Android

HCA For Android is one of the most exciting parts of HCA Version 10. It is a native Android application targeted for the newest Android capable mobile devices - the hottest mobile devices available today. When running, this application operates very similar to the Touch Screen Interface and works directly with the HCA Server.

Once configured, the Android display shows all your rooms using the same room icons you selected in the Touch Screen User Interface (TUI). Only those folders and displays you have configured in the TUI to appear are shown in HCA for Android.

Tap on a room icon and you will see the icons in that room. Again, only those your selected to appear in the TUI. The state of the icon is show in the same manner as in HCA - by a colored box around the icon.

Tap on an icon and you see a page specifically for that device with the controls you selected to see - the load, the glass keypad, or both. When in the page for a device, you can "flick left" or "flick right" to move to the next device in the room.

The back button returns you from the device page to the room page and the back button again from the room page to the home page.

The connection to the server lasts until you shutdown the phone, the connection is lost for some reason, or you disconnect by using the "Disconnect" option from the menu. If you leave HCA for Android by pressing and holding the Home button until the running applications popup appears and you select another application, HCA for Android does not close the connection to the server.

As long as the connection to the server is open, the phone receives status updates from the HCA server and your devices change to show appropriate state. And that's really all there is. The various displayed pages follow the stock Android methods so if you rotate the phone to landscape mode the displays change to use the space differently.