Experimental setup & equipment
SwitchBot Plug Mini OpenAPI — equipment, experimental environment, and purchase information
The setup and equipment used in AIEL-2026-0001, plus current purchase information, with model identification and experimental roles stated clearly.
Related experiment
Equipment and experimental environment
Equipment
SwitchBot Plug Mini (JP)
- Model number:
W2001401(confirmed from the label on the experiment-used unit) - Rating: 100 V AC, 50/60 Hz, 15 A, maximum 1500 W (confirmed from the device label)
- Role in the experiment: target device for the SwitchBot OpenAPI v1.1 investigation
- Current purchase source: Amazon.co.jp product page
When checked on 2026-08-22, the linked product information also identified the manufacturer part number as W2001401. The model number matches the experiment-used unit, but this does not establish that manufacturing date, internal components, firmware, or cloud-side configuration are identical.
Computer capable of running Python
- Role in the experiment: independent OpenAPI polling and logging
- Purchase: an existing computer can be used
Experimental environment
SwitchBot OpenAPI v1.1
- Type: SwitchBot cloud API
- Role in the experiment: retrieval of Plug Mini status data
- Purchase: not required
Google Apps Script
- Role in the experiment: a second polling path independent from Python
- Purchase: not required
SwitchBot mobile app
- Role in the experiment: observation of OpenAPI refresh behavior after opening the Plug Mini detail screen
- Version: not retained in the experiment record
mitmproxy
- Role in the experiment: observation of mobile-app traffic
- Version: not retained in the experiment record
Internet connection
- Role in the experiment: communication among the Plug Mini, SwitchBot cloud service, and OpenAPI clients
- Note: the app-detail-screen-associated OpenAPI refresh was also observed with phone Bluetooth disabled and with phone Wi-Fi disabled while using cellular data only.
How purchase information is used
Purchase links are supporting information intended to make equipment used in the experiment easier to identify. A currently purchasable product is not assumed to match the experiment-used equipment in production date, internal components, firmware, connected-system configuration, or behavior. Purchase information is not treated as evidence that strengthens experimental findings or Evidence States.
Affiliate disclosure: The Amazon.co.jp purchase links on this page are Amazon Associates affiliate links. See Disclosure & Privacy for details.
In particular, the same OpenAPI behavior observed in this experiment has not been independently re-tested on a currently purchased unit.