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Go to the WiFi network sengs (“Sengs” icon in the top right corner of
the screen, “Connecon” secon), where you can connect the device to the
home WiFi network to be able to control the device via it or from anywhere
in the world. To do this, select the network name from the list of available
networks and press “Connect”. If required, enter your WiFi password.
When connecng the device to the home network, the phone / tablet may
disconnect from the device’s network.
Aer reconnecng the phone to the controller’s WiFi network, check the
“WiFi Client status” and “Remote access status” elds. The controller is
equipped with a network connecon supervision system which in case of
problems with connecon to the WiFi or the Internet will report the problem
and its possible causes. If the network is working properly both elds will be
set to “Connected”.
In order to communicate with the device from outside the local WiFi
network, from anywhere in the world, via the wBox applicaon, the device
automacally connects to the BleBox cloud system service by default. The
remote access system is fully encrypted and secure, the data are transmied
by European servers from reputable companies. It is possible to disable
the remote access service - aer clicking the “Congure” buon, toogle
the switch next to the “Remote access” opon. Remember that disabling
“Remote access” will result in no access to the controller from outside the
local network as well as disabling the nocaons and external integraon
systems, therefore we recommend that you leave this opon enabled (default
seng). event log
Enabling the “Event log” opon will cause the device to record events (e.g.
about sent nocaons set in the “Acons” secon) in the BleBox cloud
system. This allows the history of the events to be viewed later also when
the controller is oine.
Aer compleng the WiFi network conguraon, you can disconnect from
the device network and connect the phone / tablet directly to your home
WiFi network. Control from the wBox applicaon will work in the same way
as when the phone / tablet is connected to the device’s network. If as a
user you leave the local network, eg leaving your home or enclosing mobile
data, the wBox applicaon will signal this status as “Remote mode”. In this
case, you will have access to the device data, but for security reasons sengs
opons will not be available.
In the “Service connecon (AP)” secon, you can change the
name and give the password of the WiFi network emied by the
device. Remember that changing the network name or password
can cause disconnecon with the device immediately aer clicking
the “Save” buon, so you should reconnect to the WiFi network.
It is also possible to completely disable the access point emied
by the device. To do this move the “Access point” slider to the
o posion and conrm the selecon with the ”Save” buon.
Aenon! If the controller does not have a stable connecon to the WiFi
network (“WiFi client status”: “Connected”, without any error warnings),
restarng the access point will not be possible - in this situaon, the only
soluon is to reset the controller to the factory sengs. Disabling the access
point is recommended only aer the complete driver conguraon and
making sure that the enre system is working properly.
The controller allows you to display a system nocaon on a phone with
the wBox applicaon installed on the parcular trigger, eg. when mean wind
speed grather than.
Nocaons only work when the controller has a stable Internet access and
the “Remote access” opon is enabled (default seng).
Nocaons are added similarly to “Acons” - ll in the form elds and in
the “Execute” tab select “Nocaon” as “Result”. Conrm with the “Save”
buon.
In order for the nocaon to be displayed on the phone it is necessary
to allow the controller to display nocaons. Go to the main menu of the
wBox applicaon, to the “Nocaons” tab. Then go to the sengs (the
“Sengs” icon in the upper right corner of the screen). Find the device on
the list and select “Acon nocaon” from the drop-down list next to the
The main screen of the controller shows the current wind speed reading and
the average and maximum values for the last 10 minutes.
Historical measurement data are available by clicking on the diagram icon in
the upper right corner of the screen. Measurement data are stored only on
the BleBox server and are available only when the “Remote access” opon
is set to “Yes”.
Historical measurement data can be exported for further analysis. The export
form will be displayed aer clicking on the cloud icon in the upper right
corner of the screen.
Go to the device sengs (the “Sengs” icon in the top right corner of the
screen). In the “Name and icon” secon you can change the name of the
device under which it is displayed in the wBox applicaon. In the “Device
Sengs” secon it is possible to turn o the LED diode built into the device.
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The controller allows you to send control commands to other BleBox
controllers via the WiFi network through the API. Each acon will be
deployed on parcular trigger, eg. like wind speed higher than.
When adding an acon, in the “When” tab, select “Average wind speed
greater than” / “Average wind speed less than” / “Wind speed greater than”
as “Trigger type” and ll the “Wind speed m/s” eld.
In the “Execute” tab select “Control other device” as “Result”, conrm.
Click on the “Select device” icon. The device will search the network for
compable devices and display them in a list. Choose the device you want
to control. If the device is not listed you must use the general API control
method described below or update the rmware in target device.
Then in the “Call API” eld enter the API command that the driver will call.
The most popular API control commands /s/ for switchBox and shuerBox
are presented below:
Switching on the circiut via switchBox: 1
Switching o the circuit via switchBox: 0
Opening the awning via shuerBox: u
Closing the awning via shuerBox: d
By default, the acon will be triggered once, when the trigger condion is
met. It is also possible to repeatedly call a given acon by selecng one of the
repeat opons and seng the interval.
If the device was not on the found list or you want to control another device
in the network, select “Call URL” as “Acon type”.
In the “URL” eld, enter the API command preceded by the hp protocol
prex and the IP address of the wBox device which will be controlled. The IP
address can be found in the device sengs. Cauon! All the controllers must
be in the same subnet, usually the subnet of a home router.
The most popular API commands for switchBox and shuerBox are
presented below. It was assumed that the IP address of the device which will
be controlled is: 192.168.1.123
Switching on the circuit via switchBox: hp://192.168.1.123/s/1
Switching o the circuit via switchBox: hp://192.168.1.123/s/0
Opening the awning via shuerBox: hp://192.168.1.123/s/u
Closing the awning via shuerBox: hp://192.168.1.123/s/d
In the “Summary” tab name the acon, check its correctness and conrm the
entry with the “Save” buon.
A detailed descripon of how to control other controllers of the wBox
series is available in the “Extended instrucons for wBox devices”, while
all the technical documentaon API of the wBox controllers is available at:
hp://technical.blebox.eu
The added acon will be displayed on the list. By expanding its details it is
possible to preview the status of its last execuon.
