Button actions

With its sleek and unobtrusive hardware design, viaSens offers a capacitive button for triggering multiple button actions while working and debugging the device.

All actions require entering service mode first.

Action	Press type	Press Duration	Animation
Enter service mode	Long press+release	2 seconds + release within 2 seconds	Blinking to static blue in the first 2s
Soft reboot	Long press	Enter service mode without releasing + keep pressing for 2 more seconds	Blinking to static orange (2s) then release within 2 seconds
Full reset	Long press	Enter Soft reboot without releasing + keep pressing for at least 4 more seconds (12 seconds in total)	Blinking ever faster to static red (4s) then release within 5 seconds
Movement test mode	One short press	200ms	First light blue quarter on + Blinking yellow once upon presence detection until presence no longer detected
Status publish mode	Two short presses	200ms	Second light blue quarter on, status message packets will be sent every 10 seconds to MQTT broker
Reserved test modes	Three/Four short presses	200ms	Corresponding quarters lit in white
Exit service mode	5 Short presses	200ms	One quarter lit in blue for each press, then OFF on 5th press

Reboot/Reset sequence

⚠️ Warning:
The button animation sequence above is NOT aligned with the actual behavior. Please refer to the textual instructions for accurate guidance.

The service mode and all submodes are exited automatically after one hour.

If the button is released during the static orange, soft reboot is performed.

If the button is released during the static red, hard reset is performed. If the button is still pressed after the static red animation disappears, nothing will happen. After 1 minute of pressing the button, the button will be automatically released even if the user keeps pressing it.

Service mode

The user can cycle through the menu using multiple presses. Each press must be separated from the next one by at least 500ms.