Instructions for use
Setting up your Color Alerts app is simple and easy. Just in case you're having issues, here are some helpful hints and instructions.
Capturing & saving colors
Getting a color into your library, from the camera or by hand.
To capture a color you wish to be alerted for you will only need to point the camera in the desired direction and press the circle crosshair icon at the bottom center of the screen. After the color has been captured you will automatically be directed to name the color and assign its alert sound.
Yes. If you wish to pick the color to be alerted for manually, simply press the colored icon in the top left corner of the screen. Then press the red plus sign (+), afterwards you will be directed to pick the color from the wheel, then name the color and assign the alert as you would have as if you used the capture feature.
After the first color is saved, the same colored icon in the left corner of the screen used to pick the color manually is also a shortcut to access your saved colors. After pressing the colored icon to the left of the screen you will see a list of saved colors (if you have any). To the right of your saved color(s) you will see a box with a checkmark activated or deactivated. Using this feature you are able to be alerted by multiple colors or one color at a time.
Accuracy & speed
Tuning the match so the alert fires when it should.
Located at the top right side of the screen there is a round icon with three dots. Press to access the settings menu.
The default fps (frames per second) is set to 5. Pressing the + will increase your fps and correct the issue, the current max is 12.
First, you need to capture a good color. Directly above the screen capture icon in the center of the screen there is a zoom feature, and along the right side of the screen is a sliding icon that will expand and contract the detection area. We highly suggest that you keep the detection area as small as possible, because the smaller the area the more accurate the reading. Using these two features are key to having a successful alert.
In addition to those features, you are also able to control the matching threshold by adjusting it in the settings menu located at the top right of the screen (85%-95%).
Camera & view
Switching cameras and magnifying what is being detected.
Absolutely. If you wish to switch cameras on your phone simply press the camera icon to the lower left corner of the screen. From here you can toggle back and forth between cameras.
Yes. The icon to the lower right side of the screen will allow you to toggle on and off the magnification feature. When on you will see an additional video screen directly above the capture icon.
In the field
Real setups, like watching a loading dock light from the cab.
For best results we suggest a small suction cup mount, which will be applied to the driver's side window to hold the phone stable. After the phone is mounted we have found that bouncing the image off the mirror to view the dock light works best.
When you pull into the dock the green light will be on. Capture the color and set the alert as you normally would. Color Alerts will alert you when the light turns green.