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IDS Core Smart Home Gateway V1 Operating Manual

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

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Important safety information ___________________________________ 3 Hazard information ___________________________________________ 4 Others _____________________________________________________ 7 Introduction _________________________________________________ 8 Package contents _____________________________________________ 9 Function and device overview __________________________________ 9 Installation _________________________________________________ 10 Menus ____________________________________________________ 16 Pair the switches with the power sockets _________________________ 24 Learning and saving commands______________________________ 25 Routines ________________________________________________ 30 Application examples ______________________________________ 33...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Information

    1. Important safety information Read this manual before attempting to install the device! Read 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, hand over this manual as well.

  • Page 4: Hazard Information

    2. Hazard information We do not assume any liability for damage to property or personal injury caused by improper use or the failure to observe the hazard information. In such cases any claim under warranty is extinguished! For consequential damages, we assume no liability! This product is intended for indoor use only in dry locations! Do not use in damp or wet locations, near a bathtub, sink, shower, swimming pool, or anywhere else...
  • Page 5 The device may only be connected to an easily accessible power socket outlet. The mains plug must be pulled out if a hazard occurs. Always lay cables in such a way that they do not become a risk to people and domestic animals.
  • Page 6 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: Others

    3. Others The warranty 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 to avoid this, you may place a non-slip pad underneath the Gateway V1.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Power sockets can be controlled by timers or grouped inside routines. Use your RF wall switches, existing IR remote controls, or any web browser to perform switching operations inside your home. All current technical documents and updates are provided at www.ids-digital.de.

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    5. Package contents Please check your package for completeness, and for all parts being undamaged. The contents should be: • The Gateway V1 Smart Home Controller unit • Two 433 MHz RF-controlled power sockets • Two 433 MHz RF wall mount switches •...

  • Page 10: Installation

    Bottom (A) Reset button (B) Micro-USB connector (C) LED ring (D) QR Code 7. Installation This chapter describes how to easily set up your Gateway V1 system step 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.
  • Page 11 7.1 Access your Gateway After boot-up of the Gateway V1, it will start its own Access Point for enabling the first login. Use your smartphone, tablet or PC for performing the following steps. Check for available networks on WiFi. You should be able to find an SSID name like [GatewayV1_681890286F24] in your list.
  • Page 12 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: Log INTO the Gateway V1, using the default password [admin].
  • Page 13 If you are logged in for the first time, the device will immediately ask to change your password. Do so and confirm by pressing the [SAVE] button. 7.2 Add the Gateway into your WiFi Network Now select the category [WIRELESS] at the top of the [SETTINGS] menu.
  • 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. Type in password of your WiFi network and press the [Save] button. The Gateway V1 will [restart] like this:...
  • Page 15 and now Go to the WiFi settings on your Smartphone/Tablet or PC and change it to your home WiFi Network. Open your 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 your home WiFi Network.

  • Page 16: Menus

    Menus 8.1 Home / Sensors 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 display the history of these measurements for the past 24 hours like this:...
  • Page 17 8.2 Energy menu This page allows you to monitor the status of a WiFi power socket. A WiFi power socket must be purchased separately. Please contact us for more information For using this page, you will need compatible power sockets that allow remote power monitoring.
  • Page 18 8.3 Commands menu The [Commands] menu is used for learning and saving RF, IR, and WiFi commands for use in timers and routines. Each card inside this menu is representing a command. The menu is divided into three different containers for [RF], [IR], and [WiFi], which can be accessed using the tabs at the top of each view.
  • Page 19 8.4 Routines menu This page allows to connect some RF / IR / WiFi switching actions to a timer event, or to some incoming RF/IR/WiFi signal event that the Gateway 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.
  • Page 20 8.4.2 Externally Triggered Routines You may assign up to five switching actions to a known incoming RF or IR signal, or to a WiFi switching state. In addition, you may assign a location to your routine for locating it inside the [SCENES] menu view (See 5.1.5).
  • Page 21 8.6 Information menu This menu 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 for your Gateway, you may be asked for some version information from this page.
  • Page 22 8.7 Settings menu The following settings can be adjusted here: • Change the login password / 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); •...
  • Page 23 8.8 Update menu In case a Software update 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 it from there, or to directly download the latest version from the web server via Internet.

  • Page 24: Pair The Switches With The Power Sockets

    9. Pair the switches with the power sockets If you want to access one of the power sockets directly with one of the wall switches, follow the steps below (if you are not interested in doing this, you can skip this part). Take the power socket and press down the LED/button unit at the side of the socket while plugging it to mains power.

