ThisappisanextensionoftheNikoHomeControlappforsmartphoneortablet.ItallowsyoutoreceivecallsfromyourNikoHomeControlexternalvideounit,toseewhorangthedoorbellandtohaveaconversationwithyourvisitorwhereveryouare.
Youwillneedthefollowing:
WiththisappyoucanimmediatelyreceivecallsfromyourNikoHomeControlexternalvideounit(ref.550-2200X)withouthavingtorelyonaninstalleraslongasyourNikoHomeControlinstallationisconnectedtotheinternet.Yourelectricalcabinetmustbeequippedwithaconnectedcontroller(ref.550-00003)oragateway(ref.550-00580).Yoursmartphonealsoneedstobeconnectedtotheinternet(4G,3GorWiFi).Andfinally,yourNikoHomeControlinstallationmustberegistered.Todothis,youneedtocreateanaccountonmynikohomecontrol.eu.
Features:
YouwillbeabletoreceivecallsevenwhentheNikoHomeControlaccesscontrolappisinactive(asopposedtotheNikoHomeControlappwhichneedstobeactiveinordernottomissanycalls).
ThisappisanextensionoftheNikoHomeControlappwhichcanonlyreceivecallswithintheWiFihomenetwork.Soinotherwords,youcanchoosenottousetheaccesscontrolappwithintheWiFihomenetworkandusetheNikoHomeControlappinstead.
Operation:
Assoonastheinstallationprocedureisfinished,youcanclosetheappandyouarereadytoreceivecalls.
Anincomingcallfromtheexternalvideounithasthesameringtoneastheonefromanormalphonecall.Iftheappisnotdisplayedintheforeground,youwillreceiveanotificationgivingyoutheopportunitytoacceptthevideoconversation.
Whenyouanswerthecall,youwillseethevisitorandbeabletohaveaconversation.Youcanalsochoosetoignoreaconversation.Youcanmuteyoursmartphone'smicrophoneduringaconversation.Theorientationofyourphonewilldeterminethedimensionsoftheimage.Whenholdingyourphonehorizontally,theimageofyourvisitorwillbedisplayedinwidescreen.Ifthenetworkqualityisnotgoodenoughtohaveavideoconversation,audiocommunicationwillautomaticallytakeoverandtheimagewillbesuppressed.
Ifyoudecidetoallowyourvisitortoenter,youcanopentheNikoHomeControlappduringtheconversationandstartapre-programmed'unlockdoor'action.Youcanthenreturntotheaccesscontrolappandcontinueyourconversation.
Forinstallationswithaccesscontrol,werecommendinstallingatleast1touchscreen(550-20101oramorerecentversion)asawiredconnectionisalwaysstrongerthanawirelessone.
Thequalityofthenetworkconnection(3G,4GandWiFi)andthetransitionbetweennetworksaresubjecttoenvironmentalfactorswhichcanvarysignificantlyandinterrupttheconnection.
BydownloadingtheAndroidappforNikoHomeControl,youacceptthetermsandconditionsoftheNikoHomeControlaccesscontrolapp(Android)whichyoucanfindonwww.niko.euunder‘Legal&privacy’.
TheNikoHomeControlaccesscontrolapprequiresaNikoHomeControlinstallationversion1.16.Asoftwareupdateoftheinstallationmaythereforebenecessary.