IRISTICK Z1 User manual

User guide
Iristick.Z1
Essential & Premium

https://iristick.com/

Welcome to Iristick
Welcome to the beginning of your AR journey. With the
Iristick industrial smart safety glasses, you will experience
the endless possibilities of augmented reality.
Your new Iristick smart glasses - the Iristick. Z1 - are the
result of more than five years of experience, research and
development and our constant pursuit of perfection. Our
goal is to make a wearable device that can truly support
deskless workers in the field and connect them to real-time
information and support from remote experts. 
The Iristick. Z1 is manufactured by Iristick NV in Antwerp,
Belgium. Winner of a Red Dot Award, H2020 European
Commission Innovation Grant (N°811820) in 2018 and holder
of multiple patents.
Thank you for support,
The Iristick Team
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Table of contents
WELCOME TO IRISTICK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT USER INFORMATION
PACKAGE CONTENTS
QUICK START
HEADSET
POCKET UNIT
SERIAL & MODEL NUMBER
PHONE
SOFTWARE
CHARGING & STATUS
ADJUSTMENTS
Safety guidelines & warnings
Temperature
Warranties & duties
SAR
Phone compatibility
Metal plate
Iristick Services
Synchronizing
Setup
Status
Wizzeye
Iristick Examples
Iristick Camera
Iristick Image Viewer
Partners
Pocket unit status
Swappable plugs
Connecting the charger
Charging the phone & pocket unit together
Charging by USB
Battery & charger
Temples
Heads-up display
Nose pads
Insertable prescription glasses
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NAVIGATION
MAINTENANCE
SDK & DEVELOPMENT
TROUBLESHOOTING
CERTIFICATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
BARCODE EXAMPLES
Please download the latest version of this user guide at
https://support.iristick.com/ as Iristick may update this user
guide without giving notice.
Touchpad
Voice commands
NATO phonetic alphabet
Cleaning the glasses
Storing the glasses
Examples & source code
Web console
Partner program
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EN60950
EN55032-CISPR32 Class B ITE
(Information Technology Equipment)
IEC 60825-1:2014
EN 166 S
FDA compliance
Manufacturing information
Waste electrical & electronic equipment
Disposal of batteries in the product
RoHs compliance
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Important user information
Safety guidelines & warnings
Temperature
The Iristick.Z1 has been designed to work in environments
with a temperature between 0°C and 40°C (32°F and 104°
F). Temperatures outside this range may damage the Iristick,
resulting in malfunctions.
Warranties & duties
The Iristick. Z1 and its accessories come with a 1-year
worldwide limited warranty which starts counting on the
date of purchase as stated on the invoice.
SAR
As the Iristick.Z1 does not transmit any radio frequency such
as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or cellular radiation, a meaningful SAR-
value cannot be measured. The amount of radiation the
other electronics transmit is negligible.
Of course, the phone used in combination with the
Iristick.Z1, has its own measured SAR value.
- Use of controls or adjustments, or carrying out
procedures, other than those specified herein may
result in hazardous radiation exposure.
- Never aim any laser towards an aircraft or moving
vehicle.
- Do not use the Iristick.Z1 while operating a vehicle.
- Always push the heads-up display up, out of the
line-of- sight when not in use.
- Never use a charger and/or adapter that looks
damaged and/or has been tampered with.
- Do not charge and/or use the Iristick. Z1 in humid
environments.
- Do not submerge the Iristick. Z1 and/or any of the
accessories in any kind of liquid, in order to avoid
electrocution.
- Do not use and/or charge the Iristick. Z1 in ATEX
(explosive atmospheres).
- Do not open the Iristick. Z1 and/or any of its
accessories, in order to avoid fire or electrocution.
- Always disconnect the headset from the pocket unit
by removing the coaxial cable in-between before
cleaning the Iristick.
- Always disconnect the pocket unit from its charger
and the phone before cleaning the pocket unit and/or
the charger.
- Stop using the Iristick.Z1 and/or the mobile phone if
you experience nausea, dizziness and/or any other
complication that might be caused by wearing and/or
using the Iristick.Z1 and/or the mobile phone.
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Package contents
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Optional accessories:
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Carrying case to store and protect the Iristick.Z1 and its
accessories.
Pouch to package and protect both the AndroidTM 1
phone2 and pocket unit and clip to a belt.
Barrel jack charging adapter which charges the pocket
unit and the phone when connected. Comes with
swappable, regional plugs.
