How does the Van Raam e-bike app work?
Van Raam bicycles with pedal assistance are smart e-bikes. These can be connected to the Van Raam e-bike app. In this article, we'll tell you more about some of the features of this app and how it works.
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The Van Raam bike/e-bike app is a free app for the smartphone. Learn in this article how you can connect an electric Van Raam bicycle to the e-bike app, as a Van Raam bicycle owner and also as a dealer, this can be relevant for service related support tasks.
What can you do to the Van Raam e-bike app?
Change support modes
View information about the bike
View how many kilometers you've cycled
Check the battery capacity
Connecting Van Raam bike to app
Read here step by step how you can connect a van Raam bicycle to the Van Raam e-bike app.
Step 1:
Download the app from the Apple or Google Play Store.
Step 2:
To connect your bike to the app, you must first register. Open the Van Raam e-bike app on your smartphone, and you can register with your email address and a password of your choice.
The password must meet a number of requirements,it must be;
at least 8 characters long
contain a capital letter
contain a number
contain a special character (such as an exclamation mark)
Step 3:
An email will be sent to the provided email address. Open this email and confirm the registration. You can now log in with your email address and a password of your choice.
Step 4:
After logging into the app for the first time, you must follow a few standard steps to get started quickly. Click on "Get started!". Read the notification about the new app. Then click on "Complete". Read the notification about exporting routes. You can also export the routes later via the Settings menu. For now, you can skip this step. Click "Skip".
Step 5:
If you have already connected a bike, you will see it now. You can continue or add a new bike. Click "Add new bike". Please note that the bike must be nearby (max. 20 meters) and that the electric motor must be switched on. You will then be connected to the bike and can start cycling.
The app shows the bikes that have been found. Choose the bike with your bike’s frame number. Read more about the frame number and where to find it on your bike in the article: 'The frame number on the special needs bikes from Van Raam'.
Once the bike is connected, this will be confirmed. If the connection fails, you will receive a notification. This notification will indicate the issue, for example: 'Bluetooth is turned off', or 'No bikes found'.
Manually connect with frame number
An alternative way to connect the app to the bike is by using the frame number. Click on the "Enter frame number" button. Enter the frame number and confirm by clicking "Add bike". If the bike can be linked to your account, this will be confirmed.
Which Van Raam bike can I connect to the app?
All Van Raam bikes with pedal support (e-bikes) delivered as of 2019 (with (silent) smart display) can be used with the app. Older bikes can be upgraded at Van Raam so that the app can also be used. Please contact Van Raam for this.
More about Van Raam service topics
As a dealer, it is important to provide good service and to be able to adjust the bike to the customer's individual needs in the best possible way. See below for more service topics for Van Raam dealers.
Change support modes in the dealer tool
From time to time it happens that customers need different pedal support settings, depending on their disability and needs. Do you want to customize support modes in the dealer tool? To change and duplicate support modes, your bike must be connected to the Van Raam software. Learn how to duplicate and customize bicycle modes in the article: "Adapting and duplicating support modes as a Van Raam dealer".
Connect and read out the dealer tool in 7 steps
As a Van Raam dealer it is important to be able to read and connect a bicycle well. This is important to know in order to provide customers with a good service. As a customer it is interesting to know that this is possible. Would you like to know how a Van Raam dealer can connect and read out a Van Raam bike to the Van Raam dealer tool? Find out in the article: "In 7 steps connect and read out Van Raam dealer tool".
Van Raam bicycle instal and test new components
When a new motor or controller is added to a Van Raam bicycle it must first be installed and tested. As the service of a dealer is very important to ensure the mobility of the customer, Van Raam gives in this article a detailed instruction how to do this exactly and thus provide the best performance of the system for the customer. So in this article and accompanying video you will learn how you, as a dealer, can read and test new components.
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