Anywhere App Controller Manual

Congratulations on the purchase of your new Oelo multi-color lighting system. This manual is for the setup and operation of the Oelo Lighting Solutions Anywhere App, which you can download from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

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To connect the app to your personal WiFi...

The Oelo Controller WiFi is best if you do not have your own secure, personal WiFi network.

Step 1: Plug in and power on Oelo controller box. Controller has two green lights to indicate power is on.

Step 2: Open your phone's WiFi settings. Controller will start to broadcast its own network, "OELO_#-##.##". Select on OELO wifi network option.

Step 3: Enter password at prompt: 12345678. Stay connected to this network.

Once connected to Oelo network:

Step 4: Open web browser on phone and enter http://172.24.1.1/. Click on INTERNET tab.

Step 5A: Under WIFI SETUP, check box for CONNECTION TO NEW WIFI NETWORK. Under AVAILABLE NETWORKS choose your network. Enter password. Tap CONNECT.

Step 5B: Wait for connection confirmation. Control Box [Status 1] light will illuminate to indicate controller has a network connection.

Once Connection Status is connected:

Step 6: Tap GENERAL tab. Set NICKNAME, ie "Front of House", "Patio", etc. Tap SAVE.

Step 7: Tap LIGHTS tab. Enter LIGHT COUNT. Does not have to be exact. (Example: If there are 212 lights, enter 250.) Tap SAVE.

Step 8: Disconnect from Oelo WiFi. Make note of SERIAL NUMBER and SIGN-UP KEY. (Will be needed SETTINGS TAB Step 3.)

Set up your phone settings

Register a new controller:

Step 1: Open Oelo Anywhere App. Sign in / create your account.

Step 2: Tap SETTINGS gear shaped icon in top right corner to register a new controller.

Step 3: Tap REGISTER A NEW CONTROLLER. Enter Serial Number and Sign-Up Key from Wifi Step 8. Repeat process to add more controllers.

Create a new controller group:

Step 4: Tap CREATE A NEW CONTROLLER GROUP. Name Controller Group. Choose which of your controllers you want to control. SAVE Controller Group.

Step 5: Tap CURRENT CONTROL GROUP. Choose the Controller Group you wish to display.

Step 6: Tap BACK to get to main color screen.

Getting to know your Home screen

Once your Oelo controller app is ready to operate, you will initially start on the CUSTOM lighting mode option. Tap points below for details.

Step 1: Tap OPEN LIGHTING OPTIONS to choose your lighting mode, number of lights, speed, direction and gaps between pattern. Tap CLOSE LIGHTING OPTIONS.

Step 2A: Set your color by dragging your thumb around the color wheel. Adjust brightness and opacity sliders below for white or black hues.

Step 2B: Tap RIGHT ARROW to set your color using RGB sliders. Adjust your sliders as desired, then TAP TO SET to save color.

Step 2C: Tap RIGHT ARROW to select any colors you have used recently. Tap LEFT ARROW to go back to main color screen.

Setting up lighting modes

How to set your Lighting Mode Movement

Movement options vary per Lighting Mode.

Step 1: From the OPEN LIGHTING OPTIONS menu, tap LIGHTING MODE to pull up modes menu. Select your desired movement.

Step 2: Set the NUMBER OF LIGHTS you would like in your pattern. (View COLOR SCREEN tab above on how to set colors.)

Step 3A: Set the SPEED OF PATTERN to set the mood from slow and elegant, to fast and exciting.

Step 3B: Set the DIRECTION OF PATTERN to FORWARD or BACKWARD direction.

Step 3C: Set the GAP BETWEEN PATTERNS to create blank gaps between your lighting pattern strands. (Available on STREAK, TWINKLE or SPRINKLE modes.

Step 3D: Set the PAUSE OF PATTERN to create a pause between fades. (Available on FADE mode.)

Step 4: Tap back button to get back to main screen to set your colors. Tap SAVE PATTERN to save your pattern into the SAVED PATTERNS menu.

Step 5: Name your pattern and tap SAVE. Toggle OVERRIDE PATTERN to override a previously set pattern.

