BroadLink SP4M-US Complete User's Manual

BroadLink SP4M-US Complete User's Manual

Wi-fi smart plug

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WI-FI SMART PLUG
Complete User Manual
For SP4M and SP4L series
Hangzhou BroadLink Technology Co., Ltd.
Last updated: Jun 12, 2020

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  • Page 1 WI-FI SMART PLUG Complete User Manual For SP4M and SP4L series Hangzhou BroadLink Technology Co., Ltd. Last updated: Jun 12, 2020...
  • Page 2: Main Features

    All you need is an Alexa or Google assistant enabled device like Echo, Google home, or even just the Alexa / Google home app on your phone. And with multiple BroadLink Smart Plugs, you can build your own smart life, remote control and set schedules for multiple outlets from anywhere in the world.
  • Page 3: Important Notices

    1.4. What’s Included in Package Smart Plug ⚫ Quick Setup Guide ⚫ Product Manual ⚫ 1.5. Important Notices This device is design for indoor use in dry environment only. ⚫ DO NOT connect to appliances before the device is added in App. ⚫...
  • Page 4: Supported Devices

    II. NoAPP Setup 2.1. Overview NoAPP technology helps you to set up devices without any third-party apps. You can just control your smart home devices in Alexa / Google Home App or by voice with their speakers. With NoAPP , you will experience these benefits: -Party App NoAPP Requires downloading an app.
  • Page 5: Connect Device

    2.4. Find Your Settings Open your phone’s settings and select WLAN ⚫ In your smartphone's Wi-Fi settings, connect to ⚫ "BroadLink_WiFi_Device" wireless network and wait for network connection. NOTE: If you cannot find the device Wi-Fi network, please disable, and enable WLAN to try again. When you connect to the device Wi-Fi network, your phone may pop up message such as “This WLAN network has no Internet access.
  • Page 6 The email will be used to enable BroadLink skill in Alexa / Google Home app. If you are already a BroadLink user and have a BroadLink account, please use the same email as you used in BroadLink app before. For iPhone/iPad, the landing page will be automatically closed after connection while for some Android phones the page could stay there, and you may need to manually return to home page.
  • Page 7 III. Add & Control Device in Alexa 3.1. Prepare Alexa App Search “Alexa” in Google Play or App Store and download the app. Open Alexa app and sign in the app or create a new Amazon account. NOTE: Echo speaker is not required if you just want to control the device in Alexa app or use voice control over phone in Alexa app.
  • Page 8 Tap search icon on the top and search “BroadLink”. Choose the skill named “BroadLink”. DO NOT use the legacy skill below as has limited support on products. Enable the skill and you will be redirected to an account linking page.
  • Page 9 3.3. Link with Google Account / Apple ID (Optional) You will be taken to the next page to link your BroadLink account with Google Account or Apple ID. This feature enables you quick sign-in to Alexa / Google skill by Google / Apple authentications on phone (such as fingerprint and facial recognition) without entering BroadLink credentials.
  • Page 10 3.4. Discover Device ATTENTION: The page may vary on different phones to complete the process. For all iPhones and most of Android phones, the account linking is done in Alexa built-in ⚫ pages. When you complete the process, you will see a button “Done” on the top left. You can tap this button to proceed.
  • Page 11 Tap “DISCOVER DEVICES” button, Alexa will look for devices under BroadLink account and show the result later. Then tap “SET UP DEVICE” to proceed. If you have more than 1 device discovered, the button will be changed to “CHOOSE DEVICE” and you need to tap this button and set up them one by one.
  • Page 12 Find the device from group or “All Devices” and tap to enter the device control page. You can tap the ON/OFF button turn on/off the plug. You can tap the “Settings” button on the top right and rename the device, change type, or disable it.
  • Page 13 For near-field voice control over phone, you need to speak near your phone’s mic, and you don’t need to say the wake-up word “Alexa”. The smart plug supports the following utterances: SP4M-US SP4L series ex. Socket name is “Smart Plug” ex. Socket name is “Smart Plug” and night light name is “Night Light”...
  • Page 14 IV. Add & Control Device in Google Home 4.1. Prepare Google Home App Search “Google Home” in Google Play or App Store and download the app. Open Google Home app and sign in the app or create a new Google account. If you have signed in with your Google account before, the app will automatically sign in for you.
  • Page 15 “BroadLink” service. On the account linking page, you need to confirm your location before proceeding. If you made wrong choice here, you could tap the server location under “BroadLink” logo to make the selection again. If you did not set up your...
  • Page 16 Enable the skill and you will be redirected to an account linking page. On the account linking page, you need to confirm your location before proceeding. If you made wrong choice here, you could tap the server location under “BroadLink” logo to make the selection again.
  • Page 17 For fist device set up with NoAPP, please choose “NoAPP” option to proceed. Input the same email as you used in pop-up landing page and tap “Next”. You will receive an email with a 7-digit verification code. Input the code and tap “Sign in” to complete account linking.
  • Page 18 NOTE: If you skip adding device to room, you can still control it individually but group control in a room will be not available. 4.5. Control Device Manually in Google Home...
  • Page 19 Tap the device icon to enter the control page for manual control. You can tap the settings icon to enter device settings page. In this page, you can rename the device, change the home/room for the device and unlink the service.
  • Page 20: Download And Install App

