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FRITZ!DECT 440
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Using convenience features with the FRITZ!DECT smart switch

Not only can the FRITZ!DECT smart switch, for example FRITZ!DECT 440, switch your smart home devices, you can also apply various convenience features with it at the touch of a button. You can switch the Wi-Fi network or the answering machine on or off, or start a telephone call, for example. These convenience features can be saved in templates and enabled at the touch of a button.

Requirements

  • You can use convenience features with a FRITZ!Box with FRITZ!OS 7.50 or later.

Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.

1 Registering the FRITZ!DECT smart switch

  1. If you want to register the smart switch with your FRITZ!Box, click "Smart Home" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. If you want to register the smart switch with your FRITZ!Smart Gateway, click "Smart Home" in the user interface of your FRITZ!Smart Gateway.
  3. Click "Devices and Groups" or "Device Management" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  4. Click the "Register Device" button.
  5. Within 2 minutes: Push the menu button.The connection is established and the smart switch is displayed with the connection status "Connected" in the "Smart Home" menu of the FRITZ!Box user interface.

2 Defining general settings for the FRITZ!DECT smart switch

  1. Click "Smart Home" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Devices and Groups" or "Device Management" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  3. Select the group of devices from the drop-down list.
  4. Click the (Edit) button for the smart switch.
  5. Click on the "General" tab.
  6. Under "Name", enter a name of your choice for the smart switch.
  7. Under "Push Service Settings", enable the option "Push service enabled" so that you receive an email if the battery is low, the radio connection is lost, or there are errors.
  8. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the settings.

3 Creating a template for convenience features

  1. Click "Smart Home" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Automation" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  3. Click "Create Scene or Template".
  4. Click "Template" and then "Next".
  5. Click "Use convenience features" and then "Next".
  6. Select the desired convenience feature, for example "Start telephone call", and click "Next".
  7. Configure the desired settings and then click "Next".
  8. Enter a name for the template, for example "Calls", and click "Finished" to save the settings.

4 Defining what happens when the button is pushed

  1. Click "Smart Home" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Devices and Groups" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  3. Click the (Edit) button for the smart switch.
  4. Under "Button Assignments", click the (Edit) button by the view to which you want to assign the button for switching the convenience function, for example "View 1".
  5. Click "Add Action" and then "Scenes/Templates".
  6. Select the template with the convenience function, for example "Call", from the drop-down menu and click “Next”.
  7. Enter a label for the buttons and click "Next".
  8. Enter the button position for this switching and click "Next".
    The switching for the selected button is saved.

The convenience function, for example starting a call to the defined number, is now configured for the desired button and is started as soon as you push that button.



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