IR-transmitters Pico4, Pico8 and Pico16
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Note: Apple has different behaviour on the different iOS versions. It will therefore be
differences between the description below and the behaviour on iPhone on some iOS vesions.
In some cases the iPhone will ask twice for a “Ok” press. You will in some cases have to turn
personal hotspot off and on twice depending on iOS version. One should wait a few seconds
between each point in the list to let it have time for verifying connection etc.
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You have to turn on mobile data on the unit to get access to the “Personal hotspot” option.
This option has to be enabled to let it use the USB cable for downloading an internet page
from the Picomed transmitters.
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Enable mobile data: tap Settings – Mobile data – Mobile data = on.
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Turn off hotspot: tap Settings – Personal hotspot – Personal hotspot = off.
If this alternative is not available, it may be that your unit or your mobile supplier not has
this option.
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Connect your device and the Picomed IR-transmitter with the USB cable.
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Wait for a message “Trust this computer” and tap “Trust”.
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Turn on hotspot: tap Settings – Personal hotspot – Personal hotspot = on.
If there is a question about which type, choose “Share only with USB”.
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Personal hotspot = off – wait a few seconds – Personal hotspot = on
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If there is a question about which type, choose “Share only with USB”.
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Wait for message on top of screen, “Personal hotspot: 1 connection” (blinking slowly).
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Return to main menu and open the internet browser in your product, enter address in
browser: picomed.local
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See chapter 3.4.
3.3.3 Windows PC
A Windows PC has to install a driver the first time you are going to use it. When the
computer is connected to internet, a driver will automatically be downloaded from Windows
Update. This will normally take a minute.
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Connect USB cable between computer and IR-remote, open a web-browser and go to:
picomed.local
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See chapter 3.4.
3.4
What’s on the screen
Your unit will now load a web page from Picomed’s transmitter. There is no need of internet
data traffic to do this, since data is loaded via the USB cable from the transmitter. Please refer
to chapter 9 to find an overview of the menus. The figure below shows the principle of
operation.
