FOBO TAG User Manual Version Draft - 01 (For iOS7.1, Android 4.
Contents 1 Introduction 2 About FOBO TAG 3 Description of FOBO TAG 3.1 Battery Replacement. 4 Description of FOBO TAG app screens 4.1 Login screen 4.2 Home screen before adding the TAG. 4.3 Home screen after adding the TAG. 4.4 Profile Details screen. 4.5 General settings page 4.6 Safe Zone. 4.7 Time Zone. 4.8 MySOS Profile. 4.9 Helper & Helpee. 4.10 SOS. 5 Start to use FOBO TAG 5.1 5.2 5.
8 Trouble Shooting Guide 9 FOBO Specifications 10 Warning 11 Regulatory Information 12 Intellectual Properties 3|Page
1 Introduction FOBO TAG is a wireless device using Bluetooth® 5.0 technology to monitor your belongings. Please ensure that your smart phone has Bluetooth® 4.0 or above capability in order to use FOBO TAG. Before starting to use FOBO TAG, please download the FOBO TAG app to your smart phone, FOBO TAG App is available free of cost on Google play store and Apple play store. 2 About FOBO TAG As we go about our daily life, we are inundated with a lot of information and many things for us to remember.
on the TAG and your smartphone will loudly ring- even on silent. Provided the both are within the bluetooth range. You can also use FOBO TAG to monitor your belonging to ensure nobody moves it. For example your desk drawer with important things inside. Just place a FOBO TAG in your drawer and activate Don’tMoveME function. Once the drawer is moved and you are within Bluetooth range, you will get an alert on your phone.
3 Description of FOBO TAG Key Hole Battery Compartment FOBO Button Beeper hole Beeper hole - For beeper sound. Key hole - To hang TAG with the keys. FOBO logo button - To perform various functions such as; Power on/off, click picture, locate smartphone, Open App etc. Battery Compartment - To insert/replace the battery.
3.1 Battery Replacement a) Hold the TAG within the area shows as shown in the below picture. b) Shift/push the Lock, follows the arrow direction. Battery holder will automatically eject.
c) Rotate/Open the battery Holder. d) Insert battery in to the battery holder.
e) Rotate/close back the battery older. Do ensure the battery holder is properly locked. The coin cell battery (CR2025) could last up to one year on normal operation. Frequent beeping and movement of the FOBO TAG will consume battery power and reduce battery operating life. It is advisable to change the battery once you get the battery alert to ensure proper performance of FOBO TAG. Do not wait until battery is fully drained as you may never know when you need to use FOBO TAG urgently.
4 Description of FOBO TAG app screens 4.1 Login screen E-mail address Login button E-mail address – Your FOBO account and TAG information will be referenced to this e-mail address. Please use a valid email address. Login button - Click here to login after you have registered and activated an account.
4.2 Home screen before adding the TAG Switch Button Add TAG Button Switch Button Add TAG Button - Prior to adding a TAG, use this button to switch between FOBO max and FOBO TAG. - Use this button to add a new TAG.
4.3 Home screen after adding the TAG General settings FindMe RemindMe SOSMe PromptMe DontMoveME TAG Image Battery Indicator TAG Signal level TAG image - Picture taken during adding of new TAG will appear as TAG image. This image can be changed anytime under Edit TAG in Settings screen. This image will be blurred out when TAG is not connected to smartphone, i.e. outside of Bluetooth range. TAG signal level - Indicator of the signal level detected for each TAG.
Battery Indicator - To indicate the battery status. RemindMe - Alert you the moment connection between the smartphone and TAG is lost. FindMe - Use this option to find the TAG. PromptMe - Use this option to activate the PromptMe function and App will notify you when TAG comes into close proximity with you. DontMoveMe SOSMe - Use this option to activate the DontMoveMe function and App will notify you immediately if your TAG is moved. - Use this function to activate the SOS.
4.4 Profile details screen Save Button Home Button TAG Image TAG Name TAG Color SafeZone Move Records Fobo Button About this TAG Release TAG Home button - Click here to go back to FOBO TAG App home screen. Save button - click here to save the TAG settings. Note that settings will not be changed if not saved. TAG image - Picture taken during setting up TAG profile will appear as TAG image.
TAG name - Enter TAG name here. TAG Color - Choose the TAG color here, user can also choose to click picture or select from the photo library. SafeZone - Click here to choose safe zone for the TAG from the list. User can create safe zone under General settings -> SafeZone in the App. Refer to the picture below, showing list of available safe zones.
Move Records - Click here to get the movement records.
FOBOButton - Click here to customize the “FOBO button” on the TAG. User can select the desired action from the current actions available in the App. User need to double press the “FOBO Button” on the TAG in order to perform the selected action.
About this TAG - Click here to get the Firmware, BDA and Air-pair information of the TAG. Save Release TAG Release the TAG Save Button - Click here to release the TAG. - Click here to save the settings.
4.5 General Settings page Account Email Ringtones Angel Mode SafeZone TimeZone My SOS profile Helper & Helpee Build Version Feedback Terms & conditions Visit FOBO Website Logout Account e-mail – E-mail used to login to FOBO app. Ringtones - Click here to choose ringtone. Angel Button - FOBO app will automatically help others to locate their lost their belongings via WebSearchME platform.
does not require doing anything and it costs nothing to help. If for whatever reason you do not intend to participate in helping other people, you can switch off this feature. However we hope you can allow the app to remain in ANGEL mode to continue helping other people. Someday, this WebSearchME platform may help you in return. Safe Zone - Click here to create safe zone and to get the list of saved safe zones (Refer to section 4.6, Page 21 for further details).
