Porteqbot- FAQ

Common FAQ

What is Porteqbot? How it works?

Porteqbot converts non-smart portable equipment to a smart portable equipment by adding innovative components and controling via user device. Porteqbot contains a "smart recoil starter (or adapter)" interface, robot, power management interfaces, and artificial intelligence algorithms that enable it to perform basic human house keeping commands such as "turn on/off the generator", "mow the lawn", "power wash the floor", etc, based on its accompanying device. All it takes is three steps. 1. Replace the recoil starter with porteqbot smart recoil starter. 2. Download app and add device. 3. Start controlling and enjoying porteqbot. Porteqbot also communicate with power management switch boxes to assist with providing uniterrupted power. Click here for more information

How the Porteqbot is made?

Porteqbot smart recoil starter is made of plastic, aluminium and steel. It contain both custom components and high quality third party components. Our custom components has gone through R&D processes that quaranteed relability and high level of fault tolerance.

Is porteqbot autonomous?

Porteqbot carrier/robot can easily mount on existing equipment and can carry them around for autonomous tasks. It consists of two rear motor wheels and two free wheels with mounting brackets to hold it in place.

Can I control the Porteqbot switch with my smartphone?

Yes, you can control the Porteqbot with your smartphone and any other device that runs on Android, iOS and Windows operating system.

Can i use Porteqbot even if i don't have internet?

Yes. You can always use the remote control, WiFi access point or other communication modules such as BLE and GSM

What can control Porteqbot?

Porteqbot can control itself and power management boxes.

What’s in Porteqbot’s retrofits kit?

There are total of six(6) components in Porteqbot to have full capabilities. Only one(smart coil starter) is required to start using Porteqbot.

Technical FAQ

How to use Porteqbot on a generator?

Ensure your coil starter seat is 200mm wide (most equipments are), replace pull coil starter with the Porteqbot smart coil starter
Turn off your gas tap, remove the gasoline pipe, connect to the Porteqbot flow sensor out-flow, connect the flow sensor in-flow to your gap tap.
Mount the choke handler to the bracket toward the choke, connect the finger to it, connect the cable to the Smart coil starter/replace choke with e-choke
Connect the smart coil starter to the phone APP and start powering on and off your generator

How to use the Porteqbot on Snow Removal?

Ensure your coil starter seat is 200mm wide (most equipments are), replace pull coil starter with the Porteqbot smart coil starter
Install the accelerator on the handle bracket.
Connect the smart coil starter to the phone APP and start powering on/off your snow removal device
For autonomous operations, mount the snow removal device onto our carrier/robot and activate autonomous tasks through our phone app

How to use Porteqbot on a Lawn Mower?

Ensure your coil starter seat is 200mm wide (most equipments are), replace pull coil starter with the Porteqbot smart coil starter
Connect the accelerator cable to the Porteqbot smart coil starter.
Connect the smart coil starter to the phone APP and start powering on/off your lawn mower
For autonomous operations, mount the lawn mower onto our carrier/robot and activate autonomous tasks through our phone app

How to use Porteqbot on Water Pressure Washer?

Ensure your coil starter seat is 200mm wide (most equipments are), replace pull coil starter with the Porteqbot smart coil starter
Mount the choke handler to the bracket toward the choke, connect the finger to it, connect the cable to Smart coil starter/replace choke with e-choke.
Connect the smart coil starter to the phone APP and start powering on/off your power washer
For autonomous operations, mount the Pressure washer onto our carrier/robot and activate autonomous tasks through our phone app

How to use Porteqbot on Leaf Blower?

Ensure your coil starter seat is 200mm wide (most equipments are), replace pull coil starter with the Porteqbot smart coil starter
Mount the choke handler to the bracket toward the choke, connect the finger to it, connect the cable to Smart coil starter/replace choke with e-choke.
Connect the smart coil starter to the phone APP and start powering on/off your leaf blower
For autonomous operations, mount the leaf blower onto our carrier/robot and activate autonomous tasks through our phone app

How to use Porteqbot as an Electric Lawn Mower?

Mount our “smart coil starter” on the Porteqbot Lawn Mower Body
Connect the smart coil starter to the phone APP/use remote control and start powering on/ off your lawn mower.
For autonomous operations, mount the Mower inside our carrier/robot and activate autonomous tasks through our phone app

How to use Porteqbot as an Electric Snow Blower?

Mount the Porteqbot smart coil starter on the Porteqbot Snow Blower Body.
Connect the smart coil starter to the phone APP/use remote control and start powering on/ off your lawn mower.
For autonomous operations, mount the Mower onto our carrier/robot and activate autonomous tasks through our phone app

How to use Porteqbot power management?

After mounting Porteqbot to equipment, add porteqbot TS1 or PS1 to the same group of smart coil starter on app.
If using third party automatic transfer use, wire connection will be required from porteqbot to the switch.
Ping to ensure connection is successful.
Start getting power failure notification and controlling TS1 and or PS1 via app

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