Imagine being able to do everything from one device:
- Turn on your room lights and close the curtains.
- Change channels on your TV and turn up the heating.
- Answer a phone call and send some texts.
- Browse the Internet
- Play some music or watch YouTube.
HouseMate hardware in combination with the ClickToPhone App enables you to do this and much more. Read on and discover why this solution, together with an Android smart-phone or tablet is the smart way to control your world.
How Does it Work?
HouseMate/ClickToPhone is a combined hardware/app solution that enables a switch user to fully control their Android smart-phone or tablet and use it to operate other equipment in their home or work environment using InfraRed or Z-Wave signals.
About the APP
ClickToPhone is an Android app that has been specially designed for switch access and can be downloaded free from Google play. It will run on any device running Android 2.2 or higher. ClickToPhone is a comprehensive user interface that simplifies and integrates the functions of a smart-phone together with environmental control seamlessly into one package. With a single switch a user can make calls, send and receive texts, view pictures, play music, access the internet and much more.
- USE IT AS A MOBILE PHONE… Wake up the phone,answer and make calls,send and receive SMS text messages. Manage and edit contacts. View missed calls and check your voice mail.
- USE IT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL… 16 grids fully customizable for size and content. Comprehensive set of 600+ symbols with ability to import photographs and other pictures. 250 IR codes can be recorded into HouseMate or choose from a database of commonly used codes.
- USE IT FOR VOICE OUTPUT… ClickToPhone can be used to speak a message using the text-to-speech feature. A variety of voices in different languages are available from Google play and voice output can also be used for auditory scanning and prompts.
- USE IT AS A PERSONAL ORGANISER… The Reminders feature can be used to remind a user of upcoming events using symbols, photos and text. Reminders can be scheduled to go off at intervals before an event to ensure that a user has plenty of time to plan and prepare.
- USE IT FOR SECURITY… Besides HouseMate’s ability to activate a nurse call system, ClickToPhone offers additional security by being able to send an SMS to a pre-defined number with a link to a Google map showing the user’s last known location.
Key Features
Hardware features
- Control of any device that can be operated by InfraRed signals including light switches, power sockets, bed controls and door openers.
- Powerful InfraRed learn/transmit hardware. Single codes, toggle codes, macros and safety codes can be recorded.
- Pre-recorded database of common InfraRed signals including GEWA, Possum, Siemens KNX, Feller BeamIt, UPC and SKY.
- Control of Z-wave devices over Wifi using a Vera Z-wave router.
- Can be fitted with an internal radio frequency nurse call pager.
- Single switch, two switch and joystick inputs.
- Interface cables for R-Net and DX wheelchair control systems.
- Direct wireless control from a compatible Curtis Instruments joystick.
- Long-life rechargeable Li-Ion battery with mini USB charger.
- Audible low battery warning, Bluetooth connection, InfraRed transmit and charging status LEDs.
- Control of an external device using relay output.
Software features
- Primary functions: Wake-up, answer/make calls, send/receive texts, environmental control.
- Secondary functions: Music player, photo album, camera, internet, reminders, location.
- Scanning options: Automatic, short click, two switch, adjustable scanning speed, acceptance time, auditory scanning and many other programmable options.
- Voice output for text-to-speech, auditory scanning and read-out of SMS messages. Voice recognition for environmental control.
- Word prediction and word anticipation. Localised into different languages.
- Control over all Apps on Google Play guaranteed using HouseMate’s HID mouse and an Android device supporting the HID (Human Interface Device) profile.
- ClickToPhone can be downloaded free from Google play with automatic updating as new versions become available.
- Can be installed on any device running Android 2.2 or higher including TV dongles. This allows the use of large HDMI screens for people with visual impairments.
Specifications:
- Dimensions: 90x65x30mm
- Battery: 2600mAh,3.7v Li-Ion rechargeable battery
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, InfraRed 30Khz-60Khz & 512Khz Connections: 3.5mm single/dual switch i/p 3.5mm relay o/p 6 pin Mini DIN, Mini USB
- Compliance: MDD 2007/47/EC, EMC 2004/108/EC
Contact Information:
Visit the HouseMate website at www.click2go.ie for further information or email info@click2go.ie