Setting the timer for your Oelo lighting

Step 1: From home screen, tap TIMERS at bottom of your screen. (Set and save your pattern first.)

Step 2: Tap PLUS (+) at top of screen to create a new timer.

Step 3: Tap TIMER NAME to name timer. Enter name and tap SAVE.

Step 4: Tap START TIME and END TIME to set the times you want your pattern to display. Tap CONFIRM to set.

Step 5: Tap PATTERN and select the pattern you want to display. (Pattern must be created first. View LIGHTING MODE tab).

Step 6: Tap CONTROLLER GROUP and select the controller group you want to display. (Controller group must be created first. View SETTINGS tab, Step 4.)

Step 7: Tap REPEAT If you want to assign the timer certain days of the week. Select day(s), then tap CONFIRM then CREATE TIMER to save.

Step 8: Toggle timer on or off. Tap trash can to delete.

Save the Date with Oelo's Calendar Option

Step 1: From home screen, tap CALENDAR at bottom of your screen. (Patterns must be saved first.)

Step 2: Tap the MONTH you want the pattern to display, then tap ADD NEW EVENT + to bring up calendar options.

Step 3: Tap EVENT NAME to name the event. Enter name and tap SAVE.

Step 4: Tap DAY OF MONTH to schedule the day you want your pattern to display.

Step 5: Tap START TIME and END TIME to set the times you want your pattern to display. Tap CONFIRM to set.

Step 6: Tap PATTERN and select the pattern you want to display. (Pattern must be created first. View LIGHTING MODE tab).

Step 7: Tap CONTROLLER GROUP and select the controller group you want to display. (Controller group must be created first. View SETTINGS tab, Step 4.) Tap CREATE EVENT.

Step 8: Toggle event on or off. Tap trash can to delete.

Controller FAQs and Troubleshooting

Only a portion of my lights are responding to my commands.

Solution 1: Re-enter the number of LEDs in the settings tab.

Insert the number of lights you have installed as indicated in the customer folder you received with your order.

Solution 2: Bad connection with your home’s WiFi network.

Check to see that your home WiFi network is running correctly.

Solution 3: Hardware problem. Please contact your Oelo representative after trying Solutions 1 and 2.

The Oelo app is indicating that there is “No Controller Detected.”

Solution 1: Make sure the Oelo app is connected to the same WiFi network your lighting system’s controller is.

Tap the “Scan Again” button at the bottom of the screen to try again.

Solution 2: Unplug your lighting system’s control-box for 30 seconds, then plug the box back in and allow it to reboot for 30 seconds. Restart the Oelo app.

If this solution is unsuccessful after the power box has been plugged back in, check for a network in your phone’s setting named Oelo-Controller.

If the Oelo-Controller network does exist, connect your device to it and proceed through the initial controller setup steps.

The timer is functioning even after it has been deleted from the apps settings.

Go to the Settings tab in the bottom right corner of the navigation section of the Oelo app.

Once there, choose “Delete All Timers.”

WARNING: This will delete all timers set on any device that controls your Oelo lighting system.

When I choose a color on the color wheel, another color displays, instead. Example: When I choose red, my lights turn green.

Go to the Settings tab in the bottom right corner of the Oelo app navigation section.

Reset the RGB order to RGB in the RGB dropdown, unless told otherwise by your Oelo representative.

I cannot get the controller to connect to my personal WiFi network.

Solution 1: Please make sure you are entering the password and network name correctly.

Solution 2: Make sure the signal from your personal WiFi network is strong at the location of the Oelo controller.

Tap the word “Controller” to the right of WiFi Source to pull up the available list of networks and their signal strength.

If it is not very strong, consider purchasing a third-party network WiFi range extender so the signal is stronger by the control box.

Solution 3: Make sure your home WiFi network is 2.5GHz. The Oelo controller cannot communicate through 5GHz networks.

Which setting makes it so your phone doesn’t always switch to Oelo WiFi from personal WiFi?

Solution 1: Change the WiFi settings to your own personal WiFi rather than the systems controller WiFi.