Smartbox Grid Pad Eye 13 Getting Started

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Getting Started

Grid Pad Eye 13

Looking after your Grid Pad

When not in use, store your Grid Pad safely with no hard objects rested or pressed against the screen.

Cleaning

The best way to clean the touchscreen is using a microbre cloth. To minimise the risk of bacteria being transferred

between users, the machine should be regularly cleaned with a detergent wipe.

This can be followed with an alcohol-based wipe after cleaning with the detergent wipe for a deep clean.

The machine should not be immersed in water, or cleaned with a wet cloth, gels, polishes or any abrasive cleaning product.

Protection

Avoid exposure to water, including heavy rain. The screen seal will protect it against moisture but the device is not designed
to be waterproof.

Your Grid Pad is sufciently robust for normal use but is not designed to be stood on or dropped from a height, so take care

when handling and using to avoid drops and bangs.

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Turning on your Grid Pad

Charging your Grid Pad

Turn on the Grid Pad by pressing the power button on the
right hand side of the device:

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To charge your Grid Pad, insert the charging cable to a
power source and insert into the device as shown below.

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What is included with your Grid Pad

• Tablet computer with Windows

• Grid 3 software for communication and computer control

• High quality amplication

• Headphone socket for auditory scanning

• Switch input

• Radio switch input

• Infrared environment control

• Radio environment control

• Additional hot-swappable battery

• Mounting plate to work with Rehadapt or DAESSY systems

• Eye gaze camera

All of the adaptations are connected by USB and will work when you turn your device on.

Batteries and power

The Grid Pad can last up to 5 hours when using eye gaze. Battery life varies depending on the device usage, attached acces­sories and user settings.

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Auditory feedback and headphones

You can use headphones with your Grid Pad for private listening. This is particularly useful for switch users that want to
hear what a selection will say before they select it. You need to set this up in Grid 3 and then plug your headphones into the
Grid Pad as shown below:

Plug headphones in here

To setup auditory scanning in Grid 3

Open Grid 3 and go to Settings > Speech > Audio feedback.

Select ‘Use right channel only’.
The audio channels will be split as required.

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Hot-swappable battery

Your Grid Pad includes a hot-swappable external battery. This allows you to increase the time you can use the device by

swapping a at battery for a charged one.

You do not need to shut down the device before swapping the batteries.
To remove the battery, simply squeeze the top corners to release.

Squeeze the top corners to release battery

Charging the hot-swappable battery

The Grid Pad charges the external battery when it is
plugged in to the mains.

Charging one external battery takes approximately 2

hours.

Additional external batteries and a 6 battery charging

dock are available as accessories.

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Switch input

You can plug up to two switches into your Grid Pad. The

ports are clearly labelled 1 and 2. Your switches must have
the standard 3.5mm jack connection.

Mounting your Grid Pad

The Grid Pad is tted with a mounting plate designed to
work with Daessy and REHAdapt mounting systems.

Mounting safety

It is important to mount your device safely. Failure to do so
could cause damage to the device. Please read the safety
information that will come with the mounting equipment you
use.

USB port

Switch ports

Our devices are supplied with a special dual mounting plate,
as shown in the picture.

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Radio switches

It is also possible to connect switches wirelessly to the Grid Pad using a wireless switch transmitter (sold separately). If you
order the transmitter with the device then it will be paired and ready to use.

Radio switch reset button

If you need to use your radio switch close to other users, you can change the channel to stop interference.
To change the channel, open the transmitter as described in the radio switch manual.

1. Change the transmitter channel by setting the rotary switch to 2, 4 or 6 (different to other transmitter modules).

2. Clear the previous setting by pressing the radio switch reset button for 10 seconds, using a ne point such as a

paper clip.

3. Connect a switch to socket 1 on the transmitter and keep it pressed while momentarily pressing the push button on
the receiver.

4. Repeat with a switch connected to socket 2 on the transmitter

5. Reassemble the case.

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Environment control

Infrared

Infrared environment control can be trained to work with most household devices that have an infrared remote control. This

typically includes TVs and video systems, music centres and much more.

To create a cell in Grid 3 that can control an infrared accessory, we advise you refer to the software manual. However, to

make a simple cell to complete this action:

1. In Grid 3, enter ‘Edit mode’ then double click on the cell you want to control the signal.

2. Choose Environment control from the Create cell menu.

3. Choose the type of accessory you would like to control, then select the Action. Click Ok to create the cell.

4. Under the Command menu select learn and follow the on screen instructions. Note if you are asked to congure

the transmitter, choose GEWA.

See the diagram for the location of the infrared learning window on your Grid Pad.

Infrared transmitters

Infrared learning window

Safety note

This unit is designed for environment control. For safety critical functions, such as to call for help or to open the door to
leave the building in an emergency, or for any other function on which your safety depends, you should consider the use of a

simple environment control transmitter, such as the GEWA Prog, or a single action controller as a backup.

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Radio control

Your Grid Pad contains a radio transmitter that can be used to control a range of accessories. These include mains sockets
(and therefore lamps, fans and heaters) as well as alarms and intercoms. Setting up your Grid Pad with a remote socket
varies depending on the make, the following example shows how an Easywave socket can be paired with a Grid Pad

running the Grid 3 software.

Programming a socket:

1. Plug the socket into the mains.

2. In Grid 3, enter edit mode and create a new cell and insert the command

EasyWave. Choose the code you wish to transmit ( Button 1 A if this is your

rst socket)

3. Press the programming button on the socket once. The LED will ash

steadily.

4. Click ‘Transmit now’.

5. The LED on the socket will now be solid for a few seconds before ashing

again. Press the programming button three more times to conrm the
pairing.

Programming button

6. Exit edit mode in Grid 3 and select your cell. It should turn the socket on.

7. To create an ‘off’ cell repeat the process but choose Button 1 B and press

the button on the socket twice when learning for the rst time.

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Connecting eye gaze cameras

You can t many types of eye gaze camera to the Grid Pad Eye including the myGaze Assistive 2 and Alea Intelligaze.

Connecting the camera to your

Grid Pad

Your eye gaze camera will connect to the USB port on the

left or right of the Grid Pad back box.

Alea Inteligaze

Attach the camera to the Grid Pad back plate using the

provided screws.

The Alea’s screw holes are shown in the diagram below.

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myGaze Assistive 2

The myGaze Assistive 2 camera attaches to the Grid Pad’s back plate with screws located as in the diagram below.

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Specification

Processor Intel® Celeron™ 2957U 1.4GHz
Memory 8GB
Hard drive 256GB
Graphics card Intel® HD Graphics
Dimensions (mm) 344 x 216 x 57

(with Alea camera)

Battery life Up to 5 hours
Camera 2 MP front and 8 MP rear
Screen 13.3” 1080 Full HD Display
Connectivity Wi- and Bluetooth
Ports 2x USB 2.0, speaker out, Micro SD card slot

Switch access 2 x 3.5mm jack

Amplied speaker 2 x built-in high quality speakers

Enviroment control Gewa, Eldat, Z-wave

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Warranty

Grid Pad devices are covered under the standard warranty for 2 years.

Repairs

Please do not attempt to open your Grid Pad, as there are no user serviceable parts inside. If you want to discuss a repair
please contact your local reseller.

For more information visit www.thinksmartbox.com.

Statement of compliance

This apparatus complies with the requirements of directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices.
This Product is subject to Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on

waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and should not be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste. Please
utilise your local WEEE collection facilities in the disposal of this product.

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4a Court Road, Malvern

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