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- The measured temperature: This This is the current temperature in the zone, and is displayed in any room where the devices in the zone feed the temperature back to the app (such as zones with a Room Sensor or Thermostat).
- The set temperature: The The temperature the zone is currently controlling to.
- The pre-heat symbol will be lit up when the zone is heating due to the pre-heat settings. For more information on pre-heat, please see the later chapterthe 'Setup pages' chapter.
- The occupancy symbol shows when occupancy is detected in a zone. For more information on what the occupancy symbol means, see the zone details chapterFootprint Mode, see the 'Footprint Mode' chapter.
- In On/Off rooms, only the current state of the devices in that room is displayed.
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To carry out an action that which affects a number of zones you can use the quick actions which are located at the bottom of the screen. These actions do not affect On/Off zonetype zones, to affect these zones go to the respective zone and change the mode to Override or Off.
- The Override action : This allows you to override multiple rooms to the same temperature and to the same time, in one action. To override zones from the My House page:
- Select which zones you would like to override, then click Next. You can choose just one zone or multiple zones. To select all of the zones, click on the link at the top of the list.
- Select the temperature to you wish to set in the selected zones, and click Next. This temperature can be higher or lower than the schedules temperature in the zone, so you can use this feature to turn the heating off early if you are leaving the house earlier than usual.
- Choose the how long the override is to affect the selected zones, and click Finish. This can be set from just 5 minutes to 24 hours, and so can be used so give the room a boost on those colder days or turn the heating off if you are going out for the day.
- The Restore: This action cancels either the Override or the Off action which is set in the zones and reverts the selected zones back to their previous mode. This means that if you turn your heating to 'Off' over the Summer, you can just click 'Restore' to put your heating back on for the Winter.
- The Off: This action turns all of your heating zones to Off mode.
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- your heating zones (not On/Off type zones - such as Hot Water / Lamps / etc) to Off mode. Zones in this mode will not be affected by a manual override of the My House thermostat. If a zone is overridden from a device in the zone or from the app then after the override expires the zone will return to the mode it was in before (e.g. Timer, Sense or Footprint) and not return to off. Turning a zone off here can be thought of as 'off until' another action in the zone.
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Next to the home icon in the header bar, is an icon to show the current connection status.
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- Everything is communicating as normal.
- This is what should be shown the majority of the time you are using the app.
- G icon with Amber spinner
- The app is currently attempting to sync the latest data.
- This is likely to be shown when the app is first launched, or clicked on after being minimised. The app will be refreshing the connection and data shown on the screen.
- To save data, many of the setup pages do not collect data on a regular interval, but instead only do it when a setting has been changed. If you are on a setup page for a long period of time, the icon may turn amber until the page is navigated away from.
- This may also be shown if you have poor signal and the data on the app may be out of date until the app re-establishes connection.
- G icon with Red cross
- The connection has dropped and changes on the app will not affect your heating until the connection is established.
- This is likely to occur when either your Hub or Device does not have a working internet connection. Check that the device you using to view the app has a working internet connection. If so, you may need to power-cycle the Genius Hub.
- If you are using the local/IP connection from an Android/iOS device, the Hub can no longer be found on the expected IP address for the network.
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On a tablet or computer all of the zones are displayed as a list on the left hand side of the screen. These give you a quick way to navigate between your zones and they also show a quick summary similar to the tiles:
- The left hand Heating indicator: shows whether the zone is requesting heat.
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- is blue, the zone is up to temperature and not calling for heat.
- If the indicator is orange, the zone is trying to heat up and so calling for heat (or on if it is an On/Off room).
- The mode Mode icon: shows the current heating mode for the zone.
- For Measured temperature: for zones with a measured temperature, the current temperature of the zone is displayed on the zone list.
- The prePre-heat symbol: this will be lit up when the zone is heating due to the pre-heat settings. For more information on pre-heat, please see the later the Setup page chapter.
- The occupancy Occupancy symbol: shows when occupancy is detected in a zone. For more information on what the various states of the symbol are, see the The zone pages.
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From the My House or any of the zone pages you can access the main menu found as button at the top right of the app.
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From the menu you can access the following options:
- Your username: For For more information, see the chapter 'Making the system your own'.
- Settings: View information and settings about devices on your system
- Manual: Access Access this manual from within the app.
- Feedback: For For more information, see the chapter 'Troubleshooting and issues'.
- About: Contains Contains technical information about the platform the device is being ran on and the version of the app you are using.
- Weather: Shows Shows the current weather data for the registered post code. This is the same weather data that is used by the app for some features and updates every few hours.
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If there is an error or notification on the system, such as a device has a low battery a new tile will appear at the top of the My House page to inform you of this.
There are 3 levels of notification in the System Tile:
- Error: these are for when part of the system is no longer working, such as a device has lost communication due to a dead battery.
- Warning; These are lower priority messages, such as warnings that a battery is low and will run out soon.
- Information: These are notifications, such as for new software updates for your Genius Hub.
To resolve the issue:
- Click on the Issues Systems tile and it will list any outstanding issues for your system.
- Click on the error or warning and you will be taken to the Wizard which will the
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On the right hand side of the 'Zones' title bar is the My House sub-menu. Many pages have their own sub-menu and these provide options to customise how information is displayed on the page or access other pages related to the one you are currently viewing.
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- My House Style
- Create New Zone
- My House Setup
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This option select how your zones are displayed on the My House page between tiles (as seen above) and Timerbars.
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When Timerbars have been selected, any overrides are displayed as an overlay on top of the schedule of the mode the app will return to once the override expires. The previous schedule is washed out to make viewing the override more noticeable.
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To expand your system to control more devices, you'll start by creating a new zone to add the devices to.
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To create a new zone:
- Click on the 'Create New Zone' in the My House sub-menu
- Enter the name of the zone you are creating
- Select the type of control you require, such as On/Off if you are adding a Smart Plug, or Radiator if you are controlling a new room with Genius Valves.
- Click 'Create'Follow the instructions in displayed on screen
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An explanation of each type of control is displayed under the drop-down box to help you choose the right typemake the right choice. Only 1 zone per room is required, so a room with 2 Genius Radiator Valves only needs 1 zone to be created on the app and both radiators will be controlled to the same schedule. |
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Setup pages allow you to change the configuration of a zone, such as its name, what devices are assigned to it and enable extra features such as pre-heating. For more information, please see the chapter on the Setup Pages.the Setup Pages.
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You can change the order of the zones displayed on your My House page and on the Zone list (for larger screens) by:
- Click on the Main Menu
- Select Settings
- Choose Interface
- Tap on 'Re-Order zones'
- Click and hold on the move icon on the right hand side of the row for the zone you want to move and drag the zone to its new position in the list
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Whilst all of the screenshots have been taken with the 'Light' theme, it is easy to change the colour scheme of the app either for personal preference or to make it easier to read by choosing the 'High Contrast' setting.
To change the theme of the app:
- Click on the Main Menu
- Select Settings
- Choose Interface
- Tap on 'Choose theme'
- Select the theme from list
