Welcome to this installation guide about testing our home monitoring solution with pet filtering capabilities. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the different configuration steps and any difficulties you might have.

Intrusion detection (HM3.0) is a new sensing algorithm provided by Origin, allowing to better filter out parasite sources of motion like pets and bots. It is the evolution of the Activity Monitoring algorithm (HM2.0), currently deployed in all nami devices. This test system allows you to compare both using the nami app.

1. Think ahead of a good location for your nami devices

nami Wi-Fi sensors perform Wi-Fi sensing, which consists in exchanging Wi-Fi frames with each other and analyzing them, looking at any perturbation in the transmitted signals. Human bodies, made mostly of water, tend to reflect a lot of the Wi-Fi signals. By exchanging Wi-Fi frames, two geographically distant devices create a virtual tripwire that defines an area of your place in which events will be detected (for example, someone moving in the area). This area is what nami calls a sensing zone.

Typically, nami devices form a mesh coverage. The more devices you add to the zone, the larger the sensing coverage. For this first version of home 3.0, the topology layout is different. The coverage is based on two beacons sending out Wi-Fi frames for all other devices in the zone to process.

⚠️The beacons the only one emitting Wi-Fi frames, 150 time per seconds. For now, we only support a maximum of two beacons per zone. In the future, we plan to support each device as a beacon. For optimal results, try placing your devices in a way that someone breaking in would move along the sensing links (rather than crossing them). Keep in mind all the entry points of your home: entry door, windows, balcony.

Generic placement considerations

• Place you Wi-Fi sensor above the ground, ideally at waist level. Don't put in on the ground or too close to the ceiling for optimal results.
  
  
• Avoid placing your Wi-Fi sensor behind large metallic objects.
  
  
• Do not stack multiple smart plugs into each other.
  
  

Distance requirement between a Wi-Fi sensor and the Wi-Fi access point

All devices in a zone will use the same Wi-Fi access point. It is essential that the zone you are installing is well covered by the Wi-Fi access point you intend to use. Ensure that all the devices in the zone are placed a reasonable distance from this Wi-Fi access point, especially the first device you will set up in the zone. To know more about Wi-Fi access points, and why we require all devices of a zone to use the same one, please check out the following article.

> nami BSSID pinning

Once the Wi-Fi sensor is set up, you can open the nami app and check out the device information to make sure the RSSI value of the connection to the access point is satisfying (above -60dB). If not, move your device closer to the access point for better results.

Distance requirements between two Wi-Fi sensor

• To perform Wi-Fi sensing, two devices must be geographically separated. We recommend having at least 2 meters / 7 feet between each device of the same zone. 
  
  
• If they are too far away from each other, they won't be able to exchange Wi-Fi frames which makes the sensing impossible. We recommend having at most 8 meters / 24 feet between each devices of the same zone.

⚠️ In a near future, a nami dual radio Thread mesh topology will minimize the distance requirement to the wi-fi sensors since only one (not all) will need to be directly in reach of the Wi-Fi router.

2. Pair your devices

Start the pairing flow

Sign in to the nami app using your preferred sign-in mechanism.

Select a place where your account has the administrator role. If you don't have any place, you can create a new one or join an existing place with an invite.

You may now proceed to set up your 4 devices in your place. Follow the “set up a kit” flow, and choose the monitoring kit. The test kit you received is actually different, and you will have one extra step to complete at the end of this procedure.

⚠️ You need to pair the central device first, the one at the center of the star. Remember your placement plan and go to the desired location with your plug in hand.

Before you start pairing a nami device

Make sure that the following checklist is completed.

1. You have downloaded the latest version of the nami app.

If you need help with that, please check the following article.

> How to download the nami app

2. The LED of the device is pulsing blue

This LED behavior indicates that the device is ready to be paired. If the LED of the device is not pulsing blue when the device is powered ON, please follow this procedure to reset the device.

> How to reset a nami device

Scan the QR code of your device

The first step of the pairing process is to scan the QR code of the device. If you just downloaded the nami app, you will need to provide the nami app permission to access the system camera. Ensure that camera permission is enabled for the nami app in your system settings.

If you encounter issues scanning the QR code of your device, please contact us and send us a picture of the QR code.

Establish bluetooth connexion

First, grant the nami app permission to use Bluetooth. Once you have successfully scanned the device QR code, please power your device at the intended location.

Your device should be discovered shortly by your smartphone, it should take less than 60 seconds. If you encounter issues establishing bluetooth connection with the device, please contact us to explain the nature of the issue faced.

Connect your device to a Wi-Fi network

At this stage, your smartphone is going to pass the Wi-Fi credentials to your device. Ensure you know which Wi-Fi access point you intend to use for the zone containing this device. For more information, please check out the following article.

> nami BSSID pinning

Scanning for Wi-Fi networks

Your smartphone will ask your device to scan for Wi-Fi networks around it. If the network you intend to use does not appear in the scan result, please check that your device is close enough to the Wi-Fi access point. Note that nami pairing supports hidden networks.

Joining a Wi-Fi network

Once you have selected a Wi-Fi network, you may be prompted to key in the credentials on your smartphone (if they have not already been saved). This information will be passed to your device and it will attempt to join the network.


Using a hidden SSID

Hidden SSIDs are supported by nami, you can simply tap on the "Other network" button after the Wi-Fi scanning result and manually enter the network name and credentials.

If you encounter any issue connecting your device to a Wi-Fi network, please contact us to explain the nature of the issue faced.

Pair the 2nd and 3rd device

By now, you should have successfully paired the first device.

Continue following the setup flow in the nami app and proceed with pairing the next two devices.

Pair the 4th device (optional)

After completing the “set up a kit” flow, you still have a 4th device to set up.

To do so, access your place settings and choose the set up a device flow.

At this stage, you have access to all the existing nami features through the nami app.

⚠️ All the existing features in the nami app are based on the previous version of the sensing algorithm. The only element based on the home 3.0 engine (pet filtering) is the added tile in the place screen showing the home 3.0 data.