconds of the timer?
A: No, the smallest time unit is minute.
Q: Does my timer keeps old settings without being plugged onto a power outlet?
A: Yes, the timer has an internal battery, it allows the timer to save settings without a power outlet.
Q: Is the battery rechargeable?
A: Yes, the battery is rechargeable. We recommend to charge it for 4 hours so the battery is fully charged.
Q: Does the timer needs internet connection?
A: The timer does not need internet.
Q: Does the screen have back light function?
A: It doesn`t support back light.
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