14 HouseControl User’s Manual version 4.8
2. BASIC SETTINGS
This section deals with the basic settings that you will most likely need to adjust when starting using your
HouseControl. For example, you will have to keep the unit’s internal phone directory up-to-date with new
users, or perhaps remove phone numbers that are no longer valid. You will also need to adjust the
temperature alarm limits according to your preferences.
2.1 Programming Mode
The unit must be switched to programming mode if you intend to access it from a phone number not
listed in the unit’s phone directory. You can switch the unit to programming mode by holding the
operation switch down for at least five seconds (in S-model it takes a bit longer).
The unit is not protected against harmful use in the programming mode. Anyone with adequate
knowledge of HouseControls can send commands and alter the settings of your HouseControl without
restrictions. The unit enters this mode automatically when it is switched on for the first time. You can see
in what mode your HouseControl is by looking at the unit’s indicator light (see 1.3.1).
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The monitoring and controlling capabilities are disabled in programming mode in the S-
model HouseControl.
HouseControl exits programming mode and enters either normal or disable mode when operation switch
is held down for at least three seconds or when it receives text message #ON. For this to work, however,
you need to add at least one phone number in the unit’s internal phone directory.
2.2 Commands in Text Messages
Your HouseControl can only receive and handle commands that come from the phone numbers kept in
the unit’s internal phone directory. HouseControl responds with so-called confirmation messages to all
text message commands it receives. The confirmation message is sent only to the user who sent the
corresponding command.
Commands can be chained together to fit into one single text message. Each and every command must
begin with the hash sign (#).
An example text message with several commands:
#P1 +35844111111#P2 +35850222222 #P3 +35840333333
Alphabetical characters in commands are case-insensitive, which means that any character can be given
either in upper or lower-case. Commands #heating on, #HEATING ON, and #Heating On result in the
same thing.
You can query the current settings of you HouseControl by appending a question mark at the end of the
command. For example, command #P? gives you a listing of the phone numbers in the unit’s internal
phone directory (see 2.5.1). Your HouseControl will send you more than one text message if there is not
enough room for all queried information in one text message. Notice that the order in which the text
messages ultimately arrive in your mobile phone can be different from the original order. In such case,
your GSM SMS service is the culprit.
If the unit fails to respond to your commands, check the command syntax and make sure that your
phone number is stored in the unit’s internal phone directory.
2.3 Language
You can select used language with command #E2.
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