Metal plate for mounting a mobile phone magnetically
onto the pocket unit.
Headset: the actual smart safety glasses.
Pocket unit: a battery and the connection between
the headset and mobile phone with USB Type-CTM
connection.
A coaxial cable to connect the headset to the pocket
unit.
Android phone2 with or without pre-installed
applications and a USB-C charging adapter with cable.
Extra pocket unit(s) for more battery power.
In-ear headphones with microphone and 2.5mm plug.
Insertable prescription glasses, clickable on the inside
of the Iristick.Z1’s headset.
- One or more accessories might already be included
in your package.
- Please take a look in our webshop for more
accessories at https://iristick.com/store/.
Android is a trademark of Google LLC.
See https://support.iristick.com/ for an up-to-date list
of supported (and unsupported) phones.
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Quick start
You can use this section to get started with your Iristick.Z1
right away and refer to the sections in the manual if parts
are unclear. However, it is still advisable to read through the
complete manual in order to learn all the ins and outs of the
Iristick.Z1.
Please follow the steps below to continue with the quick
start:
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Get an Android device with at least Android 7 installed
and a USB Type-C connector with host mode enabled.
Phone > Phone compatibility (p. 11).
Download and install the Iristick Services application
through Google Play3, F-Droid or via our developer
webpage.
Software > Setup > step 1 (p. 14).
Start the Iristick Services application and grant the
permissions.
Software > Setup > step 2 (p. 14).
Connect the phone to the pocket unit via USB and tap
‘OK’ in the dialog on the phone’ s screen to open the
Iristick Services.
Software > Setup > step 3 (p. 14).
Connect the headset to the pocket unit with the
coaxial cable and tap ‘START NOW’ in the dialog on
the phone’s screen to activate the heads-up display.
Software > Setup > step 4 (p. 15).
Software > Setup > step 5 (p. 15).
Use the touchpad and/or voice commands to navigate
through the menus and lists of the phone and launch
for example our remote assistance demo application
Wizzeye, the Iristick Examples or the Iristick Camera.
Software > Wizzeye (p. 17).
Software > Iristick Examples (p. 17).
Software > Iristick Camera (p. 18).
Navigating > Voice commands (p. 28).
Google Play is a trademark of Google LLC.
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Headset
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Heads-up display which can be adjusted in four
directions and rotated to personal preference.
Center camera for a view from the user’s perspective.
Adjustable nose pads for user comfort.
Certified safety glass4.
Zoom module with 5x optical zoom, laser and LED.
Quad microphones array for video calls and voice
commands5.
Cold-bendable temple tips for user comfort.
2.5mm audio jack for mono audio with microphone.
Coaxial connection between headset and pocket unit.
Speaker which is aimed towards the ear.
Capacitive touch pad which supports the gestures
swipe forward, backward and down and single tap,
double tap and long tap.
9-axis sensor: accelerometer, gyroscope, head motion
detector, magnetic field detector and measurement of
the absolute rotation of the headset.
EN 166 S and ANSI Z.87 - see Certifications (p. 34) for more
information.
Voice commands are only available on the Iristick. Z1
Premium.
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Pocket unit
The pocket unit provides the headset with power and
allows communication between the headset and the phone
through the coaxial cable.
It has the following features:
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Magnetic bed for mobile phone.
USB Type-C connection for mobile phone.
Detachable USB cable to charge the pocket unit by
USB-C6 in case the barrel jack charging adapter is not
available.
Coaxial connection to connect the headset.
LED indicator for battery status.
Charging port to charge the pocket unit with the 15V
barrel jack charging adapter7.
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Please refer to Charging & status > Charging by USB (p. 22)
for more information on how to charge via USB-C.
Please refer to Charging & status > Connecting the
charger (p. 20) for more information about the barrel jack
charging adapter.
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Serial & model number
The internal serial number of the headset and pocket unit
can be read-out by connecting the Iristick. Z1 to a mobile
phone and launching the Iristick Services application. This is
the serial number of the internal hardware and looks like
123456789A12x8 (pocket unit) or 123456789B12x8 (headset).
The last part of the internal serial number shows the model
number. A pocket unit has A12x as its model number and a
headset has B12x.
- It is advised to take note of the serial numbers of
both the headset and pocket unit.
The serial number
shown on the
outside of both the
headset and
pocket unit, is the
serial number of
the casing and
looks like A00000
(pocket unit – in
the middle of the
top surface) and
B00000 (headset –
on the left inner
panel).
