Carefree Connects (BT12‪)‬ 4+

For 12V Carefree Awnings

Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company

Designed for iPad

    • 1.4 • 45 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

Overview:
The Carefree Connects mobile app gives you complete wireless control of your 12V Carefree awning using Carefree’s new Wireless Awning Control System

With the new Carefree Connects Wireless Awning Control System from Carefree of Colorado, you are now able to fully control your awning via the Carefree Mobile app on your favorite smart device. No longer do you have to get up from your comfy chair to open and close the awning or to adjust the brightness of the LED lighting. You can even control the sensitivity of your awning’s Motion Sensor for maximum protection during periods of inclement weather.

Pairing with the Carefree Connects BT12 Wireless Awing Control Module:
Pairing the Carefree Mobile app with your hardware is very simple. Once the Control Module and Motion Sensor (if you choose this option) are installed on your awning you can now pair your smart device. Simply use the awning power switch and the extend/retract button to initiate the pairing mode and your device will detect your awning for pairing.

Extension, Retraction, Stopping & Bumping:
The Carefree Connects Mobile app allows you to quickly and easily extend, retract and stop your awning in real-time. There are also buttons to slightly adjust the awning in or out to orient the awning perfectly for accessories such as LED lighting, SunBlockers or Rooms. No longer do you have to climb back into your RV to control your awning. You can do it from anywhere around your RV using your smart phone or tablet!

Controlling Your LED Lighting:
The Carefree Connects Mobile app allows you full control of your solid colored LED lighting (does not work with RGB LED lighting). In real-time you are able to turn on, turn off and adjust the brightness of your awning’s LEDs directly from your smart device.

Motion Sensor Sensitivity Adjustments:
A key feature of the Carefree Connects Wireless Awning Control System is the optional BT Motion Sensor. This sensor is used to detect motion from wind or inclement weather and upon detection of sustained motion the sensor will trigger the awning to retract immediately. The app will offer a warning to you that the awning motion sensor was triggered and that your awning retracted to protect it from these conditions.

In the settings section of the Carefree Connects Mobile app, you will see a slider that allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the motion sensor. Range is 1 - 5 with 1 being the least sensitive (would require more sustained motion to close) and 5 being the most sensitive (would require less sustained motion to close). This allows you to better optimize the motion sensor for each campsite you visit along with the daily conditions so the awning will for sure close when it needs to and will remain open during periods of lighter wind or rain where it can still remain open safely.

Advanced Settings:
When the BT Motion sensor is enabled and active the app will detect the motion sensor and display the connected module’s details in a table in the settings of the Carefree Connects Mobile app. If for any reason your sensor is lost or the battery is dead, the app will send a notification that the motion sensor is not found or connected.

The settings tab will also show you if the ignition lock is enabled/disabled and what version of the app and firmware are installed.

What’s New

Version 2.4.5

Awning controls bug fixes.

Ratings and Reviews

1.4 out of 5
45 Ratings

45 Ratings

Japes1983 ,

Zero stars if I could.

After months of no connection the app update now lets it connect! However, on ios14 with iphone 11 I can no longer close the app(by swiping up) without it causing the awning to retract. After a while, something causes the app to think I’ve turn off the light. The only workaround is to completely crash close the app to stop it randomly doing stuff. No longer trust it.

Update 1 year later.
Never and support from Carefree. No help at all. The app is still rubbish with the fine adjustments available sometimes and not others.
Wouldn’t recommend carefree products on the basis of this lack of product support.

Jdmagoo ,

App need further updates

The awning and Bluetooth concept is excellent, however the app needs updates especially for iPhones. There’s a couple of bugs that need addressing as soon as possible:

1/ iPhones with no home button (iPhone 13 and 14pros ect) - when you swipe up from the bottom of the screen to either close the carefree app or open another app, where you press to swipe up will activate that function. For example every time I swipe from the bottom and towards the left, the awning will retract, if I swipe from the bottom towards the right the awning will extend. This second point leads onto the next bug:

2/ even if the awning is fully extended, if you hit the extend button (either purposely or when closing the app) the awning will continue to extend beyond its lockout, the motor will only stop because it doesn’t have enough torque to rip the awning off the wall. This is a big bug and needs to be fixed ASAP. It happens with multiple awnings and controllers so it’s a bug not a malfunction of the unit.

The above really needs to be fixed via an app update and when it does the whole thing will get 5 stars!!

thingsofrandomness ,

Current iteration of app is a joke

Running on iOS 14 on an iPhone XS.
App just doesn’t connect to awning at all (previously worked fine). Can’t even click on buttons at the top of the screen because the disappear off the top of the screen and sit underneath the iOS clock and signal/battery UI elements of iOS. Did the developers even try testing this before they released it?
Here’s the rub... tried logging an issue on carefree’s website but their contact form doesn’t even work on safari iOS.
This company clearly doesn’t care about the quality of what they put out.

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