Getting Started with Your Navi

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Connecting to Your Device

Apple (iOS)

  1. Ensure Bluetooth is enabled on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. Open the Circuit Navigator application. You will be on the Navigators page as shown in bottom menu.
  3. Turn on your Navi testers.
  4. Press the blue Scan button. Wait while the phone identifies and connects to the Navi testers. This can take 20-30 seconds.

Android

  1. Ensure Bluetooth and Location services are enabled on your Android device.
  2. Open the Circuit Navigator application. You will be on the Navigators page as shown in bottom menu.
  3. Turn on your Navi testers.
  4. Press the blue Scan button. Wait while the phone identifies and connects to the Navi testers. This can take 20-30 seconds.

If your Navi testers were already powered on they will be automatically detected without having to press scan on Android systems.

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Navigators Page

Select the Navigators item from the bottom menu to access your Navi device overview.

This page provides a real-time view of your connected Navi units and their status at the connected outlet.

  • Displays a list of all paired Navi devices.
  • Provides outlet status, including:
    • Wiring status (Correct Wiring, Open Ground, Open Neutral, Open Hot, Hot/Neutral Reversed)
    • Light level reading
    • GFCI status

Note: Each Navi will show its location as "Navi 1 (Unknown Location)" until you set the Outlet Location.

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Site Page

The Site Page provides a detailed log of your testing and repair work for each Navi in use.

Use this page to track and document your findings, ensuring compliance and facilitating future troubleshooting.

  • Each result in the Electrical Service Details list precisely records:
    • Outlet Location
    • Time and Date
    • Wiring status
    • GFCI test outcome
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Panel Page

The Panel page, accessible via the bottom menu, is your go-to for breaker labeling. This process can be done in a few ways: by detecting Navi activity in real-time, strategically placing Navis and triggering breakers, or by manually entering the information.

To edit the Panel description, or adjust the number of breakers displayed, hit the gear icon in the upper right corner of the page and select the panel you want to modify. You can also add additional panels and subpanels as needed.

Circuit Navigator now supports additional panels and sub-panels of any size.

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Panel: Labeling Outlets

Understand how to use the Navi to label breakers in your panel.

Shutting Breakers to Identify Affected Outlets

All the Navis report back power status to the Circuit Navigator app.

  1. Name and place your Navis in multiple outlets at the site.
  2. Go to your breaker panel. Prepare to turn a single breaker off.
  3. Go to your Panel page in the app and double tap the breaker you are testing in the app.
  4. Follow the instructions on the app. Shut the real breaker off and turn it on 5 seconds later.
  5. All Navi testers that lose power will report back to the app and the names of those outlets will be added to the correct breaker.
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Manual Breaker Labeling

You can manually add outlet names to breakers in your breaker panel.

  1. Press and hold the breaker you want to edit.
  2. Type in any information you want for the breaker label.
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Navi Setting Outlet Location

Identify the Outlet You Are About to Test (Naming)

Note: It's important to set the location/name of the outlet you are about to test so it's recorded correctly in the Circuit Navigator app.

  1. Hold the Set Location button down on the Navi you are holding for a few seconds.
  2. A naming list will pop-up on your phone. Select the appropriate outlet name and/or edit the name directly and save with the checkbox.
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Save Navi Results to Site: Swipe Left

You can select when to save a Navi's results to the Site report page.

  1. Select a Navi from the Navigators Page. Swipe LEFT to reveal options.
  2. Tap on "Save to Site Report".
  3. The Navi status along with date and time will be saved as an item on the Site report page.
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Navi Changing Sensor Configuration: Swipe Left

Customize each Navi tester's operational settings to fit your needs.

  1. Select a Navi from the Navigators Page. Swipe LEFT to reveal options.
  2. Tap on "Settings" - the gear icon. You will see the AC, Light and Vibration settings pop up.
  3. Adjust settings as needed (e.g., sampling rate, sensor sensitivity).
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Sensor Operations

Learn about the different sensors on your Navi panel.

GFCI Operation

This sensor detects Ground Fault Circuit Interruption events. You initiate a GFCI test.

When complete if it triggered a GFCI breaker - you can select the breaker number and the information is saved in your Panel page.

In all cases the Navi status will show GFCI pass/fail/unknown and that can be saved to your site report. Useful when the GFCI is local to the outlet.

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Light Sensor Operation

The light sensor measures ambient light levels. View the data in real-time on the Panel Page.

Light Sensor On
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Light Sensor Off
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Vibration Sensor Operation

This sensor detects vibrations. Sensitivity can be adjusted in the Navi Panel Configuration.

(Screenshot coming soon.)

Generate Reports

Note: Circuit Navigator allows you to generate a Site and Panel PDF report that can be saved, stored, emailed and sent by text.

  1. Open the main application menu - the hamburger on upper left of app screen.
  2. A side menu will pop out. You can select to generate the Site or Panel Label report.
  3. Use your phone or tablet to print, email, text or save the resulting PDF report.
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Site Report Example
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Panel Report Example
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Need more help? Contact our support team at support@circuitnavigator.com.

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