IDS Core Smart Home Gateway V1, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...Gateway V1 Digital Smart Home Controller OPERATING MANUAL...

Page 2: ...__________________________________________________ 16 9 Pair the switches with the power sockets_________________________ 24 10 Learning and saving commands______________________________ 25 11 Routine...

Page 3: ...ead this manual carefully before beginning operation with your Gateway V1 components Keep the manual so you can refer to it later if you need to If you hand over the device to other persons for use ha...

Page 4: ...s Do not use the device if there are signs of damage to the housing control elements or connecting sockets for example or if it demonstrates a malfunction If you have any doubts please have the device...

Page 5: ...ed as an alarm security system for your household Do not attempt to do this since the manufacturer will not take over any liability in case of technical failure Place the Gateway V1 device on a flat s...

Page 6: ...2020 Intelligent Digital Services GmbH Version 1 0 Do not place the devices near flammable materials e g curtains or flammable liquids Do not place open fire like burning candles near the devices...

Page 7: ...anty will be void if the housing is opened The bottom side of the Gateway V1 housing consists of rubber which in some cases may macerate and damage the surface of your furniture over time To make sure...

Page 8: ...in just a few little steps This device combines the ability of operating RF 433 868 MHz switches and power sockets various IR controlled devices and compatible WiFi controlled power sockets inside you...

Page 9: ...USB power supply 1 x connection cable USB type B micro USB 6 Function and device overview The Gateway V1 Access Point is the central unit of the wireless smart home automation system It connects smart...

Page 10: ...p by step Connect the 5V USB power supply to the Gateway V1 The device will beep once and blink until the boot up process is complete If you power up the Gateway V1 for the first time it does not know...

Page 11: ...nabling the first login Use your smartphone tablet or PC for performing the following steps b Check for available networks on WiFi You should be able to find an SSID name like GatewayV1_681890286F24 i...

Page 12: ...sion 1 0 d Alternatively you may use the camera of your smartphone tablet to scan the QR code that you will find on the sticker at the bottom of the Gateway V1 or use the following one e Log INTO the...

Page 13: ...device will immediately ask to change your password Do so and confirm by pressing the SAVE button 7 2Add the Gateway into your WiFi Network a Now select the category WIRELESS at the top of the SETTIN...

Page 14: ...Select the network of your home router by pressing on the button near its name inside the list and your WiFi network will show up under SSID as well c Type in password of your WiFi network and press...

Page 15: ...our web browser and type http gateway_V1 m_lo html or scan the QR code below If the following LOGIN page will start CONGRATULATIONS you have mastered the first step to integrate the Gateway kit into y...

Page 16: ...nsors menu The first menu shown after login will be the Home Page The Gateway has internal build in environment sensors for Temperature Humidity and Barometric Air Pressure In addition it can also dis...

Page 17: ...ur electronics dealer All known compatible WiFi power sockets will be listed automatically in the drop down menu on the first card Select a compatible WiFi power socket with the dropdown menu now the...

Page 18: ...at the top of each view In the IR commands section you can train and store commands from e g the infrared remote control of your TV or set top box so the Gateway device can send commands in lieu of th...

Page 19: ...teway V1 has been trained before To do this it will use the information of the RF IR WiFi cards that have been saved before in the Commands menu 8 4 1 Timer Routines You may assign up to five switchin...

Page 20: ...y temporarily disable one of these routines in order to pause its use without deleting it 8 5Scenes menu This menu will show a view of all active and located routines except timer routines in a struct...

Page 21: ...nu provides some technical information about the hardware and software of your Gateway V1 device There are no settings to be modified here However in cases when you need to request application support...

Page 22: ...sword PIN Adjust the time zone for the internal clock Change the color theme of the OSD Change the menu language except login page and update page Change the User Profile Calibrate internal sensors Sc...

Page 23: ...te is available for your Gateway V1 you can use this menu to change to the new software version within less than a minute You have the choice to either download the new software to your PC and install...

Page 24: ...ou release the button now the LED will blink c Take the RF wall switch and press down the on 1 side If the power socket recognized this signal successfully the LED will stop blinking learning is compl...

Page 25: ...on the down arrow Select the device type in the drop down menu Select a Switch option if you want to be able to receive and process a specific RF command from a switch Select a Socket static option if...

Page 26: ...n of the newly learned command if the new command does not work press CLEAR and try to learn again Click on the text input line and type in a useful name for this command then press SAFE Hint The SAFE...

