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3. Getting started
Requirements
To be able to use GEWA Connect you need
1. An Android-based smartphone or tablet, minimum Android version 5.0, that supports
Bluetooth 3.0.
2. A Google account, for downloading the app from Google Play Store.
3. Apps suitable for scanning, for example:
• Keyboard: Use the Google keyboard Gboard
• Web browser: Use Chrome
• Camera: e.g. Open Camera
• Launcher: e.g. Nova launcher
Recommendations
To secure that GEWA Connect is always active and working, you should:
• Ensure that GEWA Connect is always active, don’t use Power save settings or
App optimisation.
• Ensure that GEWA Connect is always compatible with Android, disable automatic
updates of system software and apps.
• Ensure that GEWA Connect remains active, have the smartphone connected to a
power supply and the screen turned on.
• Make sure that the screen lock works with scanning. If not, don’t use it.
• Make sure that apps to be used can be used with scanning. If an app is not scanning
compatible, try another one from Google Play Store.
• Ensure that virtual keyboard is shown. In the general settings for keyboard in Android
it must be set that virtual keyboard is shown even when a physical keyboard is
connected (Multibox).
Multibox preparation
1. Charge the Multibox battery if necessary, see chapter 7. Multibox.
2. Connect the external switch into port SW1.
MyAbilia
MyAbilia is a web service that allows you to manage GEWA Connect from another
computer or tablet. It is possible to configure pages and items and also to change GEWA
Settings (exluding phone settings) remotely. MyAbilia syncronises the data from the device
to myAbilia, reducing the need for manual backup.
3.4.1 Prepare the users myAbilia account
To be able to use GEWA Connect the user needs a myAbilia account with a licence for
GEWA Connect. Go to www.myabilia.com and create a user account.
