You can refer to the section 7 of the Orbit Teacher Remote – Parents Guide v1.0 or section 8 of the Orbit Teacher Remote – Teacher User Guide v1.0 for download and install instructions. The steps are captured below for your quick reference and convinience.

Download the application

You can download the application from our website at http://www.orbitresearch.com/support/orbit-teacher-remote-support/. You can either download directly to your Android device, or you can first download the file to your computer and then transfer it to your Android device.

Copy the application to the Android device from a PC

If you have downloaded the Orbit Teacher Remote APK file directly to your Android device, you may skip this section.

Transfer APK file from a Windows PC to Android Phone

  1. Save Orbit Teacher vX.X.X package from the mail/server to your windows PC.
  2. Connect the Android device with the Windows PC via a USB cable.
  3. As you connect the Android device with the PC, enable the “Connect as Media device (MTP)” that appears in the notification bar.
  4. Copy the Android application “Orbit Teacher_X.X.X.apk” from the folder named “Orbit Teacher – Android Application vX.X.X” within the Orbit Teacher vX.X.X package saved on your Windows PC and paste it into the internal storage of your Android device.

Transfer APK file from a Mac to Android Phone

  1. Save Orbit Teacher vX.X.X package from the mail/server to your Mac.
  2. Download and install“Android File Transfer” to your computer.
  3. Unlock your Android device and connect it with the Mac via a USB cable.
  4. As you connect the Android device with the Mac, enable the “Connect as Media device (MTP)” that appears in the notification bar.
  5. Once you connect the Android device with the Mac “Android File Transfer” will open automatically.
  6. Drag the Android application “Orbit Teacher_vX.X.X.apk” from the folder named “Orbit Teacher – Android Application vX.X.X” within the Orbit Teacher vX.X.X package saved on your Mac and drop it in the internal storage of the Android device.

Install

Open the File Manager application on your Android device and navigate to the location where you had copied the Orbit Teacher_vX.X.X.apk and tap on the “Orbit Teacher_vX.X.X.apk” file to install the app.

Note: If there is no File Manager installed in your Fire Tablet/Android phone, then install the “ES File Explorer” File Manager from the Default App store. Amazon App store is the default App Store for the Fire Tablet and Google Play store is the default App store for android phones.

By default, Android prevents users from installing applications from sources other than the Google Play store. To allow installation from non-marketplace sources, you need to enable the “Unknown Sources” setting on the device before attempting to install the application. The actual location of this setting may vary between different phone models but usually, it is found at “Settings/Security and Privacy”.

Permissions

While installing the Orbit Teacher, the Android system will ask you to grant permission to the application to access various capabilities.  Orbit Teacher needs the following permissions to run:

  1. Access Bluetooth Settings: This permission is required so that if the Bluetooth is turned off at the time of using the Orbit Teacher, it can request the user to turn Bluetooth back on.
  2. Approximate Location: This permission is required because Android relies upon location services to retrieve the identity of the nearby Bluetooth devices. It is only required while pairing. The location can be turned off once the app is paired with OR-20.
  3. Storage: The application needs permission to let it read a text/BRF file from the storage. The application will not modify or delete any storage contents.

Note: On denying any of the above permissions, the application will not work properly.