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1.3. EQUIPMENT AND INTERNET ACCESS
1.3.1 EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
A mobile device running the Casambi user app, downloadable from the Apple store for iOS
devices or Google Play store for Android devices, is used as the configuration tool. The minimum
specification requirement for equipment will be detailed in the app stores as they may change
from time to time as the software gets further and further updated.
1.3.2 NFC FEATURE REQUIRED
Ensure the mobile device to be used for configuration has the NFC near field feature available as
this will be required to configure the Casambi EnOcean wireless wall switches.
1.3.3 INTERNET ACCESS
A lot of configurations can be done without needing to access the internet; however, it is best to
request for this to be available to ensure that full configuration is possible.
Internet access is necessary to allow the app to load from the Casambi cloud with properties
information on the discovered device. Therefore, for initial information about the discovered
devices, it may be necessary to have internet access in order to perform this task. The app will,
however, try its best to configure the devices so long as it has the information already. Obviously,
it would NOT be able to synchronise to the cloud for any backup of the information created and
would reside therefore only on the mobile device and on the field devices.
1.4. CP ELECTRONICS SENSOR FIRMWARE UPDATES
Since newer CP Electronics sensors can be easily updated to the Casambi cloud, any user with the
Casambi app can update their installed sensors in situ wirelessly with no physical disruption.
However, if these updates are applied, they should apply to all of the units on-site to offer good
consistency of behaviour. Each firmware update takes about a minute to perform and MUST be
done manually one by one so this can be a lengthy process that might not always be worthwhile.
It may be better to set the units to ignore updates unless absolutely necessary to avoid
additional work.
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