EWeLink Main Functions

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

After successfully added, all devices will be seen in device list. You can see which devices are online which are not, WiFi signal strength, and whether there is new firmware to update, etc. You can directly turn on/off device by tapping the small switch icon. Besides, you can delete device by tapping on the delete icon. Tap on the clock icon you’ll see all timing schedules.

If you have too many devices, you may group them. Tap on the top “All Device” to expand the group information. Click”Manage Group”, you can set up different group for your devices.

Device Details

Tap on a specified device, you’ll enter into device control interface. Different device will have different functions and layout. Take some devices for example.

For Sonoff TH, you can see real time temperature and humidity. And supports to set manual/auto control mode. For dimming led, you can adjust light color and brightness.

For iFan, you can switch among natural/sleep/normal mode, and in normal mode, you can adjust the wind level from 1-3.

Although different device type will have a different interface, they still have some icons in common.

Setting: change device name, check firmware version, enable/disable vibration switch.

Product info.:check manufacturer and model.

Share: owner can share the device to other eWeLink accounts.

Timer: add new single/repeat schedules to turn on/off.

Countdown: add countdown timer to turn on/off.