The serial number may contain a trailing letter (‘x’) to indicate
a hardware revision.
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Phone
Phone compatibility
In default mode, the Iristick.Z1 clones everything visible on
the screen of your connected phone onto its heads-up
display. This allows you to run almost any9 app installed on
your phone on the heads-up display on the headset.
The Iristick.Z1 product line is compatible with most Android
mobile phones10 with at least Android 7 and a USB-C
connector with host mode enabled.
Not all applications are optimized to work with either voice
commands or the accessibility layer that the Iristick’ s
touchpad relies on to detect, highlight and click on-screen
buttons.
Please refer to the list of supported (and unsupported)
phones at our support page at https://support.iristick.com/
or send us an email at [email protected].
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Metal plate
The phone will stick magnetically to the top surface of the
pocket unit when the metal plate is adhered to the back of
the phone.
The easiest way to do this, is as follows:
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Remove the paper from the back of the metal plate to
expose the adhesive.
Place the metal plate onto the middle of the pocket
unit surface with the bottom aligned and the adhesive
side at the top. You will notice that the plate is a bit
larger than the cutout. This is to avoid scratches and
allows the phone to slide more smoothly across the
surface, down to the USB Type-C connector.
Carefully connect the phone to the pocket unit by USB
while having the phone lifted from the surface and the
metal plate.
- Push down on the outside of the USB connector to
lift up the USB-C connector on the inside.
Align both the left and right side of the phone with
both sides of the pocket unit and gently push the
phone down towards the surface of the pocket unit.
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Software
Iristick Services
In order to use any of the applications installed on the
phone with the Iristick.Z1, it is necessary to install one very
important application. This application is called Iristick
Services and is the bridge between the hardware of the
glasses and the software on the phone.
It is designed to work out of the box as it scans the screen
for clickable items and guides you with highlights while you
are navigating with the touchpad. In addition, it clones the
phone’s screen onto the heads-up display, routes the audio
and processes voice commands11 offline.
In the settings section of this application you can change for
example the touchpad sensitivity, the brightness of the
heads-up display and enable a remote screen share
function called Web console12 which is very useful for
developers and demonstrating purposes.
Synchronizing
Upon connection with the Android device, the Iristick
Services application checks for differences in the firmware
version of the Iristick Services itself, headset and pocket
unit. If necessary, the devices will be synchronized
automatically within a minute.
Synchronizing can be recognized by the following icon in
the notification bar:
- When the Iristick. Z1 gets disconnected while
synchronizing, a fail-safe recovery mechanism will be
triggered and the old firmware will be reloaded.
Please not that voice commands are only available on the
Iristick.Z1 Premium.
Please read more about Web console in the section SDK &
Development > Web console (p. 32).
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Setup
Please follow the steps below to set up the Iristick Services.
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Download and install the Iristick Services application
on the Android phone through Google Play, F-Droid
(add the repository https://apk.iristick.com/release) or
via our developer webpage at
https://developer.iristick.com/ > Getting Started >
Phone setup > Manually.
Start Iristick Services and grant the permissions. You
might need to open the notification drawer14 of the
phone and tap the notification.
The 'Accessibility Service' permission allows the usage
of the touchpad to select items on the screen.
The ‘Display over other apps’ permission allows us to
highlight the selected buttons for easy navigation.
- Some permissions might need to be allowed again
after an update of the Iristick Services.
Connect the phone to the pocket unit via USB-C by
sliding it down on the soft surface. The phone will stick
magnetically to the surface of the pocket unit, thanks
to the metal plate15.
The Google Play logo is a trademark of Google LLC.
See our FAQ at https://support.iristick.com/ on how to open
the notification drawer to see the notifications.
See Phone > Metal plate (p. 12) for more information on how
to attach the metal plate to the phone.
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Tap ‘OK’ in the Iristick Services’ dialog box on the
phone which is asking to ‘Open Iristick Services to
handle Smartglass?’.
- You might find it useful to check the checkbox
‘Always open Iristick Services when Smartglass is
connected’ to have the Iristick Services to start
automatically upon connection.
- The pocket unit’ s firmware might be synchronized.
This will be shown in the notification bar.
Connect the headset to the pocket unit with the
coaxial cable.
- The headset’s firmware might also be synchronized.
This will be shown in the notification bar.
