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Nomad 1.8 Release

Richard Brown
Richard Brown
CTO & Founder

Applies to: Nomad Release Track: Stable Version: 1.8 Requires action: No

Summary​

See how SensaClimate has been doing and what your diesel is costing, Frost Protection straight from the heater card, and more Mopeka sensors.

SensaClimate history​

The graph button in the thermostat's box on the SensaClimate tab opens History. Temperature shows how warm the van was and which unit was running at the time. Off target shows how far it was from the temperature you set, with a line wherever an alarm went off. With a diesel heater you also get Diesel cost and Diesel days left, over the last 7, 30 or 90 days. See History.

What your diesel costs​

Beside the thermostat, Diesel cost now shows what your heaters' diesel costs a day, at the price of the nearest fuel station that lists diesel. It needs the internet and the van's position to find that price. With Nerd Mode on, each heater card shows its own cost and how many hours the heater has run in its life.

SensaClimate is easier to find​

The SensaClimate tab now sits second, right after Home. If you have moved your tabs in Design Mode, your order stays.

Frost Protection from the heater card​

A snowflake beside the power button on each heater card sets Frost Protection, crossed through while it is Off. The Flow 5D has Frost Protection too now, going by its coolant. See Frost Protection.

More Mopeka sensors​

Contents now covers petrol, black water and more besides LPG, diesel and water. The TD40 and TD200, which fit on top of a tank rather than underneath, work too. See Mopeka tank sensors.

Save or cancel in Design Mode​

What you change in Design Mode is now a draft until you press Save. Press Cancel, or leave Design Mode, and your tab goes back to how it was. Reset asks before it puts a tab back. On a tablet, a swipe scrolls the tab, a card lifts when you hold it, and the tab scrolls when you carry a card to its edge.

The Baltica keeps its own temperature​

The Baltica's own box is now its thermostat, and Sensa no longer does that job for it. On Water+Heat the dial always sets its heating temperature. If you had picked the Baltica in SensaClimate, it is taken out, and the Log says why. Its fan row now reads Pump speed.

When the air conditioner goes quiet​

If your air conditioner loses its connection for 10 minutes, Sensa raises an alarm and tells you how to pair it again. The Climate Control card says the air conditioner is not responding, rather than claiming it is cooling.

Routines can wait​

A routine can now have a Wait step. It can wait until the air conditioner is connected, for a set number of seconds, or both. If the air conditioner has not connected after 10 minutes, the routine gives up and the Log says so.

Tracking uses the van's own GPS​

Sensa now records only the van's own GPS. To fill in from a phone when the van has no GPS, turn on Use a phone when the van has no GPS. It starts off. If your van has no GPS, Sensa stops recording your phone's position until you turn it on.

Factory reset​

A factory reset now removes the licence, so you activate the unit again afterwards. It also turns remote access off, removes sensors from other makers, such as Ruuvi, and starts back up in Parked.

Smaller changes​

  • Updates wait for your window. Your Sensa devices, router, switch and Cerbo now update automatically only during your maintenance window, not the moment a new version appears. Update now still works whenever you press it.
  • Data usage is a card. It is no longer a Settings tab: add the System data usage card where you want it in Design Mode. See How much data Sensa uses.
  • Suggested cards. Add card in Design Mode lists the cards that suit the tab you are on first.
  • Even text sizes. Two cards given the same size in Design Mode now show their text at the same size.
  • Tank names on the Home dials. A tank you named in VictronConnect shows that name on its dial, and follows if you rename it.
  • Heater faults explained. The heater's Diagnostics popup says in a sentence what a fault means.
  • Zigbee devices that did not finish pairing. The Settings Log now tells you, and what to do. See Common problems.
  • Heater power button. A heater started from its own panel could show as off on its card. The card now shows it running, and the button switches it off.
  • Light and dark on the Navigation tab. The Cab Navigation map has the same light and dark button as Cab Home.
  • Losing your connection is not a restart. If your screen loses its connection to the van, it now says Reconnecting rather than that your system is restarting.