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Manual Control

Manual Control is home base once a receiver is connected: receiver status up top, the Slide to Advance control at the bottom.

Manual Control screen on iPhone showing the connected receiver and the Slide to Advance control
Receiver status above, Slide to Advance below (iPhone).
Manual Control screen on Android showing the connected receiver and the Slide to Advance control
The same screen on Android.

The Status Card​

The card shows the connected receiver's name, connection state, battery level, and Bluetooth signal strength (Strong, Fair, or Weak). If something needs your attention — battery running low, weak signal, connection dropped — the app surfaces a card telling you exactly that, and can also send a phone notification (see Settings and Notifications).

Advance Signals​

Drag Slide to Advance all the way to the right and release. The slide gesture is deliberate — an advance can't fire from a pocket tap.

The app confirms every command with an overlay and a haptic:

  • Advance Confirmed — the receiver acknowledged and fired the command.
  • Advance Failed — the receiver didn't respond. Move closer and try again.

Below the slider, the app keeps a running Last advance 30s ago timer — a quick sanity check on your cycle timing, and it feeds Auto Advance if you use it.

If the receiver isn't connected, the slider is disabled until the link is back.

tip

Remember: a confirmed advance means the receiver successfully sent the command to the traffic cabinet. The traffic controller may still hold the lights for a pedestrian countdown or clearance interval before anything visibly changes — see How Signal Timing Works.

Screen and Reconnection Behavior​

  • Your phone won't auto-lock while the Control screen is up (that's the Keep Screen On setting, on by default).
  • If you wander out of range, the app shows Reconnecting and restores the link automatically as you come back — no need to re-pair.