Abilia GEWA Connect Bedienungsanleitung

Rev E EN

Manual

GEWA Connect

Version 2.1

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Contents 
 
1. Introduction .....................................................................................................................5 
 Important notes........................................................................................................5 
2. Product overview.............................................................................................................5 
 What’s in the box .....................................................................................................5 
 How does it work.....................................................................................................6 
 Main features...........................................................................................................6 
3. Getting started.................................................................................................................7 
 Requirements..........................................................................................................7 
 Recommendations...................................................................................................7 
 Multibox preparation................................................................................................7 
 MyAbilia...................................................................................................................7 
 Installation and configuration...................................................................................8 
 What’s installed on your smartphone.......................................................................8 
 Discover GEWA Connect’s scanning ......................................................................9 
 Discover how to program GEWA Connect for environmental control......................9 
 Discover the Alert function.......................................................................................9 
4. Menus reached by the control switch............................................................................10
 Click menu.............................................................................................................10 
 Longpress menu....................................................................................................10
5. GEWA Settings app ......................................................................................................11
 Scanning settings..................................................................................................11
 Phone settings.......................................................................................................11
 Multibox.................................................................................................................12
 Backup & Restore..................................................................................................12 
 GEWA Connect.....................................................................................................12 
 GEWA Radio devices............................................................................................13
 Alert.......................................................................................................................13 
 MyAbilia account ...................................................................................................13
 About.....................................................................................................................13 
6. GEWA Connect app......................................................................................................14
 Terminology...........................................................................................................14
 How to make a button with GEWA link or 4096 code............................................15
 How to make a button with a recorded IR signal ...................................................16
 How to make a button with a GR signal.................................................................16 
 How to make a button with Macro function............................................................17 
 How to create a new page.....................................................................................18
 The shortcut menu.................................................................................................18 
 Symbol Library.......................................................................................................19 
7. Multibox.........................................................................................................................20

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 Overview ...............................................................................................................20
 Charging the battery..............................................................................................20
 Battery indicator.....................................................................................................20
 Switch on...............................................................................................................21
 Switch off...............................................................................................................21
 IR Recording..........................................................................................................21
 Using relay output for Alert....................................................................................21
 Resetting the Multibox...........................................................................................21
 Sound through Multibox.........................................................................................21 
8. Move GEWA Connect to another smartphone ..............................................................22
 If GEWA Connect should be used by the same user.............................................22
 If GEWA Connect should be used by another user...............................................22
9. Safety and responsibility ...............................................................................................22
10. Technical data...........................................................................................................23
 Items supplied with GEWA Connect......................................................................23
 Technical data for Multibox....................................................................................23 
 Conformance with the Medical Devices Directive..................................................23 
 Electrical waste recycling ......................................................................................23
 Storage..................................................................................................................23 
 Cleaning ................................................................................................................23 
 
 

1. Introduction

GEWA Connect is a combined hardware/app solution. After installing GEWA Connect on

your Android smartphone and pairing it with Multibox, you can operate apps on your phone

via an external switch. Via the app GEWA Connect you can use your smartphone as a

remote control for appliances and electronics in your home or place of work/study (e.g.

television, lights, air conditioning, door openers and curtains).

The intended users of GEWA Connect are persons who are physically unable to operate a

smartphone or a standard remote control, but otherwise cognitively and visually abled.

GEWA Connect is intended for indoor use only.

Important notes

1. Read this manual carefully before installing or operating GEWA Connect.

2. This manual assumes that you are familiar with the operation of the Android device

that you have chosen to use with GEWA Connect.

3. To secure that GEWA Connect is always active and working, you should:

a. make the recommended system settings on the smartphone, see

3.2 Recommendations

b. keep the Multibox near the smartphone (less than one metre) and in the same

room

c. avoid Bluetooth interference from other sources (e.g. microwave ovens)

d. charge the smartphone and the Multibox every day

e. use the original charger provided with the Multibox

4. If GEWA Connect should stop working, ensure that the user always can get help

through a backup system.

5. Before using GEWA Connect for environmental control, ensure that the equipment that

is used is correctly installed, that you are using it as intended and that it is safe to use.

