Integration Support - Apple® Homekit
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Integration Support - Apple® HomeKit HomeKit - Your home at your command. With the Home app, you can easily and securely control your HomeKit accessories from all your Apple devices. Turn off the lights, see who’s at the front door, adjust your living room shade, turn up the music and so much more. The Home app makes all your connected devices work harder - and smarter - for you. About Apple HomeKit Group Control Apple HomeKit works with the R-TEC Hub Another method of operating window to take control of your window treatments with treatments through HomeKit is through rooms. your voice and Siri. The Home App groups accessories by room, so you can easily control devices in any part of No matter which compatible accessories you your house with a tap or a click. choose, the Home App makes it easy to set up and control all of them, all from one place. These rooms need to be set up in the Home App, rooms created in the R-TEC Automation® Getting Started App are not transferred over to Home App. Before connecting Savant to your R-TEC Hub, Once that room has been created in the Home please ensure the R-TEC Hub and window App, triggering it to operate, is as simple as treatments are working. asking Siri to open / close that room. In order to control your window treatments Percentage Control 75% with your voice, you will need the following: 50% An individual window treatment or group can • R-TEC Hub already setup and working be sent to any percentage of openness. The • R-TEC Automation® App and account percentage will be based on the programmed • Working window treatments with your limits on the motor. R-TEC Automation® App • Apple® HomeKit account and a A shade that is completely raised to its upper compatible Siri device limit is at 0%, while a shade that is completely lowered to its lower limit is at 100%. The R-TEC Hub is a rich integration that supports discrete window treatment control Example: and features a two-way communication • To move an individual shade only a system offering real time window treatment little down, simply say “Hey Siri, set position and battery level status. The R-TEC Bedroom Shade to 22%.” Hub supports Ethernet Cable and Wireless Communication for home integration using the Quick Tips RJ45 port conveniently located on the back. Siri responds to names created in the R-TEC ® QUICK Automation App. Avoid using the word ® ® Controlling Your R-TEC Automation TIPS drapery or shade in the R-TEC Automation Window Treatments Through Siri App description. To create a seamless experience for hands free voice activation, consider the natural way Example: Shade 1. This will conflict when you you and your family would call a shade on any say open all shades. If you have changed Siri enabled device. You may want to consider the name of your shade in your R-TEC changing the name from Shade 1 to Living Automation® App, please ensure you force room Shade in your R-TEC Automation® App. close the R-TEC Automation® App, then re- open the App. Open the Apple Home App to Scene Control check the names migrated to Apple Home. HomeKit allows you to set customized scenes to activate multiple devices, ensuring your window treatments and other smart home compatible devices all work together. © 2021 Rowley® Company. All rights reserved. R-TEC Automation® is a registered trademark of the Rowley® Company, LLC. 1 Example Voice Commands Voice Command Expected Window Treatment Movement or Response Close / Open <treatment name> Treatment will close / open to top or bottom limit Close / Open <room name> shades / drapery Room will close / open to top or bottom limit (rooms are set up in the Home App) Set <treatment name> to <percentage> Treatment will move to the called percentage. 100% is open. 0% is closed. Close / Open <treatment name> to Treatment will move to the called percentage. 