  • Page 25: Learning And Saving Commands

    10. Learning and saving commands 10.1 RF commands Before you can receive or transmit an RF command, you need to assign one of the pull-down cards to this command name [Type]. The Gateway V1 must be trained for this command in the following way: •...
  • Page 26 • Press [LEARN], the Gateway will respond with a beep. • Now press [OFF] (0) on the RF power switch; if the signal is recognized by the Gateway, it will respond with another beep; the [SAVE] and [SEND] buttons will be activated. •...
  • Page 27 • Press the [SEND] button of the freshly generated “On” command. If the power socket recognized this signal successfully, the LED will stop blinking, learning is complete. In case you need to unlearn a command on a power socket, please refer to chapter 4.2.
  • Page 28 10.3 WiFi commands If you open this tab for the first time, no cards are shown that correspond with available WiFi power sockets. This is how to find available WiFi power sockets: • Press the [SCAN] button; the scanning process will take some minutes. •...
  • Page 29 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: Routines

    Routines 11.1 Programming a timer • Open one of the timer cards by clicking on the down-arrow. • Select day/date, time and duration of the event. ◦ Note: Configure either a single date or a weekly/daily event! • Assign actions to beginning and end of the specified time range. •...
  • Page 31 11.2 Programming externally triggered routine Depending on the type of signal that you want to use as trigger, you need to select one of the tabs [RF], [IR], or [WIFI] first. All known input signals (that have been successfully trained to the Gateway V1) will be shown assigned to a card. •...
  • Page 32 entry of each routine correctly, the [SCENES] structure represents 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 name, it is sometimes recommendable to rename the command again to get an entry name with a more obvious purpose.

  • Page 33: Application Examples

    12. Application examples 12.1 Timer example 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 the [Commands-RF] section. If we assign appropriate names to these sockets, it might look as follows:...
  • Page 34 Now we can program a timer to handle these sockets: In this example, the 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 into armed state, we need to click on like this: , and then press [SAFE].
  • Page 35 12.2 RF routine example Use case: In the late evening. When the RF wall switch for the living room light is switched off manually, this means that I am 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 interested in its total power consumption, the heating is connected to a WiFi power socket that can be monitored via the “Energy”...
  • Page 36 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” button.
  • Page 37 Now we can open the [Routines-RF] section and program an RF routine for our use 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 second remote control for my set-top box, but I only need to switch channels up or down with this second RCU.
  • Page 38 this and “translate” this 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 connect the incoming RF switch signals to the IR commands that we need to send.
  • Page 39 12.4 WiFi routine example Use case: “Mirroring” the state of a WiFi power socket with some RF power 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 always follow the WiFi socket’s state.
  • Page 40 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 control our two RF sockets.
  • Page 41 Now we need to configure two WiFi routines in the [Routines-WiFi] section, one each for the [OFF] state and the [ON] state of the WiFi socket. Do not forget to check the state of the enable switches on each card before pressing [SAFE].
  • Page 42 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 the IR remote control:...
  • Page 43 We need to assign 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 this routine? We can already use it instead of the IR remote control:...
  • Page 44 If we prefer to use our smartphone instead of the RCU, we may go back to the [Commands – IR] 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 room with the IR remote control (in the living room) or with our smartphone (from any...

  • Page 45: Using The Settings Menu

    13. Using the settings menu 13.1 Change the password / PIN Changing the password requires to type the old password once, and then type the new 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.
  • Page 46 13.3 Change the color theme of the menu Choose your preferred color 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, Chinese, French and Italian.
  • Page 47 13.5 Change the user profile This menu item offers to change the amount of menu items: • “Expert” mode: Complete set of menus. • “Easy” mode: Removes all configuration menus that are not needed for simply using the Gateway V1. •...
  • Page 48 (Hint: It is recommended to boot up the Gateway device at least 30 minutes before calibrating, so the sensors have already normal operation temperature.) 13.6 Connect to a new network The “WLAN” tile allows to scan for networks in your area and choose one to connect to it.

  • Page 49: Troubleshooting

    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.) 13.8 Reset all user settings to factory values Only use this menu if you are sure that you want to really delete all user settings and configurations.

  • Page 50: Maintenance And Cleaning

    The range of good RF reception is strongly influenced by the installation site of your Gateway V1 device. Do not place it too close to other objects. An ideal place would be the top of a shelf or cabinet (rather than in a corner, between other electronic devices, or on the floor).

  • Page 51: Technical Specification

    Hereby, Intelligent Digital Services GmbH, Maria-Goeppert-Strasse 5, 23562 Lübeck, Germany declares that the radio equipment type Gateway V1 follows Directive 2014/53/EU. The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: www.ids-digital.de 17. Technical specification Power Supply Unit: 5V / 1200 mA...

  • Page 52: Declaration Of Conformity

    Intelligent Digital Services GmbH hereby declares that the Gateway V1 device is in accordance with the basic requirements and the other relevant provisions of the RoHS Directive 200/65 / EU, and the RE Directive 2014/53 / EU. You can obtain the declaration of conformity for this product from: http://www.ids-digitaltv.de...
  • Page 53 If you have any questions, please contact us: Intelligent Digital Services GmbH Maria-Goeppert-Str. 5 D-23562 Lübeck Germany www.ids-digitaltv.de info@ids-digitaltv.de +49 (0) 451 489 78 323 Monday-Friday: 08:30 - 17:00 (GMT+1)

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