Setting room colors
You can set PowerNodes in different rooms to different colors, making those rooms and devices easier to identify when managing them in the Consumer Portal. For example, if you set a PowerNode's wheel color to blue, then the corresponding room is identified in the Consumer Portal by the same blue color as the PowerNode. Using different wheel colors for different PowerNodes will make it easier for you to identify each of them in the Consumer Portal. However, if you have a complex energy management system with many PowerNodes, you might want to have a strategy that will make managing them easier. For example, if you have many rooms with multiple PowerNodes in each room, you might want to use the same wheel color for all PowerNodes in the same room. This will make it easier for you to manage all of them together in the Consumer Portal.
Special white and black room colors
PowerNodes also include unnumbered white and black wheel colors that each serve a special purpose. The white wheel color (which also contains a lock icon) is the locked position. Setting a PowerNode to white enables monitoring in the Consumer Portal but disables power management. You can monitor energy use information for devices plugged into a PowerNode using the white wheel color, but you cannot power those devices on or off through the Consumer Portal (including Smart Controls). White is suggested for appliances such as refrigerators or medical equipment.
The black wheel color allows you to manage the connected devices without assigning them to a specific room color. All devices that you have plugged into a PowerNode using the black wheel color will be included under one generic grouping when you access your account through the Consumer Portal. You can still monitor the devices’ energy use information and use them with Smart Controls as if they were categorized under a standard wheel color. The only difference is the manner in which they are grouped in the Consumer Portal.