100% is open. 0% is closed. <percentage> Close / Open <treatment name> <a little bit> Treatment will close or open 10% of the total limit to the direction of the called limit Close / Open <treatment name> halfway Treatment will move to 50% from top or bottom limit Close / Open Shades All shades in the R-TEC Automation® App will follow the close or open command Close / Open Draperies All draperies in the R-TEC Automation® App will follow the close or open command Raise / Lower Shades All shades in the R-TEC Automation® App will follow the close or open command Are <treatment name> open? Siri will respond yes or no your treatment is open or closed What's the position of <treatment name>? Siri will respond the percentage of the treatment percentage is "x" What's the battery percentage of <treatment Siri will respond either Critical or Normal. Normal is above 50%. Critical means recharge now. name>? Integration Instructions Initial Set Up 1 2 3 4 Open the HomeKit App. From the Home Screen, Scan the QR Code at Press the “add to home” select "Add Accessory" icon. the rear of the Hub, to button on the screen to synchronize with the proceed adding the R-TEC HomeKit function of your Hub to the HomeKit App. Apple device. © 2021 Rowley® Company. All rights reserved. R-TEC Automation® is a registered trademark of the Rowley® Company, LLC. 2 5 6 7 8 The Hub has been added on Select a name for the Confirm or edit the Hub Confirm the shade device the HomeKit App. Hub location and press name and press the and press the “continue” the “continue” button to “continue” button to button to move forward with move forward with the move forward with the the configuration. configuration. configuration. 9 10 11 Shade Location Shade Name 4 Shades Added to My Home Select a name for the Confirm or edit the The Hub is ready to be used. Shade location and press shade name and press Press “Done” to start using the “continue” button to the “continue” button to the HomeKit app to control move forward with the move forward with the shades. configuration. configuration. © 2021 Rowley® Company. All rights reserved. R-TEC Automation® is a registered trademark of the Rowley® Company, LLC. 3 How to Operate the Window Treatments from the Home App 1 2 3 4 On the Home Screen, press Move the shade to any Open the shade, by scrolling Close the shade by scrolling and hold the “Shade Icon” to position desired, by scrolling the light gray line to the top the light gray line to the start controlling your shade. the light gray line to any position. bottom. position. How to Create a Scene in the Home App 1 2 3 4 Click in the “+” and select the Select the suggested scene Move the shade to any If you select the “Good “Add Scene” button to begin ‘‘Good Morning” in the position desired, before Morning” Scene, you can programming your desired Home App to create the completing the set up to Open a shade or group of scene. scene. the scene. shades, as have been programmed. © 2021 Rowley® Company. All rights reserved. R-TEC Automation® is a registered trademark of the Rowley® Company, LLC. 4 5 6 7 Select the suggested scene Move the shade to any If you select the “Good ‘‘Good Night” in the Home position desired, before Night” Scene, you can Close App to create the scene. completing the set up to a shade or group of shades, the scene. as have been programmed. How to Customize a Scene from your R-TEC Hub 1 2 3 4 Click in the “+” and select If you select the “Custom” Select the appropriate icon Customize the name of the “Add Scene” button to Scene, you can create for the Scene. your scene accordingly and begin programming your a customized scene for set the desired position of customized scene. shades, with icon, name, your shade. and position desired. © 2021 Rowley® Company. All rights reserved. R-TEC Automation® is a registered trademark of the Rowley® Company, LLC. 5 5 6 If you have any other If you select the “Movie Homekit device available Time” Scene, you can on Home App you can move a shade or group of also include it into the shades, that have been “Customized Scene” as the programmed. Also, you Homepod device. can activate the Homepod device. How to Customize your Home App 1 2 3 4 If you prefer, customize Select which color or Update the image the “old Update the image the “new the Room color and name image you want to use to color’’ on your Home App color” on your Home App according you desired. customize your Home App. as needed. as needed. © 2021 Rowley® Company. All rights reserved. R-TEC Automation® is a registered trademark of the Rowley® Company, LLC. 6 Siri Expected Responses 1 2 3 4 On your phone, say “Hey Ask Siri to open the shades. Ask Siri to close the shades. Ask Siri to provide you the Siri’’ or press and hold the battery level for the shades. side button to activate Siri for controlling your shades. HomeKit Troubleshooting: If you have failed to pair your R-TEC Hub to the R-TEC Automation® App or HomeKit, you may need to first remove the location in the Home App. Here are the steps to clear the locations out of the apps. How to Remove Locations from the R-TEC Automation® App 1 2 3 4 Rowley Open the R-TEC Select location from the top Select the location you want Confirm that the Hub has Automation® App.