Creating and Managing Heating Programs: Step-by-Step Guide

Vision+ offers a flexible and intuitive way to manage your home's heating schedule on a room-by-room basis. This guide provides a detailed walkthrough on how to create, customize, and manage heating programs within the app, ensuring optimal comfort and energy efficiency tailored to your specific needs.

Starting a Program

1. Select a Room: From your dashboard, choose the room for which you want to create a heating program and tap 'Program.' This is where you'll begin setting up a customized schedule for that specific room.
2. Creating a New Program: If there isn't an existing program for the room, tap the '+' button in the bottom right-hand corner to create a new one.

Setting Up Your Program

After initiating the creation of a new program, follow these steps to configure it:

1. Selecting Days: Choose the days you want the program to apply to. Selecting multiple days means they will all share the same schedule and time blocks automatically.
2. Creating Time Blocks: Once you've selected your days, create at least one time block for the program. You can set a consistent temperature for the entire day or define multiple time blocks to suit different times of the day.
3. Temperature Picker: Select your desired temperature between 5°C and 30°C, or choose "Off" to disable heating during that block. After selecting, tap 'Apply' to return to the creation screen for further adjustments.
4. Customizing Time Blocks:
   • Time blocks cannot overlap, and the end time must be later than the start time.
   • The earliest start time is 00:00 (midnight), and the latest end time is 23:59 on the same day.
   • You can add up to 10 time blocks per day, providing flexibility to match your daily routine.
5. Finalizing Your Program: Once satisfied with your time blocks and settings, confirm the program by tapping the checkbox in the top right-hand corner.
   
   
   
   

Visualizing Your Program

After creating a program, you'll see a detailed overview showing how it's applied across the selected days.

1. Day Labels:
   • If the program spans several consecutive days, the label will indicate the range (e.g., 'Monday – Friday'), showing that these days share the same schedule.
   • For non-consecutive days, each program will appear on separate tiles, but they are still part of the same program. Editing or deleting one will affect all days linked to that program.
2. 24-Hour Bar:
   • The program is visualized as a bar representing a 24-hour period, with fixed timeline markers at 8 am and 4 pm for reference. Multiple time blocks will display their respective temperatures along the bar.
   • Viewing More Details: If time blocks are too condensed to read, simply select the program to view all time blocks in a detailed, full-screen view.
     
     
     
     

Editing a Program

To modify an existing program:

1. Navigate to the room and select the program you wish to edit.
2. Tap the pencil icon in the bottom right-hand corner.
   • Modify Days: You can add or remove days from the program. If a day already has a program assigned, you cannot add it to another. Decide whether to manage days individually or group them under the same program.
   • Modify Time Blocks:
     • Adjust the start and end times, and change the set temperatures as needed.
     • You can also add or remove time blocks, keeping in mind the limit of 10 time blocks per day.
       
       
       
       

Copying a Program to Other Rooms

Copying a program allows you to replicate an existing schedule to other rooms, saving time and ensuring consistency across your home.

1. Initiate Copying:
   • Select the room from which you want to copy a program and tap 'Program'.
   • Tap the '+' button and select 'Copy Program'. This will start the process of copying the selected room's program to other rooms.
     
     Note: Copying to another room will replicate all the days and time blocks you've created for the source program.
     
     
2. Select Target Rooms:
   • Use the 'Select All' option at the top if you wish to copy the program to all available rooms.
   • Or select individual rooms by ticking the checkboxes next to their names.
   • You have the option to cancel the action or proceed by selecting rooms from a scrollable list.
     
     
3. Confirm the Copy:
   • After selecting the desired rooms, press 'Copy' to confirm the action.
   • Feedback: Upon successfully copying the program, a confirmation message will appear. If the copy action fails, an alert will notify you that something went wrong.
     
     Important: Copying a program to other rooms will erase any existing schedules in those rooms. Ensure you're comfortable replacing the current schedules before proceeding.
     
     
     
     

Deleting a Program

To remove a program:

1. Select the program from the list.
2. Tap the trash icon in the top right-hand corner.
3. Confirm the deletion in the pop-up window.
   
   Note: Deleting a program that spans multiple days will remove it from all associated days. Additionally, if the program was copied to other rooms, deleting it in one room does not affect the program in other rooms.
   
   
   
   

Final Tip: Managing Complexity

While Vision+ provides extensive flexibility for creating detailed schedules, we recommend keeping your programs straightforward. Simpler schedules are easier to manage and more efficient, especially considering the time it takes for buildings to adjust to temperature changes. For more advanced tips, refer to our related article: Heating and Scheduling: Modes and Overrides.