GamaBit Houseper, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Guide Of Home Automation System Houseper version 1 0 www houseper com...

Page 2: ...9 3 1 Network Configuration 9 3 1 1 LAN Configuration 9 3 1 2 WiFi Configuration 9 3 1 3 3G 4G Configuration 9 3 2 Settings 10 3 2 1 Time Zone 10 3 2 2 Language 10 3 2 3 Extend Shrink Screen 10 3 3 Ad...

Page 3: ...On Off 23 4 3 2 Level Control 23 4 3 3 Colour Control 23 4 3 4 Consumption Metering 24 4 3 5 Door Lock 25 4 3 6 IP Camera 25 4 3 7 IR Commands 25 4 3 8 Zone 26 4 3 9 Zone Control 27 4 3 10 Temperatur...

Page 4: ...2 1 Add Device 37 12 2 Add Camera 37 12 3 E mail Settings 38 12 4 Configure Alarm Notifications 38 12 5 Electricity Pricing 39 12 6 Remote Control 39 12 7 Language 39 12 8 Network 40 12 9 Data Cleanin...

Page 5: ...ements comprising the home automation system include 1 1 The Houseper Controller The Houseper controller is the major and most important element of the system It represents a multimedia Android TV box...

Page 6: ...of them 1 3 The Houseper Mobile Application App You can install the Houseper Mobile app on your smartphone or tablet for constant access supervision and control of your home automation system The mob...

Page 7: ...a remote server Both local and remote control real time monitoring are supported All supported IP cameras can be found in the IP Cameras section of our website 1 6 Houseper Cloud Services Cloud Servic...

Page 8: ...ouse is not charged you will need to use the USB cable included to charge it first 3 Connect the power adapter to the Houseper controller and then plug it into the mains Your Houseper controller shoul...

Page 9: ...Ethernet 3 1 2 WiFi Configuration 1 Select Wi Fi from Settings from Wireless Networks 2 Turn on WiFi service 3 Select a Wi Fi network from the list enter the password if any and click Connect 3 1 3 3...

Page 10: ...Turn Automatic Time Zone off 3 Choose your time zone in the Select Time Zone section 3 2 2 Language 1 Select Languages Input in Settings from the Personal section 2 To add a language choose Add from t...

Page 11: ...operly installed 2 If the device has been previously added to other Zigbee networks you will need to reset it If there are no explicit instructions for reset in your device s manual follow the steps f...

Page 12: ...l and if needed perform Factory Reset to return it to factory settings Follow these steps 1 Follow the camera manual to switch it on and set up its network Make sure the IP camera is configured on the...

Page 13: ...artphone tablet select Register from your phone to your controller 8 From the controller your controller will ask for a confirmation to connect your smartphone tablet Confirm the connection by selecti...

Page 14: ...oller In order to recover the access of a device that has already been removed it will need to pass the initial authorisation procedure again following the steps above 3 5 1 2 Local Access Local acces...

Page 15: ...tspot section forces the start of a configured Hotspot if any when the controller is restarted 3 5 2 Remote Control Houseper mobile app The Remote Control function of the Houseper mobile app handles t...

Page 16: ...controller The Houseper mobile app has a Current Connection Indication button located in the upper control bar upper right corner of the application The connectivity indicator may show no connection c...

Page 17: ...s System and Regular both of which can be sent to email and or smart phone s tablet s Notifications types 1 System notifications concern your system status such as insufficient disk space cloud servic...

Page 18: ...he Renew registration button Check your Houseper mobile app for most phones notifications do not work after the application s Force Stop has been applied 3 6 3 Configuration of Regular Notifications Y...

Page 19: ...Door Lock Thermostat etc a blue button will be displayed with an image indicating the type of device The button colour indicates the device status When the colour is saturated this indicates the On A...

Page 20: ...cates the number of devices shown relative to the total number of devices 2 Filtering Search field search for the name and room location of the device 3 Filter button showing all devices or filtered o...

Page 21: ...n Hidden devices will not be displayed in the list of devices on the first page of the Devices tab when there is an active filter For example a light switch that is bound with a lighting unit and has...

Page 22: ...ne for temperature measurement and another for humidity tracking the removal of either of the two logical devices will lead to the actual removal of both of them 4 3 Functionalities The Functionality...

Page 23: ...ostat that does not have an occupation sensor the controls regarding information and presence management will not be shown 4 3 1 On Off 1 Current status 2 Turn On button 3 Turn Off button 4 Toggle but...

Page 24: ...rom the Settings tab in Electricity Pricing 3 Local electrometer button once a Main electrometer has been reconfigured as a Local one the data that has been accumulated already by the device will not...

Page 25: ...ecording for Motion Detect an alarm will be generated in the event of movement when this option is selected and the IP camera is active If the Recording option is selected a recording of the event cau...

Page 26: ...mmands are displayed in List 1 above When executing such a command the controller will send a Zigbee command to the current device that in its part will send the stored IR command The end result is ex...

Page 27: ...alarm In that case all alarms are to be listed in red and only those that do not require an armed device will be indicated in the title bar of the Functionality section 4 3 9 Zone Control 6 Current al...

Page 28: ...o input this deviation so that all other configurations are comparable to the average of the room 3 Heating entering the desired heating temperature The thermostats with an occupation detector will be...

Page 29: ...mal mode 8 Switch to configure mode 4 3 13 Identify 1 Device Identification button this is a very useful functionality when you have more than one similar devices and you have not entered unique names...

Page 30: ...scene use the Add Scene button then enter a scene name optional description and select the devices that will participate in it All devices that support scenes are included in the list and those you se...

Page 31: ...utton lets you view a list of all devices included in the scene and change them if necessary You can remove devices add new ones or use the Overwrite button to change the predefined mode of a device w...

Page 32: ...tion etc Indicates battery related problems such as low battery defective etc Indicates intrusion attempt to compromise the device Power supply problems high low voltage power off etc Indicates a prob...

Page 33: ...articular zone 2 Disarm zone disarms all devices belonging to that particular zone 3 Zone name 4 Information about the number of currently armed devices relative to the total number of devices belongi...

Page 34: ...This is usually a device for example a prime electricity meter that is located at the entrance your property s electricity network but there could be more devices sockets couplers etc whose added cons...

Page 35: ...d for which the prices are up to date It can contain a starting and an end date or just a starting date after which it will be active until a subsequent period is defined that will set the end date fo...

Page 36: ...f the last period being before 24 00h 4 Delete the last period button When the period bar is filled through 24 00h they can be added 10 Rooms The term room is conditional and serves to identify a phys...

Page 37: ...e Switch a device On Activate a Scene Disable Zone etc 3 Depending on the command type it can be Name and Room of a device when the command refers to a device Names and Scene Description when the comm...

Page 38: ...r devices used for Fire indication Water Overflow indication Intrusion indication Movement indication Presence indication Panic Emergency etc 3 Defines sending notifications to all smart phones tablet...

Page 39: ...st of Authorised Devices from the Houseper application in the Settings tab in Remote Control 2 Your smartphone tablet has been successfully registered to receive notifications the registered status is...

Page 40: ...appear again 1 Controller identifier 2 Signal strength indicator for a router device 3 Signal strength indicator for an end device that is not a router 4 List with names of all logical devices that ar...

Page 41: ...nal services It also presents information on payments history The maximum eligible prepayment period is one year 12 13 Zigbee Restart Restarts the Zigbee controller module 12 14 Factory Reset Removes...

Page 42: ...is not selected dates will be displayed according to the time zone of the mobile device If the controller and the mobile device are in different time zones you will see different dates for the same ev...