About this app
USE THE FULL POTENTIAL
Smartphones and tablets come packed with functionality for a rich social and connected life. GEWA Connect lets you use apps* the way they were intended, without reducing the functionality. Use Facebook, your favorite web browser, or other apps on Play Store just like anyone else, while controlling your environment at the same time.
CONTROL YOUR PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL WORLD
The GEWA Environmental Control products are being used all over the world and are known for superior reach and quality. With GEWA Connect the physical room and virtual world are merged and both can easily be controlled.
The app has an intuitive Environmental Control function that lets you control your home from your smartphone or tablet. It is easy to create different pages with remote commands, where a page can be a room, a device or anything else where you want to group remote commands together. Predefined sequences of commands and repetitions can be sent with one click.
The system is operated by any type of switch: such as button switches, sip and puff controls or any type of switches that suits your needs.
HOW DOES GEWA CONNECT WORK?
The heart of the system is the Abilia Multibox that is connected to a device, a smartphone or tablet, via Bluetooth. The GEWA Connect app is installed on the device and acts as an extra human interface that receives commands from the switches attached to the Multibox. Remote commands are also sent from the app to the powerful IR and GEWA Radio transmitter on the Multibox to control your environment.
Based on your own needs, you can choose to manage your environment with either list view or grid view.
You can easily switch between row and point scanning depending on what app and what function you are using for the moment.
EASY TO GET STARTED
With GEWA Connect you are up and running in an instant, there is no need for long installation procedures and time consuming configurations. Since you are using the standard apps provided with the smartphone or tablet you and your helper don’t need to learn any special apps.
AN ALERT FUNCTION TO KEEP YOU SAFE
To keep you safe, you will find a built-in alert function which let you call for help at any time you are in a situation where you need assistance. Just press the switch for 8 seconds to send an alert signal to a predefined receiver. The signal can be sent via IR, GEWA Radio or built-in relay output. The function is performed in the Multibox, which means that if the app for any reason is unavailable, you can still send the alert.
SUPPORTS YOU ON THE GO
Bring GEWA Connect with you and stay in control when you are on the go. You can teach the system remote control commands for places you regularly visit outside of your home. The ability to control the virtual world is of course not restricted to your home.
ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES API
This app uses the accessibility services API to read and draw screen content so users can interact with android system through an external switch.
SIMPLE AND SAFE MANAGEMENT
Thanks to our webservice myAbilia, all your settings are stored in a safe place. This means that if you lose your phone for some reasons, your settings are easy to download to your new phone or tablet.
LICENSE
To be able to use GEWA Connect you need a myAbilia account with a licence for GEWA Connect. Go to http://www.myabilia.com and create a user account. The license given in the enclosed Licence Voucher must be registered on the user account.
App Permissions
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows the app to answer an incoming phone call.
Must be required by an AccessibilityService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