4.6 Safe Zone SafeZone is a useful feature to enhance the usefulness of FOBO TAG. When in a safe location, e.g. at home, user may not want to be alerted by out of range messages when moving around in the house. User can create SafeZone in the General Settings -> Safe Zone. SafeZone relies on signals from GPS, AGPS (via GSM network) & Wi-Fi to determine the location. User can set multiple SafeZone for each TAG, e.g. home, office, friend’s house, etc.
4 3 Current location - Click here, My location option will pop-up Click here to create safe zone.
SafeZone name - Click here to enter safe zone name. SafeZone radius - Use this to set safe zone radius. Category - Click here to choose the category. Add Button - Click here to Add/Save the safe zone. In order to change the safe zone details user need to enter the edit mode (Picture number 3 on page number 22) and then choose the preferred safe zone from the list. NOTE: Please turn on Wi-Fi for more accurate detection of SafeZone. Turning off Wi-Fi may cause wrong SafeZone alerts.
4.7 Time Zone There could be times when user does not wish to be reminded, e.g. leaving home for a movie at night, a reminder to bring laptop may be annoying. To avoid this alert, user may use TimeZone. When set for a particular SafeZone tied to a particular TAG, there will be no alert when user leaves a SafeZone during any time that falls within the set TimeZone.
“+” Button – Click here to add Time Zone. Time Zone name – Click here to add Time zone name. Start and end time – Click here to set start and end time. Repeat – Click here to choose the days on which you would like to repeat. User need to choose at-least one day. Cancel – Click here to cancel. Save – Click here to save the Time Zone settings.
4.8 My SOS Profile Name Email Message Name - Click here to Add SOS profile name. Email - By default, this is an email used to login in to the FOBO TAG App. Message - Click here to add SOS message which will appear on the helper’s device.
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“+” Button – Click here to add someone as helper. Name Click here to add helper name. - Email – Click here to add helper email. Add – Click here to save the helper details. Helpers are people who care for you and will respond to your SOS alert. Helper status Helper Status - Display the status whether Helper accepted or rejected your request to be your Helper. It will show “Pending” if Helper has not made decision.
B) Helpee Helpee Status Helpee Helpee – Click here to view the helpee list. Helpees are people who you care for and will respond to their SOS alert. .
4.10 SOS SOS Button SOS Trigger button Timer Selection Start Timer Timer Selection button - Click here to select timer options. The timer will set duration for FOBO TAG to watch over you. During this period, when FOBO TAG is out of Bluetooth range from the phone, an SOS alert will be triggered. If FOBO TAG is in Bluetooth range with phone, an SOS alert will still be triggered when the timer is out. SOS Trigger button - Click here to trigger SOS alert immediately.
NOTE: The audio be recorded only when Helpee (the person requiring help) keep the FOBO app in foreground. When app is in background, the audio recording will not activate.
5 Start to use FOBO TAG 5.1 Installing FOBO TAG app Step 1: Download FOBO TAG app to your smart phone For iPhone users, download from AppStore. For Android users, download from Google Play store. Step 2: Launch FOBO TAG app & sign up a new user account Sign up a new account with a valid e-mail address and password NOTE: By submitting your information to sign up a new user account, you acknowledge your acceptance to the terms and conditions of our Software Licensing Agreement and Privacy Policy.
Save the settings. Step 3: Confirming FOBO TAG paired successfully The Picture Icon of the TAG will appear on the app main screen together with signal and Battery level indicator. The signal level indicator will be faded (Grey out) if there is no connection to the smart phone, example when it is out of Bluetooth range from the smart phone. Note: The FOBO TAG can only be paired to one Login account. This is to protect against possibility of tracking and control of the FOBO TAG by unauthorized users.
7 FOBO TAG Functions Functions are activities for the FOBO TAG to perform. All functions can be activated from main screen by selecting the particular FOBO TAG in HOME screen. 1) PromptME – to notify the arrival of a belonging; Examples below: a. Waiting for checked-in luggage at arrival hall. You will get an alert when the luggage is within the bluetooth range. b. Announcing the returning home of your spouse as the vehicle is being parked outside the house.
as well as your current GPS location. Any commotion will be recorded and will be confirmation for your Helpers that you are in danger. This SOS alert will continue every minute to notify your Helpers of your latest where about together with latest audio recording. b. Imagine you are staying alone and notice some noise outside your room. You can use the SOS Control screen to trigger immediate SOS alert to your Helpers as soon as you detect an intruder.
o Select “+” in HOME screen. o Long press the “FOBO Button” on the TAG until you hear the beep sound. o Make sure your smart phone has Bluetooth 4.0 and above capability. NOTE: BLUETOOTH 2.0 OR 3.0 WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS DEVICE. o Please check if the FOBO TAG has been paired before to another Login account. You’ll need to “Release” the FOBO TAG from the Login account that it is paired to, before using on your account. The FOBO TAG is designed to pair with one Login account only to protect your privacy.
o Ensure the FOBO TAG is not placed in a metal casing, metal bag or immersed in liquid which can seriously attenuate signals coming out from FOBO TAG. SOS.ME does not work. Helper could not receive SOS alert. o Check if the Helper that you added has accepted your request to add him/her as your Helper. The status should display “Accepted”. o Ensure that Helper is still Login to FOBO TAG app with the app in the background.
CAUTION THERE MAY BE A RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE ALL USED BATTERIES PROPERLY. 11 Regulatory information Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Industry Canada statement: This device complies with ISED’s licence-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d’ ISED applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
