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A -Comfort Starter Kit
We thank you warmly for purchasing this SMS-operated remote control system, which will bring you
more comfort, pleasure, security and new energy saving opportunities!
With your new equipment, you will be able to perform the following actions remotely, by SMS:
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Turn electrical appliances on and off (see page 4).
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Check ambient temperatures (see page 5).
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Set the desired temperature when an electric heater is plugged into the wireless 230V
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socket, and thus save energy by ensuring that the ambient temperature always is adapted
to the situation (see page 6).
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Set the temperature limits beyond which an alarm shall be sent by SMS (see page 7).
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You can also add wireless extensions to control additional electrical appliances, or detectors (fire,
gas, flooding, burglary, etc.) which will trigger the sending of alarms by SMS (see page 8).
Discover soon the advantages of a simplified operation by Internet, from your PC or mobile phone
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Starter Kit Contents .................................................................................................................................... 2
Preparations and first use ........................................................................................................................... 3
Main Functions ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Some optional extensions and accessories ................................................................................................. 8
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- Page 1 A -Comfort Starter Kit Q u i c k s t a r t G u i d e Q u i c k s t a r t G u i d e We thank you warmly for purchasing this SMS-operated remote control system, which will bring you more comfort, pleasure, security and new energy saving opportunities! With your new equipment, you will be able to perform the following actions remotely, by SMS: Turn electrical appliances on and off (see page 4).
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Page 2: Starter Kit Contents
Starter Kit Contents Central unit • Receives and sends SMS messages. • • • Manages all wireless peripherals (e.g. • • Nodes). • Handles up to 64 wireless peripherals. • • ‘Node’ • Wireless 230V plug-in socket. • • • Turns your electrical appliances on •... - Page 3 1.3. Insert the SIM card into the central unit. NB! A-Comfort must not be powered when the housing is opened and the SIM card manipulated. Unscrew the 2 screws near the left and right edges of the rear cover, and gently lift off the top cover.
- Page 4 5. Send an SMS to A-Comfort to turn on the 230V socket of your Node The Node is registered as peripheral (there can be up to 64 of them!).
- Page 5 Node #01: Your A-Comfort will then send you an SMS with the current status of that Node. This message will contain, among other information: • The on/off state of the 230V socket. E.g., from the text « Out.On », you learn that the 230V output (shortened «...
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Page 6: Main Functions
Main Functions Controlling the 230V output of your Node The 230V output (called «Out» in status messages) of a Node is always in either of the two following modes, illustrated in the figure below with the corresponding SMS commands: • Manual on/off control for turning on and off lamps, pumps, computers, etc. If a heater is turned on this way, it’s the heater’s own thermostat that determines the scheduled temperature. - Page 7 Main Functions (cont’d) Temperature surveillance By means of command (requesting the status by SMS), you may at any moment read the temperature measured by your Node (#01). But you can also assign to it the task of monitoring the temperature for you. This means that it will send you a notification by SMS if the ambient temperature exceeds either of the lower or upper limits chosen by you.
- Page 8 Available in two variants: either as a special version of the “Node” (for ease of installation) or of “GR-1” (as a fixed installation for enhanced security). These accessories and many other (e.g., GSM antennas) may be purchased from your Sikom dealer. Page 8...
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