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Status
The status of the Iristick Services is shown in two ways:
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Tap ‘START NOW’ in the Iristick Services’ dialog box on
the phone to allow ‘Iristick Services will start
capturing everything that’s displayed on your screen.’
to activate the heads-up display. This mirrors the
phone’s screen onto the heads-up display.
- You might find it useful to check the checkbox ‘Don’t
show again’ to automatically mirror the screen upon
connection.
- This notification looks different on Android 10. Also,
the checkbox 'Don't show again' has been removed.
By the LED on the pocket unit:
The LED on the pocket unit is dark blue if only the
pocket unit is connected to the phone and initialized
properly by the Iristick Services.
It will turn bright blue when the headset is also
connected.
By the Iristick logo in the notification bar:
Only the outer ring of the Iristick logo is shown when
only the pocket unit is connected to the phone and
initialized properly by the Iristick Services.
The full logo is shown when the headset is also
connected.
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Wizzeye
Wizzeye is our free and open-source remote assistance
demo application, created for our customers to quick start
with the Iristick.Z1 and for demo purposes.
In order to start with Wizzeye, please follow the steps
below:
Iristick Examples
Install the Iristick Examples to get to know theIristick.Z1 and
try out all the functions the Iristick.Z1 offers ina simple and
demonstrable way. You can, for example, see aviewfinder
with both cameras18, test out the touchpad, scanbarcodes
and read out the sensors.
- Please note that we do not give any kind of support
on Wizzeye. A full-fledged remote assistance
application by one of our partners is strongly
recommended. Refer to our webpage
https://iristick.com/partners/ to get to know our
partners.
Install the latest version of Wizzeye through Google
Play or via https://wizzeye.app/.
Launch Wizzeye.
Grant the permissions.
Enter or generate a (new) room name.
Tap ‘JOIN’ to join this room on the Wizzeye server.
Share this room within Wizzeye via the share button or
have the remote observer (who is viewing the stream
through a browser16) visit https://wizzeye.app/ and
enter the same room name over there.
- Due to firewall restrictions, both devices need to be
connected to the same network. Contact us to get
your temporarily credentials to pass through
firewalls17 by using a TURN server.
- Please note that only one glasses wearer (with the
Iristick. Z1 and Wizzeye application) and one remote
observer (via a browser) can be connected together
at once.
- Voice commands are disabled in Wizzeye when in a
call to avoid interference while talking.
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Please use a Chromium-based browser for the best
performance.
Please make sure to open TCP port 433 for Wizzeye.
Please use the Iristick Camera application to actually shoot
pictures and record videos.
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Iristick Camera
When the Iristick Services have been installed, the Iristick
Camera will be installed too as it is bundled with the Iristick
Services.
This application allows you to takepictures or record video
with either camera on the headset. Itsupports voice
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will be saved on the internal storage of themobile phone.
Iristick Image Viewer
When opening a picture from a file manager or gallery
application while the Iristick.Z1 is connected, the image may
be opened20 with the Iristick Image Viewer.
This viewer makes it possible to zoom and scroll over an
image with the use of the touchpad, voice commands and
even head rotation.
Partners
Refer to our webpage https://iristick.com/partners/ to get
to know our partners and the software solutions they have
built for Iristick. You can contact them directly or send us
anemail at either [e-mail] or [e-mail]
ifyou would like us to bring you into contact with the right
software partner for the best-fitting solution.
If you happen to be a developer and you would like to join
our partner program to get your software running on
Iristick, please visit https://iristick.com/developers/ or send
us anemail at [email protected] in order to get in touch with
us.Our sales team is happy to help.
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Please refer to Navigating > Voice commands (p. 28) or
https://support.iristick.com/ for a list of these and all other
available voice commands.
Depending on the default settings on which app Android
should open to show images.
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Charging & status
Pocket unit status
Check the battery status of your Iristick. Z1 before use by
shaking the pocket unit gently back and forth. The LED
indicator at the front of the pocket unit will indicate the level
of charge andthe connection status:
Swappable plugs
The AC/DC adapter comes with 4 interchangeable plugs for
the following regions:
To apply one of the plugs, slide the plug down from the top
onto the adapter until you hear a “click” sound.
To change the plug, pull the plug towards the top while
pushing the “push” button.
Green = charged.
Yellow = battery is running low.
Red = depleted. Please charge the pocket unit.
Dark blue = connected to a mobile phone.
Bright blue = connected to both headset and
mobilephone.
Blinking (any color above) = charging (with color
status).
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