G e t t i n g S t a r t e d
P o w e r N o d e s U s e r G u i d e
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Perform the following steps:
1.
Select the appliance or electronics devices to connect to your PowerNode.
2.
Move the PowerNode to its chosen location and plug the PowerNode into a nearby electrical
outlet.
3.
Turn the PowerNode off by pressing the
Power
button. The
Power
button turns dark to indicate
that power to the PowerNode ports is off.
Step 2: Set the Room Color
To easily identify rooms and devices powered by PowerNodes, your PowerNode has a corner wheel with
colored numbers. Rotate the wheel to select the colored number you want to represent the room or
device. This allows you to confidently turn devices on or off remotely using your online account as well as
set schedules that automatically turn your devices on or off at pre-defined times.
For example, you can set the room color to blue
(room number 2). When you access your online
account, the corresponding room is identified by
the same blue color as your PowerNode.
In addition, you can set PowerNodes in different
rooms to various colors, making those rooms
easy to identify when managing your power
sources.
If you use more than one PowerNode in the
same room you can set them to the same color.
Then, when you access your account, the same
colored PowerNodes will display together in the same room.
You can change the room color for a PowerNode as needed. For example, after having set a PowerNode
to a regular room color, you might later decide that you no longer want to be able to turn the device on
and off remotely. You could then switch the PowerNode’s room color to the unnumbered white locked
position to prevent control of the attached device remotely.
The PowerNode includes unnumbered white and black wheel colors that have the following purposes:
•
White
– allows you to monitor energy use for devices, but you cannot power those devices on or
off remotely. White is suggested for appliances, such as refrigerators or medical equipment that
should not be controlled remotely. The white selection locks all ports on a multi-port PowerNode.
•
Black
– allows you to manage devices without assigning them to a specific colored number. It
includes all devices under one generic grouping in your Web or mobile application. You can
change the room color at any time.
