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Welcome Thank you for choosing EMBER by EPH Controls. We hope you enjoy using it as much as we did developing it! Controlling your heating anywhere, anytime is only a few simple steps away. In this booklet, we will provide a step by step guide to setting up the EMBER heating control app and its associated hardware.
Table of contents Get Started (Router requirements / Phone software) LCD / LED / Button Legend Paring your Programmer to your Gateway Paring your Thermostats to your Programmer Downloading the EMBER App Pairing your Gateway to your wirelss internet Home setup Zone Control diagram...
Getting Started WiFi Requirement Device Operating System The SSID of your Wi-Fi should not Minimum iOS is 9. be hidden when you are pairing the Minimum Android OS is 5.1 gateway to your router. (Lollipop) Please install the gateway in a place Positioning of the gateway with a good Wi-Fi signal.
LCD / LED / Button Legend Gateway WPS / Smartlink button Function button Figure (5-a): The gateway Status Red LED on Gateway not connected to WiFi Green LED on Gateway connected to WiFi Red & Green LEDs On WiFi connection issue. Reset router.
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LCD / LED / Button Legend Programmer Buttons to be used during gateway installation Figure (5-b): The RF programmer...
Pairing your programmer to your gateway Complete this step before pairing your thermostats to your programmer 1. Reset your router by switching it off and on. 2. On the Programmer, press the button for 5 seconds. 3. ‘Wireless Connect’ will appear on the screen.
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Pairing your programmer to your gateway Complete this step before pairing your thermostats to your programmer Note If ‘r2’ , ‘r3’ or ‘r4’ appears on the screen and you are not setting up a multi programmer system, please reset the RF connections to the gateway by completing the following: Press and hold the crystal button until it begins to flash.
Pairing your thermostats to your programmer Complete this step before pairing your thermostats to your programmer 1. Lower the cover on the front of the RF programmer. Move the selector switch to the ‘RUN’ position. CLOCK PROG 2. On the RF programmer, press the button for 5 seconds.
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Pairing your thermostats to your programmer Complete this step before pairing your thermostats to your programmer 7. The thermostat will count to 3 and then display the zone of the programmer that it is paired to. If it is paired to the first zone it will display r1, the second zone r2 etc.
Downloading the EMBER App 1. Go to the Apple App Store on your iPhone or the Google Play Store on your Android device and download the EPH EMBER App. QR codes to the download links are available on the back cover.
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Set up the EMBER App 2. Once the app has been installed, open it. 3. Select ‘Create an account’ to Sign up with your email address.
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4. Enter your email address. 5. Confirm your email address. 6. Accept the terms and conditions and submit. 7. A confirmation email will arrive in your inbox with a verification code.
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Set up the EMBER App (Continued) 8. Enter the verification code and continue.
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9. Enter your first name. 10. Enter your last name. 11. Enter your password (Minimum 6 characters - inlucding lowercase, uppercase and numbers.) 12. Confirm your password. 13. Enter your telephone number (optional). 14. Press Sign up. 15. You will be brought to the landing screen to enter your email address and password.
Pairing your gateway to your Internet 1. Press ‘WiFi Setup’ and you will be directed to the WiFi Setup screen. If the light on the gateway is green you can choose the ‘Gateway Code’ . If you have been given an invite code, press ‘Invite Code’...
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Chose the ‘Installer’ option if: You are installing this sytem for the home owner. This will temporarily provide you access to this home. This access will be removed once the next user joins the home. Chose the ‘Home owner’ option if: - You are the home owner - You are logged in using the home owner’s credentials.
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Pairing your gateway to your Internet (Con’d) 2. On the ‘Your System’ screen, you must choose the ‘PS’ (Programmer System) option. GW01 will not operate with the ‘TS’ (Thermostat System). 3. Ensure your mobile device is connected to the same network that the gateway will be connected to.
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4. Enter WiFi password. On the gateway: Press the Function button once (do not hold). Press the WPS / Smartlink button once (do not hold). Red and green lights will begin to flash on the gateway. On your mobile device: Immediately press ‘Continue’...
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Pairing your gateway to your Internet (Con’d) 8. The Gateway now needs to be associated with your mobile device. 9. Enter the gateway code located on the gateway housing. Wait for the LEDs to stop flashing. 10. Press ‘Continue’ once only.
Home Setup Home Setup appears on the the screen – this may take a moment. The number of zones connected to the programmer is detected and shown on the screen. 1. Enter the Home name. 2. Enter the Zone names. (It is not possible to rename the Hot Water zone.) 3.
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Home Setup (Continued) 4. Enter the postcode or your address to set the location of your home. 5. Press ‘Save’ .
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6. The Invite User screen will appear. 7. Invite other users if needed or press ‘Skip to continue’ .
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Home Setup (Continued) 8. You will receive a summary confirming the changes that you have made. 9. Press ‘Tutorial’ to view the tutorials. 10. Press ‘Skip’ to complete Home Setup.
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11. The Home screen will appear with the relevant number of zones now able to be controlled from your mobile device. You can access the tutorials from the setting menu and burger menu in the EMBER App.
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Home Setup (Continued) 12. Select one of the zones on the Home screen to access zone control.
Zone Control Diagram Home name Menu Location temperature Current zone name Target temperature Temperature Temperature adjustment adjustment Heating on with Current orange glow temperature Tap here for schedule. Current mode Press and hold Heating on with for quick boost orange glow Zone Index Operating mode Advance function...
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O cial Site EPH Controls IE EPH Controls UK Tel: 021 471 8440 Tel: 01933 322 072 technical@ephcontrols.com technical@ephcontrols.co.uk Location www.ephcontrols.com www.ephcontrols.co.uk temperature...
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