Advertisement

Quick Links

ControlPoint 2000

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Summary of Contents for 4Home ControlPoint 2000

  • Page 1 ControlPoint 2000...
  • Page 2 Motion sensors › Door/Window sensors › Lamp modules › Remote Controller Now it’s time to activate and register your ControlPoint 2000, get familiar with the User Interface, and learn how to configure your home control and home monitoring devices. Introduction...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Inspecting Your ControlPoint Inspecting the Ports on Your ControlPoint Inspecting the LEDs on Your ControlPoint Connection, Registration, and Activation Using the Setup Wizard Connecting to the Internet Registration Activation Accessing the User Interface (UI) UPnP Access IP Address Access (Advanced) Mobile Device Access Overview: Basic UI Features and Elements Administrator Mode...
  • Page 4: Inspecting Your Controlpoint

    Inspecting Your ControlPoint 1.1 Inspecting the Ports on Your ControlPoint Let’s take a look at the back of your ControlPoint to see all of the ports and their uses. › Reset button – restarts your ControlPoint WARNING: Normal functionality will be interrupted until the ControlPoint has fully restarted ›...
  • Page 5: Connection, Registration, And Activation

    Connection, Registration, and Activation 2.1 Using the Setup Wizard To use the Setup Wizard, simply open a browser window and go to http://www.4homemedia.net. If you do not wish to use the Setup Wizard and would rather set everything up manually, continue to section 2.2 Connecting to the Internet.
  • Page 6: Registration

    2.3 Registration Now that your ControlPoint is on, connected to your local network, and has Internet connectivity, it’s time to Register with the Portal Server. Open your preferred web browser and go to http://www.4homemedia.net. You’ll see this screen: Click on New User Registration.
  • Page 7: Activation

    Entering your Cell phone will allow you to receive SMS messages from your ControlPoint when you wish to be alerted about motion/door sensors, security camera triggers, etc. NOTE: Make sure you write down your login name and password in a safe place. Upon successful Registration, you should see the following screen (you may be required to click on a link that will be emailed to you to confirm your registration): 2.4 Activation...
  • Page 8 › Your ControlPoint’s MAC address, which can be found on the label on your ControlPoint For example: 00:06:D3:A8:00:15 OR 0006D3A80015 › Your time zone (note: you’ll need this to be correct to take advantage of ControlPoint’s feature) For example: PST if you live in the Pacific Time Zone After you click Continue, you will be prompted to create a bookmark in your browser to provide an easy way to access the User Interface next time.
  • Page 9: Accessing The User Interface (Ui)

    Accessing the User Interface (UI) The best and easiest way to access the User Interface is to open a browser window and go to http://www.4homemedia.net where you’ll see this screen again: Once there, click on . You can use this method to access your ControlPoint UI from any computer -- at home, at work, abroad -- anywhere! For your convenience, there are also several other ways to access the UI.
  • Page 10: Ip Address Access (Advanced)

    Simply double-click on the icon to access the User Interface (UI). Your default browser will launch automatically and display the ControlPoint UI. 3.2 IP Address Access (Advanced) Advanced users: you can obtain your ControlPoint’s IP address by looking at your router’s list of attached devices. If you know your ControlPoint’s IP address, you can enter it into your browser’s address bar to access the UI from any computer on your network.
  • Page 11 When you receive the SMS message (this may take several minutes, depending on your network connection), it will contain a download link. We’ll automatically detect what kind of phone you have and send you the appropriate version of the UI. Open the link on your mobile device and the UI will be downloaded automatically. If your phone uses Windows Mobile and a JVM is not installed, you will be prompted to download one that is supported on your phone.
  • Page 12 Note that on Windows Mobile phones, you may be required to run the JVM (typically, this will be a JVM called Esmertec JBED, which is indicated by a red or blue “E” icon). Once the JVM is run, you will see the 4Home mobile application icon.
  • Page 13: Overview: Basic Ui Features And Elements

    Overview: Basic UI Features and Elements Let’s take a minute to get familiar with the basic elements of the UI and what they do. We’ll get into more detail later, after several devices have been configured. The first thing you see when you access your UI will be this screen.
  • Page 14: Messages

    4.2.1 Options The leftmost tab is labeled Options. Clicking it will provide settings including temperature display, themes, administrator account and other options to customize your system. Clicking on it will let you choose Celsius or Fahrenheit for temperature displays, create an administrator account, and configure networking and other settings.
  • Page 15: Control

    4.4.1 Monitor The leftmost tab is labeled Monitor. In this tab, you’ll be able to view and record your cameras’ live feeds. 4.4.2 Sensor The second tab from the left is labeled Sensor. In this tab, you’ll see a list of configured motion/occupancy/audio sensors and will be able to view and configure what happens when those sensors are triggered.
  • Page 16: Home

    control. For example, you can have the ControlPoint automatically turn on the lights in the living room at 6 o’clock every evening. Home Clicking on the button on the far left of the main menu will bring up an empty tab. You can use this tab, as well as any additional tabs that you create, to combine any elements of the other portions of the UI.
  • Page 17: Mobile Ui Features

    Mobile UI Features When you load the mobile UI, you will be asked to enter your username and password. Use your phone’s Ok/ Select/Enter button on the username and password fields to enter your login information. If you would like to have your credentials memorized so you can login automatically, check the “Auto Login” checkbox by using the select button on your Smartphone.
  • Page 18 › Rooms – view and control your rooms › Scenes – view and run configured Scenes › Messages – view received messages and alerts › Logout – log out of the Mobile UI All devices are detected automatically and show up in exactly the same way as in the ControlPoint UI. They are grouped by the device class: “Switches”, “Lights”, etc.
  • Page 19 Messages view allows you to read the messages and see their timestamps. Message / Alerts of high importance will pop-up in Mobile UI automatically as they might need your immediate attention. Examples of such events might be: › Your front door is open ›...
  • Page 20: Device Management

    All materials contained in this document including artwork, images, and text are protected by United States copyright law and are property of 4Home. The materials may not be published, redistributed, or altered with- out explicit permission from their respective owners.

Table of Contents