Your guide to navigating your new MyPlace smart home system
Click here to download the MyPlace User Manual PDF.
Click here to download the MyPlace Android Wall Mounted Touch Screen Manual PDF.
GETTING STARTED
Welcome to your new MyPlace smart home system.
Upon first power up, the system will take a few minutes to initialise. If you walk away from your screen it will go to sleep, to wake the screen simply double tap on a corner of the screen.
This is your home screen, press the large My button to start the MyPlace app. Once the MyPlace app has loaded press the purple MyPlace tab to start controlling your garage door, fans and roller blinds in your home.
MyPlace will send a garage door notification to your wall mounted touch screen & smart device when you forget to close your garage door. You will need an internet connection to receive the notification.
HINT: Garage door notifications need remote access enabled to work.
CONTROLS
The following shows the types of buttons that may be found in your MyPlace system.
Up/Down Button (Garage & Blinds)
Up/Down/Stop Button* (Stop Blinds)
Other Buttons
Group button
* Please check with your installer if your configuration supports the stop function.
HOME PAGE
A - Aircon
If you have a MyAir system, you can switch your aircon On and Off from this button.
The colour of the button shows the mode that your aircon is currently running.
B - Garage Door
If you have connected your Garage door to the MyPlace system, press this button
to open or close your garage door. If you have two or more garage doors, then the
first garage door from the groups page will be controlled here.
C - Favourite Groups & Buttons
The middle section of the Home screen displays the most used buttons (device
specific). Any groups that have been starred in the Group screen will also be
shown in this section. Starred groups will be shown first, followed by the most used
buttons.
D - Favourite Scenes
These are your four favourite scenes that have been starred from the Scenes screen.
The four scenes can be changed at any time by selecting and deselecting the stars
on the Scenes page. Pressing a favourite scene button will run that scene.
GROUP PAGE
The Groups page enables you to group items into useful groups, such as creating a group for all blinds in your dining room. This allows you to control all of the grouped blinds from a single button.
All motion sensors connected to your licensed Hue bridge will show in this page. It display the name of the sensor, how long since the motion was detected, the light intensity and the ambient temperature.
A - Press to expand or collapse group.
B - Press the item button to individually change its status.
C - Press the centre of the button to stop blinds from moving.
D - Press the group buttons to change the status of all items in the group.
E - Press the star button to pin a group to the favourites section of MyPlace
Home.
Groups can be created, renamed or deleted through the Manage Groups button found on the Setup screen. Up to 10 groups can be created.
Pressing and holding on a switch icon in the Group screen will allow you to drag the switch into a new position or group.
SCENES PAGE
Scenes allow you to set the aircon, lights and other items, the way you want them from a single button. Scenes can be triggered by manually pressing the Scene button or enabling the scene to run in certain day and time.
NOTE: Scenes can be found under MyPlace tab if you have multiple tabs.
A - Master Scenes
There are 4 master scenes that perform preconfigured functions as follows;
- MyWelcome - Turns ON all lights in the system
- MyGoodbye - Turns OFF all the lights
- MyEco - Saves energy by dimming all the dimmable lights to 80%
- MySunset - Turns on all the lights at sunset.
NOTE: All Master scenes except MyEco can be edited from your wall mounted touch screen by pressing the Edit (pencil) button.
B - Custom Scenes
You can add up to 12 custom scenes.
C - Press the star button to pin a group to the favourites scenes section of
MyPlace Home
D - The eye icon indicates that the events is included in the scene
E - This shows the day and time when the scene will run automatically.
F - Creating a Custom Scene
To create a new Custom Scene press the + button. This will bring up the Scene Editor screen.
If you also have multiple tabs, you can select which of them you want to add and configure in the scene.
SCENES EDITOR PAGE
The Scene Editor screen as shown below is where you can configure any new or existing scenes.
Set the Scene Window
This window allows you to control what the scene will do to your aircon, lights and
other items when it runs.
A - If you have MyAir or MyLights, you can add or remove them to this scene.
B - Unticked checkbox will be ignored when the scene runs.
C - Highlighted Buttons indicate what will happen when the scene runs.
