Installing the App & connecting it to your home

Installing the App & connecting it to your home

Connect your mobile to WiFi 

This is important because your mobile phone needs to be on the same network so it can find the Nifty Brain

Download the Home Assistant APP

Link to Home Assistant App on the Apple store

Link to the Home Assistant on the Google Play store

Connect the APP to the Nifty Brain

When you open the App for the first time you will be presented with a welcome screen:
Click: Continue
The app will begin searching for servers (hubs) on your WiFi network.
When it appears: Click it.



































Enter the login details that will have been sent to you after you registered/activated the system




































That's it, you should now be presented with your desktop

If something did not work as expected, please let us know here so we can get you up and running!

If you would like to know how to use the APP go here

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