6. Use only CE marked control switches and CE marked equipment together with GEWA

Connect.

7. Caution! Do not use the Alert function as an emergency alarm system. It is designed to

be used an alert system.

2. Product overview

What’s in the box

GEWA Connect comes with the following parts:

1. Multibox

2. Charger for Multibox

3. License voucher

4. Manual (this document)

How does it work

After installing GEWA Connect on your smartphone and pairing it with the Multibox, you

can operate apps on your smartphone via an external switch. Via the app GEWA Connect

you can use your smartphone as a remote control for appliances and electronics in your

home.

Please note –The external switch is not included. The picture shows PikoButton 50 Black,

art.no. 451505.

Main features

•Setup wizard. Once the application GEWA Connect is downloaded to your

smartphone, the Wizard will help you to setup the Multibox and configure scanning

settings and permissions.

•Row scanning. With a switch connected to the Multibox, GEWA Connect provides

row and item scanning of most features in the smartphone. You can start apps,

navigate content and web pages, etc.

•Point scanning. In cases where row scanning is insufficient you can switch to point

scanning for more detailed navigation and to replicate mouse navigation and

clicks/taps. This is useful for operating graphical interfaces or in apps where row

scanning support is limited.

•Switch menus. Menus are available to perform actions other than “tap”, such as

scrolling or quick navigation to start page. A longpress menu is also available for

more efficient use such as quickly switching between scanning modes.

•Environmental control app. With the app GEWA Connect you can control

appliances and electronics in your home via IR (Infra Red light) and/or GR (GEWA

Radio). Build your own pagesets and switch easily between editing and operating via

a longpress menu.

•Settings app. In addition to the Setup wizard all settings are also available in an

intuitive scannable settings app, GEWA Settings.

Smartphone with the app

GEWA Connect

Multibox +

External switch

GEWA Radio

Bluetooth

3. Getting started

Requirements

To be able to use GEWA Connect you need

1. An Android-based smartphone or tablet, minimum Android version 5.0, that supports

Bluetooth 3.0.

2. A Google account, for downloading the app from Google Play Store.

3. Apps suitable for scanning, for example:

•Keyboard: Use the Google keyboard Gboard

•Web browser: Use Chrome

•Camera: e.g. Open Camera

•Launcher: e.g. Nova launcher

Recommendations

To secure that GEWA Connect is always active and working, you should:

•Ensure that GEWA Connect is always active, don’t use Power save settings or

App optimisation.

•Ensure that GEWA Connect is always compatible with Android, disable automatic

updates of system software and apps.

•Ensure that GEWA Connect remains active, have the smartphone connected to a

power supply and the screen turned on.

•Make sure that the screen lock works with scanning. If not, don’t use it.

•Make sure that apps to be used can be used with scanning. If an app is not scanning

compatible, try another one from Google Play Store.

•Ensure that virtual keyboard is shown. In the general settings for keyboard in Android

it must be set that virtual keyboard is shown even when a physical keyboard is

connected (Multibox).

Multibox preparation

1. Charge the Multibox battery if necessary, see chapter 7. Multibox.

2. Connect the external switch into port SW1.

MyAbilia

MyAbilia is a web service that allows you to manage GEWA Connect from another

computer or tablet. It is possible to configure pages and items and also to change GEWA

Settings (exluding phone settings) remotely. MyAbilia syncronises the data from the device

to myAbilia, reducing the need for manual backup.

3.4.1 Prepare the users myAbilia account

To be able to use GEWA Connect the user needs a myAbilia account with a licence for

GEWA Connect. Go to www.myabilia.com and create a user account.

3.4.2 Register the license

The license given in the enclosed Licence Voucher must be registered on the users

account. Do as follows:

1. Log in to the users account.

2. Go to My Profile and select Licenses.

3. Click on Add licence, enter the licence key and click Add to save.

4. Make modules visible, go to the Modules tab and enable the modules that the user

needs.

Installation and configuration

GEWA Connect is installed via Google Play Store.

1. Start Google Play Store on your smartphone.

2. Search for GEWA Connect.

3. Download and install the app.

3.5.1 Log in with myAbilia account

The first time the GEWA Connect app is started you will be guided through the installation in

a Wizard. Tap on GET STARTED and enter Email address or Username and Password for

your myAbilia account. Then tap LOG IN.

