Changing settings

The following settings of the connected smart device can be viewed or changed directly from the title-bar:

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  1. See the status of the connection between ZBOS Control and the ZBOS device.

  2. Set the volume of the ZBOS device.

  3. Change the language the ZBOS device listens to and speaks.

  4. View the current battery state of the ZBOS device.

Connection status

Next to the icon showing the smart device, the connection-status can be seen.

There are 3 possible value for the connection status:

Not Connected Connecting Connected

connection red

connection orange

connection green

When connected to a cloud-linked device, this indicator is used to show the status of the cloud-system, not the device itself.
Example:
The status can be green (cloud-system is connected), but the device can’t connect (example: turned off ).

Connect to last known smart device

Tap the icon connection red in the title-bar to connect to the last known smart device.

Disconnect from the device/cloud

Tap the connection orange or connection green icon in the title-bar to disconnect from the currently connected device (if locally connected) or the cloud.

ZBOS Control will not automatically reconnect if the connection was manually stopped.

Volume control

Tap the icon md volume low to display and modify the volume-setting.

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Slide the control to the left or right to change the volume. Changes will be applied once the slider has been released.

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Alternatively, tap the icon md volume low to lower the volume by one step (1) or tap the icon md volume high to increase the volume by one step (2).

Language options

Tap the language-option in the top right to display a list of available Speech recognition-languages for the device.

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Tap a language in the list to select it and tap the button Accept to change the language smart device can understand and speak.

Changing this option will only change the language the device is listening to, not the language displayed on the tablet or the default speech language.

Battery level

The current battery-level and the status of the battery is shown in the title bar.

This following 5 states are possible:

Icon Status

md icon battery charging

The smart device is charging.

md icon battery high

The battery has over 50% charge.

md icon battery medium

The battery has between 50-30% charge left.

md icon battery low

The battery has between 30-15% charge left.

md icon battery critical

The battery has less than 15% charge left.

The charging-icon will always be displayed, regardless of the current level of the battery.