Page 27: ...arning Open one of the cards by clicking on the down arrow Press the Learn button on the card Now take your RCU and point with it to the top of the Gateway housing then press the RCU button that you w...

Page 28: ...ed on the screen For easier identification this default name contains the last byte of the socket s IP address You may use the switch symbol on the card to switch this socket on or off In case the pow...

Page 29: ...2020 Intelligent Digital Services GmbH Version 1 0 If you need to delete a single card use the corresponding DELETE button For deleting all WiFi cards use the CLEAR ALL button on the top card...

Page 30: ...ingle date or a weekly daily event Assign actions to beginning and end of the specified time range When opening the corresponding pulldown menus all available actions are listed You may add up to 5 ac...

Page 31: ...he pulldown menu to connect the signal source to an action You may add up to 5 actions to this card by using the buttons remove them using the x buttons If you want this routine to appear in the Scene...

Page 32: ...resents the distribution of Smart Home switches and actuators inside your home and becomes clear for easier use like this Since the name of an entry inside a Scene represents the initial command s nam...

Page 33: ...Use case Automatically switch on the lights in our living room and at the front door in the evening automatically switch them off when it s bedtime We can use two RF power sockets that we learn in th...

Page 34: ...e timer will work daily switching the light on at 18 30 and switching it off at 22 30 Did we forget anything Oh the enabling switch at the top of the card is still in Off position To get the timer int...

Page 35: ...now leaving the living room Automatically switch on the light in the corridor so I will not stumble and switch off the TV Furthermore switch off the electrical heating in the living room Since I am i...

Page 36: ...ntelligent Digital Services GmbH Version 1 0 We give a suitable name to our WiFi Socket in the Commands WiFi Section In the Commands IR section we learned the command of the TV remote control s Power...

Page 37: ...case We select the RF routine card that corresponds with the OFF state of the living room s light switch and enter our configuration there 12 3 One more RF routine use case I am in the need of a secon...

Page 38: ...command to IR with the Gateway device Let s learn the commands from our RF switch in the first step Now learning the commands that we need from the infrared RCU Finally we use two RF routines to conn...

Page 39: ...er sockets Imagine a WiFi socket that is controlled either via another routine or via pressing the hardware switch on the device or even by using an Alexa skill We have two RF sockets that we want to...

Page 40: ...al Services GmbH Version 1 0 In the Commands WiFi Section we have identified the power socket that is connected to our first living room light In the Commands RF Section we learned the commands to con...

Page 41: ...card before pressing SAFE 12 5 IR routine example By involving the Gateway V1 device we can use any kind of IR remote control to perform a switching routine for RF or WiFi sockets Use case I found tha...

Page 42: ...ital Services GmbH Version 1 0 In the Commands WiFi Section we already have the needed commands available from example 7 4 In the Commands IR Section we learn and save the commands that we need from t...

Page 43: ...ign two IR routines in the Routines IR section one each for the OFF state and the ON state of the WiFi socket Well what about the card in the Scenes menu that we automatically created by generating th...

Page 44: ...R menu and rename these IR commands to some names that are easier to understand so the result on our smartphone browser will look like this Now we have the option to switch the lights in our living ro...

Page 45: ...password twice in two consecutive lines The change will take effect when you press the SAFE button Please note that a password does not allow language specific Latin characters like e g or Chinese ch...

Page 46: ...r and press the SAFE button The page will reload in the new color scheme 13 4 Change the language Currently the user interface of the Gateway V1 supports six menu languages English German Spanish Chin...

Page 47: ...P does not allow to connect to more than 4 client devices at the same time Compared to a normal home WiFi router the internal AP is likely to be inferior in terms of signal strength and range 13 5 Cal...

Page 48: ...network in the next line After pressing the SAFE button the Gateway V1 will automatically reboot and connect to the new network 13 7 Change the configuration of the access point AP Normally there is n...

Page 49: ...d Please change the password and choose an own one This is meant as a security measure for your home network to prevent unauthorized users from entering this device s menu too easily The Gateway V1 di...

Page 50: ...please refer to chapter earlier in the manual As soon as your new password is set you may change to the Settings Presets menu and press the Boot now button The Gateway will reboot and you can access i...

Page 51: ...rnet address www ids digital de 17 Technical specification Power Supply Unit 5V 1200 mA Chip Type ESP32 Internal Flash Memory 4 Mbyte Internal RAM 520 Kbyte Supported Wi Fi Standards 802 11 b g n 2 4...

Page 52: ...ies and does not include any warranty of any properties For technical support contact your specialist dealer All technical data and functions described in these operating instructions are subject to c...

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