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HOME AUTOMATION UI: CONCEPTS AND FEATURES
The Home Automation UI uses the following concepts and provides the following features.
Z-WAVE DEVICE: HARDWARE Z-WAVE DEVICE INCLUDED INTO YOUR Z-WAVE NETWORK
You can add (include) and remove (exclude) Z-Wave Devices from your Z-Wave network controlled by the Z-
Wave Smart Home controller.
For each Z-Wave Device, the system may generate one or several Elements (UI blocks to work with some
aspect of the Z-Wave Device).
ELEMENT : A UI BLOCK TO WORK WITH SOME ASPECT OF A VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL OBJECT
Elements are generated by the system automatically when you add Z-Wave devices or create instances of
Applications.
Each Z-Wave Device added to the system typically generates one or several Elements.
Many Applications typically create virtual objects and generate the corresponding Elements.
Elements are automatically deleted when the corresponding object which generated them is deleted.
You cannot manually delete Elements, but you can completely hide any Element if do not need it.
Elements can be added to Rooms and the Dashboard.
ROOM: A GROUP OF ELEMENTS
You can define as many Rooms as you need.
You can add/remove Elements to Rooms.
One Element may be added only to one Room.
There is one special Room called “No Room” which groups all Elements not added to any Room.
DASHB OARD: THE “HOME” SCREEN LISTING THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS
You can add/remove Elements to the Dashboard.
APPLICATION : A BUILDING BLOCK TO ADD LOGIC OR SPECIAL FEATURES
An Application is a ready-to-use script / template which can add extra logic and functionality to your Smart
Home setup, such as logic rules like “If-Then”, timers, interaction with external (non Z-Wave) systems, etc.
Some Applications are built-in into the system, and more can be installed from the App Store.
New Applications can be easily created by 3-parties: the Application is coded in JavaScript language using the
provided JavaScript API.
To use an Application, you create an instance of the Application, and configure the properties of this
Application instance (e.g. specify the Z-Wave devices to act on, specify the parameters, etc).
You can create many instance of the same Application.
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