D - Ticked checkbox are included in the scene.
E - Press to change the state of the item.
F - Set the Time Window
This window allows you to set a time and choose which days for your scene to run. The schedule can be enabled and disabled.
Note: MyTime is only applicable if you also have MyLights installed. The AC stop time is only applicable if you also have MyAir installed.
G - Saving, Running and Deleting a Scene
All changes to a Scene must be saved by pressing the save button.
You can run a scene from the editor screen by pressing the “Run Now” button. If the scene is no longer needed then it can be deleted by pressing the trash button.
EVENTS PAGE
Events give you the ability to set and run ‘tasks’ when specific events happen around your home during a designated period of time.
A - This shows what task is enabled on this event.
B - Press to edit an event.
C - This shows when an event is disabled.
D - Press the button to create an event.
E - This shows the time when an event is active.
F - Press the event name to display the summary of the event.
EVENT EDITOR PAGE
Events will monitor the selected condition(s) during the selected time period and day(s). When the conditions are met, the selected task will run.
NOTE: Make sure your wall mounted touchscreen is connected to your Wi-Fi. To start creating an event, set your post code first in options page.
Garage Door
This condition will be satisfied when any garage door is opened or closed. This
only applicable if you have MyGarage module of MyPlace.
Conditions > Single Occurrence
A - Suburb temperature
This condition will be satisfied when the current temperature of your location is
above or below the set temperature.
B - Clear and Sunny weather
This condition will be satisfied when the forecast in your location is “Sunny” or
“Clear.”
C - Zone temperature
This condition will be satisfied when the zone temperature is above or below the
set temperature.
D - Hue sensor temperature
This condition will be satisfied when the hue sensor temperature is above or below
the set temperature. This requires a Licensed Hue Bridge.
Tasks
These are the tasks that will run after the condition(s) is satisfied.
A - Send Notification
This task will send a notification to all paired phones. When you set a phone
number in this task, a call button will appear after opening the notification. This will
give you an option to have a quick call to the phone number set.
NOTE: The notification will not go to the number set. The number set will show
in the notification on your paired phones.
B - Auto action
This task will initiate your things to run according to the set configurations.
C - Launch MyApp
This task will open an app. If you open a notification in your phone, the app will
load if it exist.
D - Edit Auto action
Press to edit the auto action.
NOTE: Don’t forget to press the "set" button to save the configuration made in
the auto action.
SAMPLE EVENTS SETTING
When you close the garage door to go to work
- receive notification that the garage is closed
- move down the blinds in your rooms
Event Name: Out for Work
| Condition | Task | Active Times |
| Garage door is closed | Send notification Auto action Auto action configuration MyPlace: will move down: Master bed 1, Master bed 2 |
This event is active between: 7:30 AM and 8:00 PM On these days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday |
When you want to save energy
- Turn OFF aircon and all lights when there is no motion at home for 1 hour
- move down all blinds in your home
Event Name: Empty home
| Condition | Task | Active Times |
|
Motion sensor – no motion detected for 1 hour
|
Auto action MyAir: MyLights: MyPlace: |
This event is active between: On these days: |
SETUP PAGE
The Setup Screen allows you to configure your MyPlace system. From this screen
you can perform the following actions:
A - Rename motion sensors, garage, blinds and other items
B - Configure MyPlace settings
C - Enable / Disable Remote Access
D - Manage Groups (create, rename & delete)
E - Advanced Information about your system
F - Status messages and codes will appear here
OPTIONS PAGE
A - Location
Set your suburb post code for MySunset and Events to work properly.
B - Garage door alert
Set how long the garage is left open before it send an alert. It will continue to send notification every 30 minutes until the garage door is closed.
C - Licensed Hue Bridge
Connect your Licensed Hue Bridge to MyPlace.
D - Google Home or Amazon Alexa
Enable or disable
E - Paired Accounts
Link your account to Smart Khaya to Google Home or Amazon Alexa
F - Garage Door Security Pin
Enable or disable pin code when opening or closing the garage using Amazon Alexa or Google Home
G - Garage Door PIN
Set your Garage Door Security Pin here.