Environmental control

There is the option to use your Mind Express device to control appliancesremotely. For example, you can switch lights and sockets on or off, operate a television or radio, control shutters and so on.

Mind Express 5 can use one of the following protocols:

  • Z-Wave: you can connect a USB controller to your Mind Express device. See also https://www.z-wave.com/ and https://z-wavealliance.org/. The controller is already integrated into some Jabbla devices.

    Mind Express supports lighting and sockets for Z-Wave.

    The available functions of added Z-Wave modules are automatically available and can be tested.

    In order for a user to control Z-Wave appliances, you must
    • enable the Z-Wave environmental control
    • add Z-Wave modules to the network
    • Z-Waveadd appliances
    • add actions from the Environmental control category to a page

  • Jabbla-IR: your Mind Express device can be equipped or fitted with an infrared transmitter/receiver, for example, to control your television with Mind Express. You can enable the appliance to learn and test various functions.

    In order for a user to control Jabbla-IR appliances, you must
    • enable the Jabbla-IR environmental control
    • Jabbla-IRadd appliances
    • learn Jabbla-IR codes
    • add actions from the Environmental control category to a page