Difference between revisions of "EWeLink Main Functions"

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Overview

eWeLink is a smart home control APP that can control all ITEAD home automation devices and cooperated products. With eWeLink, users can control and manage more than 80 brands and over 100 smart home devices. After adding the smart home devices to the account, users can control the devices through accessing to Coolkit’s WeChat subscription account or adding widget to mobile desktop later on.

You can download iOS version from Apple APP Store, Android version from Google Play. Or you may directly download from Coolkit by scanning below QR code.

Following we will introduce the main functions of eWeLink.

Registration and Log in

eWeLink supports multiple languages, currently includes simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, English, Danish, Russian.

It supports register by email or mobile phone number. Users from Asian area MUST register by mobile phone number. While users outside Asian area can registered by mobile phone number or email address.

Select your country/region code , input a correct mobile phone number, then you phone will receive an SMS containing a verification code. If not receive, please disable SMS blocking. Or registered by email address, you’ll receive an email containing a verification code. Fill in the verification code and password, confirm password and submit. For safety, password must be more than 8 characters.

One account can only log in to one mobile phone, if you have logged in with phone A, later you log in with phone B, your device will auto-exit from phone A.

WiFi Pairing and Device Adding

eWeLink obtains device status and controls devices by sending commands through cloud server. That means all devices must first connect to WiFi router and connect to our Amazon AWS server. So every new device must be paired with your home WiFi and added to eWeLink account.

Before adding a device, Android phone must open WiFi. Here below is how to pair with WiFi and add a new device:

Step 1. Long press your device WiFi pairing button until it fast blinking.

Step 2. For Android, please select the pairing method according to how the LED blink. Click NEXT.

     For iOS, please go to phone Setting>WiFi>connect the WiFi begins with ITEAD-*****, enter default password 12345678. Then go back to eWeLink, select the pairing method according to how the LED blink. Tap on NEXT.

A reminder here: if the phone asks similar question like "eWeLink wants to locate your position, accept or reject?" Then please always click ACCEPT, or it may cause a failed pairing.

Step 3. Enter your home WiFi SSID and password. If no password, keep it blank. Now eWeLink only support 2.4G wifi communication protocol, 5G-WiFi-router is not supported. Tap on NEXT.

Step 4. eWeLink will auto-search and connect your device. After this process, you can name the device and submit. Completed!

Device List

Device Details

Device Sharing

Timing Task

Scene and Smart Scene

User Center

Desktop Widget