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TS File #4

Environmental Control System:

Client: Female, early thirties. High level quadriplegic. Has part time attendant care.

Devices to be operated: Telephone, Air Conditioner,Radio, Television, VCR and lights.

The GEWA PROG
The PROG was chosen as the simplest and most effective way of accessing these devices

The small hand-held transmitter can be accessed directly via the 18 buttons on the front panel but in this case the user accessed the PROG via the single switch scanning mode. A LEAF Switch was mounted on her wheel chair head rest and used as a head switch. When confined to a bed or armchair, she used a Jelly Bean switch to access the PROG.

The PROG could control the The radio, television and VCR directly. The remote controls for these devices were used to 'train' the PROG.

By installing a TSPhone and TSPhone Controller the PROG could be used to give very elaborate control of the telephone, including answering incoming calls, dialing out from the 20 stored memories or entering and dialing any phone number one digit at a time.

The air conditioner was an older model that plugged into a power point and it had no remote control. This and the lights were controlled via
X-10 Modules. X-10 Modules are like remote control power points and can be used to control various mains powered appliances. Any appliance that can be turned off and on at the power point