Invacare LiNX - 5 Overview Linx Access Tools; The Linx Access Key; Rename Linx Access Key (Only Possible with Linx Access PC Tool)

OverviewLiNXAccesstools
5OverviewLiNXAccesstools
TheLiNXsystemisprogrammedduringmanufacturing
withdefaultsettings.Thesesettingscanbemodiedwith
aprogrammingtooltosuittheuser.
TheLiNXsystemcanbeprogrammedwithoneoftwo
programminganddiagnostictools:
•LiNXAccessiOStoolusedwithApple’siPhone,iPad
andiPodtouchwithiOS9.0orlaterand
•LiNXAccessPCtoolusedwithWindows-basedPCs
orlaptops.
Theprogramminganddiagnostictoolscommunicatewith
aLiNXsystemviaBluetooth.TheBluetoothcapabilityof
aLiNXsystemisprovidedbyaLiNXAccessKeyinserted
intotheremotemodule’sXLRsocket.
IfyourPCdoesnothavebuilt-inBluetooth,thena
BluetoothadaptorpluggedintoaspareUSBportcanbe
usedinstead.
Both,theiOSandthePCprogrammingtools,offera
Liveeditmodethatallowscertainparameterstobe
programmed,andtakeeffect,whilethesystemislive
(e.g.whiledriving).Formoreinformation,referto7.3.5
ModifyingaProgram,page79.
5.1TheLiNXAccessKey
–TheLiNXAccessKeyisrecommendedfor
indooruseonly,oroutdoorsindryconditions.
–TheLiNXAccessKeymustnotbeplugged
inwheninradiofrequency(RF)sensitive
environments.
–AlwaysinspecttheLiNXAccessKeyfor
damagebeforeusingit.
–EnsurethattheLiNXAccessKeyisfully
insertedintotheXLRsocketbeforeuse.
–Conrmthattheconnectionismadetothe
wheelchairthatistobeprogrammedby
checkingtheLEDontheLiNXAccessKey.
–Takecarewhiledrivingaroundduringtuning
ofthewheelchairnottodamagetheLiNX
AccessKeybyhittingasolidobject.Always
keepacleardistancefromanyobjectsthat
coulddamagetheLiNXAccessKey.
–ThesurfaceoftheLiNXAccessKeycanget
hotifleftindirectsunlightforlongperiods.
–DonotleavetheLiNXAccessKeyconnected
tothesystemwhenthewheelchairis
powereddownorwhenthewheelchairis
tobestoredforalongtime,astheAccess
Keywillcontinuetodrawfromthebatteries
whenthesystemisoff.Ifleftinplace,the
expectedstoragelifeofthesystemwillnot
bemetandthebatteriesmaybedamaged.
TheLiNXAccessKeyprovidestheBluetoothconnectionfor
aprogrammingtooltocommunicatewithaLiNXsystem.
TheLiNXAccessKeyplugsdirectlyintotheremote
module’sXLRportA.REM2xxdisplayedinpicture,works
forREM400andREM500thesameway.
TheLiNXAccessKeyhasabluestatusindicatortoshow
whenitis:
•poweredup,butnotconnected(indicatorashes
slowly),
•connecting(indicatorashesquickly)or
•connected(indicatorpermanentlyon).
Ifthebluestatusindicatorturnscompletelyoffwhile
tryingtoconnect,orwhileconnected,removetheLiNX
AccessKeyfromtheremotemodule,waitfor5seconds
andthereinsertitintotheremotemodulebeforetrying
toconnectagain.
Beforetheprogrammingtoolscanbeusedforprogramming
anddiagnostics,youneedtopairthedevices,whichis
theprocessofconnectingthedevicesviaBluetooth.The
pairingprocessdiffersdependingontheprogrammingtool
thatisused.
5.1.1RenameLiNXAccessKey(onlypossible
withLiNXAccessPCtool)
TheLiNXAccessKeyisnormallyidentiedwiththeletters
LAKfollowedbyaseriesofcharacters,forexample:
LAK-L12147605.Althougheachnameisunique,identifying
onekeyfromanothermaybecomedifcultwhenyou
havemorethanoneLiNXAccessKey.Asanoption,you
canchangethenamesofthekeystomorefamiliarnames.
1.Right-clickonLiNXAccessKeyinOpenaConnection
tab.Youmayhavetocloseyourconnectionifyouare
alreadyinaconnectioncontext.
2.
SelectSetFriendlyNameoptionfromcontextmenu.
3.
EnternewnameintotextboxandclickOKbutton.
AfterclickingOKbuttonthewheelchairispower-cycled
andthefriendlynameisupdated.Aconrmationscreen
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