Automating your home
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The idea of Home and Away is simple: when you leave your home, press Away and all appliances will
switch off automatically. No more worry about whether some kitchen appliance was accidentally
left on. When you get back home, activate Home mode and appliances return to the state they
were in when you left. Simple and convenient.
3.3. Scheduling appliances
Scheduling when appliances switch ON or OFF is a useful feature for home appliances such as
washing machines you may want to run at a predefined schedule. You can make either regular
schedules that start an appliance regularly at a given time or just one shot timers.
A quick way to schedule appliances is to use the timer button. You find the timer button in the ON/
OFF screenlet and on the WebView dashboard. Tap/click on the name of the appliance to reveal
the timer button, marked with a clock, then push the button to open a button that lets you set
a start time. Note that in the ON/OFF screenlet the "simple mode" setting must be switched off
for this to work.
If you want to schedule the start to a distant date or create repeating schedules, use the calendar
controls. Read Section 6.3.3, “Calendar” for details.
3.4. Tariff controls
Tariff controls let you automate the use of appliances to depend on electricity price. Tariff controls
are especially useful if you have a spot price electricity contract. The tariff controls will automatically
find the cheapest hours when you can use an appliance.
You can set tariff controls to simply turn on an appliance when electricity gets cheap or instruct
them to also switch off the appliance when electricity price rises. The former mode is useful for
appliances that end their consumption automatically, for instance a dishwasher that stops once
the dishes are clean.
To quickly program a "one-shot" tariff control, use the buttons in the ON/OFF screenlet and on the
WebView dashboard. Tap/click on the name of the appliance to reveal the tariff button, marked
with a wave sign, then push the button to open a dialog to confirm. Note that in the ON/OFF
screenlet the "simple mode" setting must be switched off for this to work.
To program more complex tariff controls, read the instructions at Section 6.3.2, “Price triggers”.
3.5. Standby power control
Standby power control is a feature available on Asema S series controllers. Automatic standby
control switches off the power of an appliance when its power consumption drops below a prede-
fined threshold. This way you don't need to switch off the power yourself at all and worry about
standby consumption.
For standby power control to work, you need to "teach" the appropriate standby power level of
the appliance to Asema E. To do this
1. Enter the Main Setup, go to Appliances > Appliances and edit the appliance you want to teach
by clicking/tapping the gear icon.
2. Then tap on the power profile icon
and follow the on-screen instructions to record the standby power.
