Tanita Wi-Fi Network Adapter 2 User manual

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TanitaWi‐FiNetworkAdapter2Manual
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Thereare2LED’sontopoftheWiFiNetworkAdaptertoindicateitscurrentstatus.
1. ANTLED–willalwaysbeoniftheWiFiNetworkadapterhaspower
a. Green–WiFiNetworkadapterhasdetectedanANT+equippedscale(orscale
usingtheTanitaWA‐232RadioWirelessadapter)withinrange
b. Orange–thereisnoANT+equippedscalewithinrangeoftheWiFiNetwork
adapter
2. WiFiLED–IndicatesthestatusoftheWiFinetworkconnection
a. Green–WiFiNetworkAdapterisconnectedtotheAccessPoint/Routerandthe
internet
b. RedFlashing–WiFiNetworkAdapterislookingforaconnectiontoaPC(viaUSB)
for5secondsafteritispluggedin.IfaPCisfounditwillremaininUSBmode
untilunpluggedordirectedbythePCsoftwaretoconnecttoanAccessPoint
c. GreenFlashing–WiFiNetworkAdapterislookingforanAccessPoint/Router
withitsWPSPushButtonactive.WhentheWiFiNetworkAdapterisfirst
pluggedin,itwilllookforanavailableAccessPointforapproximately1½
minutes,afterithasdetermineditisnotconnectedtoaPC(viaUSB) 
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ConnectingtoaWiFiNetwork
Thereare2methodsthatcanbeusedtoconfiguretheWiFiNetworkAdaptertoconnectto
yourWiFinetwork
1. WPS(WiFiProtectedSetup)‐PlugtheWiFiNetworkAdapterintoaUSBwalloutletand
waituntiltheWiFiLEDisflashinggreen,thenactivatetheWPSpushbuttononyour
router
2. PCSoftware–installV2.4.0orlaterHealthyEdgewifi,HealthyEdgePlusorTanita
HealthWare,installtheTanitaWiFiAdapterdrivers,selectascalewithWiFiAdapterin
theOptionswindow,press“Connect”,followtheinstructionsandselect“ProgramWiFi
Adapterwithnewwirelessnetworksetup”inthe“WiFiAdapterSetup”screen.
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Use
TheWiFiAdaptercanbeusedwiththeHealthyEdgeLite,HealthyEdgePlus,orHealthWare
softwareprograms,aTanitaHealthyEdgeMobileiPhoneappormostdeviceswithaweb
browserthatareconnectedtoyourWiFinetwork.
1. PCSoftware–FollowthestepsintheConnectingToWiFiNetworksectiontouseyour
adapterwithoneofthesupportedPCprograms.IfyouradapterwassetupusingWPS
orconfiguredonadifferentcomputer,select“UseaWiFiAdapterthathasalreadybeen
configuredmanuallyorviaWPS”inthe“WiFiAdapterSetup”screenandenterthe
domainname.Notethedefaultdomainnameis“tanita_wifi_adapter.local”.Oncethe

softwareisconfiguredyoucangetanewmeasurementusingthe“NewMeasurement”
buttononthemainscreen.
2. iPhoneApp–ThecurrentversionoftheiPhoneappdoesnotsupportenteringadomain
namefortheWiFiAdaptersoyouwillneedtodetermineitsIPaddress.Iftheadapter
wassetupusingWPS,goto“tanita_wifi_adapter.local”usingthewebbrowseronyour
iPhonewhileitisconnectedtotheWiFinetwork.Selectthe“i”intheupperrightcorner
oftheWiFiAdaptershomepagetofindtheIPaddressoftheadapter.Enterthatvalue
intheiPhoneappsettingsforthescale.IftheadapterwassetupusingthePCsoftware
youcanfindoutitsIPaddressbygoingtotheWiFiAdaptertabintheOptionswindow.
3. WebBrowser–Enterthedefaultdomainname,“tanita_wifi_adapter.local”,orthe
domainnameusedwhenconfiguringtheadapterusingthePCintothewebbrowserof
adeviceconnectedtothesameWiFinetworkastheadapter.Enteryourinformationin
theProfilescreenandthenselect“GetMeasurement”tousethescale.Notethattouse
abrowseronaPCyouwillneedtoinstalltheTanitaWiFiAdapterdrivers.Noadditional
softwareisrequiredonanAppleproduct.
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UsingMultipleWiFiAdaptersOnTheSameNetwork
Therecanonlybeonedeviceonanetworkwithagivendomainname.BecauseeachWiFi
Adapterdefaultstothesamedomainname,“tanita_wifi_adapter.local”,itwillbenecessaryto
changethedomainnameifyouwillbeusingmorethanoneWiFiAdapteronthesame
network.Thereareseveralwaysthatthiscanbedone.YoumusthaveoneofthesupportedPC
programsinstalledalongwiththeTanitaWiFiAdapterdrivers.
Thefirstopportunitytochangethedomainnameiswhenyouaresettinguptheadapter.Ifyou
select“ProgramWiFiAdapterwithnewwirelessnetworksetup”inthe“WiFiAdapterSetup”
screenyouwillhavetheoptionofchangingthedomainnamewhileyouareprogramminga
newnetworksetup.
YoucanalsochangethedomainnameaftertheWiFiAdapterhasconnectedtothePC.Goto
the“WiFiAdapter”tabintheOptionswindowandclick“Rename”.Youwillthenbegiventhe
optionofchangingthedomainnamefortheadapter.NotethePCandadaptermustbe
connectedtothesamenetwork.
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