Sharing HYDROS Devices/Collective Access

Sharing access with another HYDROS account is easy. This feature is particularly useful for “Service Accounts,” who can manage your system and receive notifications from your HYDROS.

You can share access to individual HYDROS devices or entire collectives. When you share access, you can select between:

• Read Only – The guest can see your devices but cannot change anything.
• Override Only – The guest can see your devices and manually override outputs but cannot make permanent configuration changes.
• Full Access – The guest can change your HYDROS devices or collective. They have complete control.

To share access:

• Select the device or collective you wish to share and ensure you can access the Status screen.
• Go to the upper right-hand corner menu and select “Manage Sharing.”
• Tap on the + symbol on the bottom right to grant a share.
• Type in a VALID HYDROS email account.
• Confirm which device/collective you wish to share.
• Specify the “type” of share as described above.
• Tap on “Start Sharing”

To accept a share:

• Start the HYDROS app and tap on the upper left-hand corner menu button.
• You will also see the newly shared device when you see your list of devices. At this time, it will be gray. 
• Tap on the shared device and then accept the share by tapping on the green checkmark to the right of the name.

Once you accept the share, the new HYDROS device or collective will be listed along with your own devices. To access the device, tap on the shared device the same way you access your device.

Nickname:

As a guest user, you can give the device/collective a “nickname,” so organizing your device list is effortless.

• Start the HYDROS app.
• Tap on the upper right-hand corner and select “Manage Sharing.”
• Type the nickname you wish to give the device/collective and tap OK.
• Make your way back to the device list to see the change.

The “nickname” is only viewable by the guest user. It is not available or displayed to the device owner.

Notifications (Owner/Guest)

The HYDROS app allows the owner and guest to define each notification level trigger per device or collective independently. For example, an owner can define “Yellow” as emails only, while a guest can define “Yellow” as push notifications for the same device or collective. For example, as a guest, you could define “Yellow” as email + Push, but Yellow could send no notifications as an owner. This example would be handy for “Service Accounts” that want to receive messages but do not want the owner to be bothered simultaneously.

To Define “Guest” Notification Levels:

• Tap on the upper right-hand corner and select “Manage Sharing.”
• Go to the device’s notifications you wish to adjust and tap on the pencil icon to the right of the name.
• Here, you can define what actions to take as a yellow or orange-level notification.

To change the notification level on an input/output, proceed to the output itself and select the level of notification you want. Changing this level DOES override the owner’s notification level, as we specified prior. As a guest, your notifications’ “definition” is separate from the owner’s, but the input/output notification “choice” is the same.

To Define “Owner” Notification Levels:

• Tap on the three horizontal bars in the upper left-hand corner of the Status Screen.
• Select Options
• Scroll down to Notification Preferences.
• Select your notification level. The factory defaults are:
  • YELLOW – Email Only
  • ORANGE – Email + Push Notification
  • RED – Email + Push Notification + Audible Alarm
• Set your Notification Frequency (how often you will get a notification that an alarm is ON)

Pages

A guest can create “Pages” separate from the owner’s layout. As a guest, when you first access the shared device, it will have no defined pages. 

Terminating a Share

Both the owner and the guest can terminate a share. 

• Start the HYDROS app.
• Tap on the upper right-hand corner and select “Manage Sharing.”
• Find the share you wish to terminate and tap on the trash can to the right of the name.