    We appreciate if you can rate us a 5-star and share your joy in review. 5.4. Sign in App Open BroadLink App. For first time use, you need to select your country/region before signing up. You can scroll up and down to locate your country or search the keywords.
  • Page 21 Under most of circumstances, you do not need to manually choose the server. If you insist to change a server, please check the following definitions of each server before changing: On login option page, choose “BroadLink Account” and tap “Sign in via verification code”. Then...
  • Page 22: Control Device

    If the device has been set up with NoAPP and controllable by Alexa or Google Home, you don’t need to do any extra setup in BroadLink app. When you signed in the app, the device will be automatically found and displayed on homepage.
  • Page 23 VI. Set Up Timers 7.1. Types of Timers BroadLink app supports 4 types of timers: Type of Timer Description Frequently Used Scenes Regular timer The device will be operated at specified Turn on radio at 7:00AM time (can be set for once or repeated days)
  • Page 24 every day, on weekdays, weekends or custom days. Then you need to tap “Operation” to set the action to turn on or off the socket. 7.3. Set Up Sunrise/Sunset Timer On timer setting page, choose “Sunrise/Sunset”. You need to set the device location so the system can find the correct sunrise/sunset time from Internet.
  • Page 25 7.4. Set Up Cycled Timer On Regular Timer setting page, tap “Cycle” on the top right to switch to Cycled Timer setting. Set a start time and an end time (you can choose sunrise/sunset as start/end time). Then set the duration time and action for operation 1 and operation 2.
  • Page 27: Other Functions

    VII. Other Functions Tap “…” on the top right of device control page and choose “Function Set” to access advanced features. 8.1. Max Work Time The “Max Work Time” feature is designed for users prefer traditional way of using a mechanical timer which is activated by pressing a button to turn on socket and automatically turn off it after a preset duration.
  • Page 28: Led Indicator Light

    8.2. LED Indicator Light The LED indicator on product is set to be enabled as default to show the working status. In case you don’t want the LED indicator to be lighted, you can disable it in “Enable LED indicator” option. 8.3.
  • Page 29: Device Settings

    VIII. Device Settings Tap “…” on the top right of device control page and choose “Property” to access advanced features. 8.1. Device Information In device settings page, you can rename the device, change a room for the device or check device info.
  • Page 30: Notification Setting

    for device. Some versions of firmware might be pushed as mandatory for urgent bug fixes and you are unable to skip it before entering device control page. After the update completes, the app will show a successful page. You can just tap “Done” to finish. If the device firmware is up to date, the page will show your current firmware version.
  • Page 31 8.4. Sub-Devices BroadLink 4 gen smart plugs support FastCon™ Bridging which allows devices building their own sub networks with one of them acting as master and others as clients to minimize the connection load of Wi-Fi router.
  • Page 32 Also, when you add FastCon™ sensors and light switches via the smart plug, this smart plug will be fixed as master. If your device is a master, you can tap “Sub-device” to view all sub-devices.
  • Page 33: Online Resources

    IX. Online Resources & Support 9.1. Online Resources In-App help center Sign in BroadLink App and tap “?” on top of App homepage or “Me” > ”Help center” to access help center for more information of each product and App functions. Tutorial video Search “BroadLink International”...

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