Functions

Under Functions you will find additional capabilities your nomos controller brings with it but does not run on its own. You switch on what you want to use — everything else stays off and consumes no resources.

Unlike Skills, functions do not connect devices. They evaluate what is already there. Presence detection, for example, combines components of your choosing into a single statement — is anybody on site — and makes that statement available to automations and scenes.

Functions are delivered with the software update. A newly arrived function is marked NEW for two weeks, so that you notice it even if you were not watching when the update landed.

Functions overview

• Name: The name of the function. Clicking it opens its settings.

• Description: What the function is for.

• Category: A rough classification, such as comfort, energy or security.

• Version: The state of the function as delivered with the package.

• Since: When this controller first saw the function — as a rule, the update that brought it.

• ON/OFF: Switches the function on or off.

• Reset: Resets the function completely (see below).

If your licence does not cover a function, it is marked Not licensed and cannot be switched on.

If a function that is switched on failed to start, or can no longer do its work sensibly, the reason is stated in plain words in its row.

Settings

Every function has a page of its own. You reach it through the name in the overview, or directly from the navigation bar on the left: below Functions, the ones that are switched on appear under Active, the rest under Available. The bar therefore shows at a glance what is running.

The page itself carries the same on/off switch at the top, so you do not have to go back to the overview to activate a function you are in the middle of setting up.

If the function created devices of its own, they are listed at the end of the page. A click takes you into the device settings, where you name it and assign it to a room.

Switching on and off

Switching on starts the function immediately. If it creates devices of its own — presence detection does — they appear under Devices right afterwards and can be used in automations and scenes like any other device.

Switching off stops the function but leaves its devices and settings in place. Automations and scenes referring to them stay intact; the devices simply report that they are no longer reachable. Switch the function back on and it continues with the same settings.

A device belonging to a function cannot be deleted on its own, so it is not offered for deletion in the first place. Remove the function itself instead — see Reset.

Reset

Reset goes considerably further than switching off. It deletes:

• the devices the function created,

• its settings,

• its recorded history.

The function itself stays installed and can be switched on again at any time — it then starts from scratch. This cannot be undone.

Before you confirm, you are shown which automations and scenes use this function's devices. Those lose their point of reference and will no longer work as before. Check that list before you proceed.