3.5.2 Add Multibox

Choose Add Multibox and follow the instructions in the Wizard to connect the Multibox.

Wait for the Multibox to connect.

3.5.3 Configure permissions

Choose Setup Permissions and follow the instructions in the Wizard to setup the

permissions required for GEWA Connect. This differs depending on smartphone model. The

last step is to activate the Accessibility Service for GEWA Connect.

3.5.4 Configure the app

Choose Configure GEWA Connect to setup GEWA Connect for environmental control. This

can be done later. Read more in chapter 6. GEWA Connect app.

What’s installed on your smartphone

Now that GEWA Connect is installed and configured you have two new apps on your start

screen:

•GEWA Connect –for controlling equipment in your environment via IR or GR.

•GEWA Settings –for changing the scanning settings, etc.

However, GEWA Connect is “everywhere”, like a layer on every app, and always ready to

help you operate your smartphone via scanning.

Discover GEWA Connect’s scanning

You need a switch connected to SW1 or SW2 on Multibox.

Follow these steps to get a quick tutorial on row scanning and point scanning:

1. Press the switch to start the Row scanning (default).

2. GEWA Connect starts scanning through all objects on the screen.

3. Press the switch to select an object.

4. The Click menu is shown, choose Tap to “tap”on the object.

5. Press and hold down the switch for 2.5 seconds to see the Longpress menu.

6. Choose Swap to switch to Point scanning.

7. GEWA Connect starts scanning vertically. Press the switch to select the area, then

press again to close in on a more exact position.

8. GEWA Connect starts scanning horizontally. Press the switch to select the area, then

press again to close in on a more exact position.

9. The Click menu is shown, choose Tap to “tap” on the position.

10.Wait for 10 seconds and the scanning will stop (the crosshair disappears).

If you want to change the scanning settings, go to the GEWA Settings application, see

chapter 5. GEWA Settings app.

Discover how to program GEWA Connect for environmental control

Adapt GEWA Connect with functions for environmental control that suits the user’s needs.

For more information about the GEWA Connect application and how to program, see

chapter 6. GEWA Connect app.

Discover the Alert function

The Alert function is used when you want to attract somebody’s attention. The Alert is

activated if the switch is pressed for 8 seconds. The Alert function can be set to activate the

Relay output, send an IR signal or GR signal. A signal is heard from the Multibox when the

Alert function is activated. See how to set the Alert function in 5.7 Alert.

4. Menus reached by the control switch

The smartphone is operated via the Click Menu and the Longpress Menu.

Click menu

The Click menu is shown when pressing the switch when an object is highlighted during

scanning (Row scanning) or a position (Point scanning). The Click menu has the following

functions:

Tap

Tap on the currently selected object

Longpress

Longpress on the currently selected object (only visible when

the selected object has longpress functionality)

Down/Right

Scrolls down or right depending on the scroll view (only visible

when a scrollable view is detected)

Up/Left

Scrolls up or left depending on the scroll view (only visible

when a scrollable view is detected)

Cancel

Closes the Click menu

Longpress menu

The Longpress menu is shown when pressing and holding the switch for 2.5 seconds. The

delay time can be customised, see chapter 5.1 Scanning settings.

The Longpress menu has the following features:

Swap

Switches between Point scanning and Row scanning.

The icon depends on current scanning mode

Home

Goes back to the start screen (same as Home button)

Back

Goes back one step in the activity stack (same as Back button)

GEWA

Connect

Opens GEWA Connect

Off

Turns off the screen

Down/Right

Scrolls down or right on largest visible view (only visible when a

scrollable view is detected)

Up/Left

Scrolls up or left on largest visible view (only visible when a

scrollable view is detected)

Shows further options that do not fit on the first page of the

Longpress menu

GEWA Settings

Opens GEWA Settings

Notifications

Opens the Notification drawer (The same as swiping down on

top of the screen)

Power menu

Launches the Power menu (same as holding down the Power

button for a short while)

Recent apps

Opens recent apps (same as pressing the Recent button)

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