8.3 Bluetooth
connectivity
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Bluetooth
is a wireless technology for exchanging data over short
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distances. This is used to connect your Swing Maxi
pump to the Medela Family
smartphone app. By connecting your breast
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pump to the Medela Family
app you can automatically transfer your
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pumping data (session length, phases & levels) and manually input the
amount of milk expressed. To benefit from the features of the app you
need to create an account in the Medela Family
Installing the Medela Family
1. Download and install the Medela Family
The app is available free of charge for Apple
operating systems.
2. When starting the Medela Family
asked to give the app permission to connect to Bluetooth
Please give the app permission to allow the app to connect to your
Medela pump.
-->Android™ phones only: You will also be asked to give the app
permission to use your location. We don't track the position of your
phone, but this is a requirement of the Android
connect to Bluetooth
devices.
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-->If you denied the permissions and now you can't connect to the pump:
1. Open the Settings app of your smartphone, then (depending on
your smartphone brand, you might need to select a submenu called
"Apps") and scroll down and find Medela Family
2. There, make sure Bluetooth
Android
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: also authorise location permission.
3. Open the Medela Family
app on your mobile device and register by
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means of the app.
Connecting (pairing) your Swing Maxi
breast pump
1. Make sure that Bluetooth
is enabled on your mobile device.
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2. In Medela Family
, click on "More", navigate to "Pump settings" and
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follow the set-up and pairing instructions on the screen, which include
the following steps:
3. Press and hold the Let-down button
pairing procedure.
Æ The status light is pulsing in blue colour to show that the breast
Hands-free breast
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app.
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app
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app to your mobile device.
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iOS and Android
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app for the first time you are
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devices.
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operating system to
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permission is authorised. On
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Hands-free
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for two seconds to start the
pump is ready for pairing with your Bluetooth
4. Successful pairing will be indicated with the blue light being on
steadily for two seconds.
5. After initial setup, the status light will turn off.
6. When reconnecting to Medela Family
blue colour for two seconds.
Saving your pumping session into the app
After you finished a session press the On/Pause/Off button of the breast
pump for 2 seconds to transmit the data to the Medela Family
to switch off the breast pump.
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Removing your Swing Maxi
pump from your smartphone
1. Inside the Medela Family
settings".
2. Tap on the pump you want to remove and then tap on "Remove this
pump" button.
Information
• The Swing Maxi
Hands-free breast pump has the ability to store your
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last 30 pump sessions in its memory. If the pump is not connected prior
to session 31 your history will be overwritten with new session data.
• When connected to the pump, your Medela Family
an infinite number of historical sessions.
• Swing Maxi
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Hands-free uses Bluetooth
airline rules for the use of portable electronic devices when flying.
• Removing the Swing Maxi
device will not delete pumping information stored in the Medela
Family
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app.
• If you reconnect your breast pump and mobile device the last 30
records stored within your pump will be transferred.
To learn more, please visit www.medela.com/app.
Trademark recognition: The Bluetooth
trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such marks by Medela
AG is under license. Apple is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and
other countries. Android is a trademark of Google LLC.
device.
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, the status light changes to
Hands-free breast
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app go to "More" and then to "Pump
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account will log
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technology. Please follow
Hands-free breast pump from your mobile
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word mark and logos are registered
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app and
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