Annie,
As things stand, at the moment, we do need sighted assistance to set up the
wifi. The person doesn't need to be tech savvy, but the touch screen is not at
all accessible.
I would estimate, so long as your router is using the 250 and not the 500
channel, (Annie, I probably have put that wrong and even the numbers are only
approximates, but, basically, routers run on two different levels, most,
however, seem to be using the right one for the Vacuum so, worth checking this
out first?) going back to my original sentence, so long as your router is
right, I estimate that you should only need this sighted assistance for about
10 minutes. It actually only takes about 1 minute, or less, to set up the wifi
on the vac, but you then have to do some stuff on your phone. All this, we can
do, no problem, but, if it goes wrong, as with me, first time (putting in the
password to the wifi wrongly) or as it did with Marie, you might need to get
the sighted assistant to set up the wifi again on the Bot.
What we need is someone who can see well enough and has patience enough (my
partner only qualifies on one front, so he's no use to me for this!) because, I
think that each screen of the touch screen is both simple and prefixed. I think
we could make a sort of template with dots, rather like the speed-dots screen
protectors, the might make it possible for someone with no sight to set up the
wifi, but this is only an idea at the moment.
Would it be at all possible for you to find someone for 10 minutes? Or, if
you are fairly dexterous, using Be My Eyes, or, better still, with the customer
support on a facetime call, you might (but I haven't tried it, will do so
later) be able to have your finger directed to the right spot. I think, all in
all, it only takes about 3/4 spots to be touched, but you cannot touch the
screen, or you will mess it up, you must only touch the exact places.
Oh! What a long and unuseful response! In short, if you possibly can, get
some help, otherwise, you may well feel extremely disappointed and frustrated.
If someone else here, who has one of these lovely Bots, can chime in with
something more positive to say, I do hope they do. I will finish with this
though, once set up, the bot will hold that setting unless someone changes it.
For this reason, I try not to touch the touch screen.
HTH, Sandy.
sent from the dark side of the moon
> On 1 Jul 2016, at 10:29, Annie Skov Nielsen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Sandra and all.
>
> I am concidering buying one of these vacuum cleaners, but can we connect it
> to the wifi the first time or do that require sighted assistance? I do not
> have any sighted assistance, so it would be important for me that I can
> connect it myself.
>
> Best regards Annie.
>> Den 14. jun. 2016 kl. 15.14 skrev 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
>> <[email protected]>:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> After a little panic on my part, i now find I can use the app a little
>> better! i just managed to change Turbo to Eco. I just did a spot clean, when
>> it cleans an area, either 2 meters x 2 meters or 4 meters x 4 meters. Then
>> it returns to base. I did this by just pressing a button, so very easy.
>> Useful for rugs or single rooms. My issues with my house network wifi
>> settings are almost resolved, touch wood. I am discovering that the best way
>> to deal with the vac is to let it do its own thing, I.E., "clean house"
>> either with the app or just press a button, there are only two buttons, and
>> then leaving it to finish. From my reading, this is true for all users, but
>> especially for us, as not all notifications are sent to the app, some show
>> up on the onboard screen and need to be read. I find it a bit concerning
>> replacing the Bot on its dock, visually, you can tell by the lights that it
>> is in the right position, but without the clues, hard to tell. So a quick
>> way to be sure would be to do a "spot clean" by pressing one button, when it
>> has finished, it will go home and play a tune and send a message.
>>
>> Still very happy, floors cleaner than they have been for years!
>> Smug, Sandy.
>>
>> sent from the dark side of the moon
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