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Step 4:
Once connected, you’ll want to log
into your control Gmail account. The
users listed in your
Contact List
will
receive a notification to add the IP
Switch as a ‘contact’.
Once added, you can control the IP
Switch by chatting with it.
NOTE 1: If you do not receive an ‘invite’ notification, you may need to
log into your IP Switch’s Gmail account to ADD CONTACTS directly from
there.
NOTE 2: Only the users listed in the CONTACT ACCOUNT section can
command IP Switch. If you are removed from this list, you will still be on
the IP Switch’s contact list within the Gmail account, but you will be
unable to send commands to it.
NOTE 3: If you are using Google 2-step authentication, see page 45 for
configuration steps.
3.4.2. How to Control IP Switch using Google Talk/ Hangouts
After setting up and getting connected as
above. Bring up the IP Switch chat
window by inviting it to chat.
*Typing in anything other than the
Keywords will invoke IP Switch to
respond with “
Please type HELP to list
available commands.
”
Available commands are (non case
sensitive):
SET [ON/OFF/RESET] [0/1/2
]
(where
0=both outlets, 1/2=Outlets)
UIS [ON/OFF]
GET [IP/STATUS]
