Soap: all-in-one router for smart home

Recently, various companies are increasingly producing smart devices that really make life easier. In addition, in our homes there are new and new wireless devices, which are difficult to control (at least the access of such a device to the Network).

Wi-Fi printers, smart TV, tablets, game consoles, not to mention PCs, tablets and smartphones. How to control all this? Recently, an interesting development has appeared, which, as far as can be judged, is quite capable of controlling access to the Network for each home (well, or work) device. This is a smart router Soap. This is not just a router, but a whole system for managing a smart home.
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The developers have equipped the system with most of the popular wired and wireless interfaces, so the capabilities of the Soap are quite wide.

Soap as a four-channel 802.11ac router

One of the main functions of the device is a router. The system is four-channel, with two channels of 2.4 GHz spectrum and two 5 GHz channels. With this approach, the router provides access to the wireless network at speeds up to 2GB / s.

The system has built-in protection against viruses / malware, so, according to the developers, there is no need to install antivirus software on home / work systems separately. There are also functions of parental control. If necessary, you can remotely disable any of the devices connected to the wireless home network (for example, a child’s tablet, which now has to do homework, and not watch the next series of Fixics on the Web)

According to the developers, the system allows you to work with almost any wireless device, with any of the presented communication modules: Z wave, Zigbee, WiFi, Insteon, X10, 433 mhz, Audio, IR, BLE, as well as some others. As far as one can understand, the device can even operate a garage door, opening and closing them at the direction of the owner.

The device is controlled from a single software package Soap Automation, compatible with the Apple Home Kit.

Specifications

• Android OS as a software platform;
• Gigabit Ethernet;
• Gigabit WiFi;
• 2 WiFi modules: dual-channel 802.11ac and dual-channel 802.11N chipsets;
• Quad-core Freescale IMX6;
• 2 GB of DDR3 RAM and 32 GB of internal memory (if desired, you can set the SSD to 128 GB);
• The first Bluetooth router: the system provides the same Bluetooth capabilities as with WiFi;
• Soap Mesh — Multiple Soap devices can form a cluster, amplifying the signal and increasing the radius. In addition, such a system forms a single data storage array;

• USB 3.0, USB 2.0, SATAII, mPCIe, RJ45, HDMI ports;
• Compatible with Z wave, Zigbee, WiFi, Insteon, X10, 433 mhz, Audio, IR, BLE protocols.
• 7 or 8.4 inch touchscreen display (depending on model).

As mentioned above, the developers presented several models of their device:



The system is controlled using the touch display of the “router” itself. In addition, mobile applications are being developed for iOS7, iOS8 and Android.


Configuration of various models of Soap

Price and order

Deliveries of the system will begin no earlier than February next year. The price of various models, subject to pre-order from the developer , starts at $ 140. Other models are available at a price of 220, 300, 325 and 400 dollars respectively. In Russia, you can leave an order for notification of receipt of goods here .