14 ASSISTANT MOBILE APPLICATION
Assistant is an application for mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) running on the Android platform
that extends functionalities of SV 971A. The application uses the Bluetooth
®
interface enabling current
results to be previewed on a mobile device as well as controlling the measurement Start / Stop.
Assistant also signals alarms when the certain limits are exceeded. The unique feature of the application
is functionality of sending an email or SMS on pre-programmed alarm conditions.
The Assistant application supports also other Svantek instruments (e.g. SV 100A vibration whole-body
dosimeters, SV 104B/BIS sound exposure meters and SV 973 sound level meters).
14.1 INSTALLING ASSISTANT ON A MOBILE DEVICE
To install Assistant on your mobile device:
1. Download the Assistant installation file from the
svantek.com website to your mobile device -
smartphone / tablet with Android 5.0+ or iOS 9.0+
systems.
You can also download Assistant from the Play Store
application.
2. Go to the folder on your mobile device with the
downloaded installation file assistant_x.x.x.apk, tap
it and follow installation procedure.
To start working with Assistant, select its icon in your device
and tap it.
Assistant may ask you to enable Bluetooth
®
and
Localization services on your smartphone or tablet.
Assistant will detect visible instruments automatically.
14.2 CONNECTION VIA BLUETOOTH
®
Assistant compatible instruments with enabled Bluetooth
®
will broadcast their basic status and some
basic data will be visible on a mobile device running the application.
If some type of instruments (e.g. SV 104) are switched off, they appear on the instrument list with the
comment “Turned off”. You may switch them on by clicking on the instrument’s bar.
If an instrument is protected by the PIN code you will be asked to enter this code in a special screen,
otherwise Assistant will not be able to download data from the instrument.
Note: You will not get access to the instruments that are under control of other simultaneously
running Assistant applications on another mobile devices.