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3. Under the ‘
Configuration Settings
’ section on the left click
‘Hangouts’
4. Under ‘
Status
’ at the top left of this page, select ‘
Online
’
5. For the
‘Login ID’
enter the Gmail Account you just created (i.e.
). This again will act as the IP Switch account.
6. Across from the
Login ID
is where you will enter the
password/
APP
password
associated with this new account.
(see
step 8
in the
2-step
Verification
procedure above)
7. Next, provide a personal message for the Switch to use. Here, we’ve used
IP
Switch
8. Under the
‘Add Contact Accounts’
enter your personal Gmail address (or
create a new one if necessary). This will be used to control the switch.
In our
example we’ll be using
9. Click ‘
Apply
’ at the bottom right corner of the web page. A pop up should
come up indicating that the settings have been applied - click
OK
10. After a moment the Switch should indicate that it it has Signed In and is
Online
11. Click “
Send test message
” - this will prompt the IP Switch account to send
an
Invitation to Chat/ test message
to the control account
12. Log into the
control
Gmail account through a web browser
13. Once logged in, take a look at the bottom left corner - this is where your chat
history, including your chat contacts, is located.
14. Select the IP Switch Account name and you should get a pop up window in
the bottom right corner of the browser.
15. Click “
Accept
” to accept the chat invitation. Once accepted, you’ll be able to
start sending commands* to your Switch.