Installation Guide · Part 01 of 02

Set up the Aura Dot & Aura Core. In about five minutes.

The Aura system is a two-piece sensing kit that brings room-level intelligence to any split AC. Follow this guide to assemble and mount the hardware — software pairing comes next.

Time
~5 minutes
Tools
None required
Difficulty
Beginner
Next up
Wi-Fi pairing
— What's in the box

Lay everything out first.

Open the kit and confirm all four items are present. If anything's missing, get in touch before continuing.

Aura kit contents: CR2450 battery, Aura Dot housing, adhesive female hook, and Aura Core charger.
  • 01
    Aura Core
    Wall-plug hub with touch-sensing front plate
    ×1
  • 02
    Aura Dot
    Compact AC-mounted sensor
    ×1
  • 03
    CR2450 Battery
    3V lithium coin cell, powers the Dot
    ×1
  • 04
    Zipper Slider Hook
    Adhesive female mount for the Dot
    ×1
01
— Power up the Core

Plug the Core in next to your router.

The Core is the brain of the system. Pick a wall outlet as close to your Wi-Fi router as is practical — co-locating the two delivers the most reliable link and the cleanest mesh hand-off to nearby Dots.

Once it's plugged in, you should see a soft blue glow pulse through the white front plate. That's provisioning mode — the Core is broadcasting and ready to be paired in Part 2.

The front plate is also a touch sensor. A quick tap acknowledges with a white flash. A 5-second hold triggers a factory reset — useful for debugging and hard de-registration. See the reference further down.
Close-up of the Aura Core's textured white touch-sensing front plate.
Core's front sensor plate
The Aura Core plugged into an outlet, with its blue LED glowing through the front plate.
Provisioning · blue blink
02
— Power the Dot

Drop in the coin cell, lid back on.

Pop the Dot's enclosure open. Inside you'll see the holder for a CR2450 — the same coin cell that ships in the kit.

Slide the battery in with the positive (+) face up, toward you. There's no power switch; the Dot wakes the moment contact is made, then sleeps between transmissions to stretch the cell across years of runtime.

Press the lid back on. You should hear a faint click as the alignment pegs seat.

Polarity matters. The contact spring is shaped for one orientation. Forcing it in reversed can deform the contact and short the cell — go slowly and double-check the marking on the cell against the holder.
The Aura Dot opened up, showing the empty CR2450 holder on the PCB.
Dot opened · empty holder
The CR2450 battery seated correctly in the Dot's holder, positive side facing up.
Battery seated · (+) up
03
— Mount the hook

Clean the AC, press the hook firmly.

The Dot mounts to your AC's outer shell with a removable adhesive hook. Surface prep is the difference between a hook that holds for years and one that peels off in a week.

  1. Wipe a small patch on the top-front face of the indoor unit with a dry microfibre cloth to lift dust and oil residue.
  2. Peel the backing off the adhesive square. Don't touch the sticky side.
  3. Press the hook firmly against the cleaned area for a full 30 seconds. The clear nub should face outward — that's what catches the Dot.
  4. Leave the adhesive to cure for a minute before loading the Dot.
The transparent adhesive hook installed on the front shell of a wall-mounted AC.
Hook seated on cleaned surface
04
— Attach the Dot

Slide the Dot onto the hook. Done.

Line up the slot on the back of the Dot with the nub on the hook and slide it down until it stops. There should be a small amount of resistance and then a settle — that's the slot engaging.

Give it a gentle tug. If it doesn't budge, you're set. The hardware side of the install is complete; everything else happens in the app.

Aura Dot fully installed on the front of a Croma split AC unit.
Final placement on the indoor unit
Close-up of the Dot mounted on the AC unit.
Close-up · mounted
Top-down view of the Dot showing how it sits on the AC unit.
Top view · clearance
— Reference

Reading the Core.

The Core uses one RGB LED and one capacitive touch pad to communicate its state. Keep this table close during pairing and the first few hours of operation.

Status LED
WS2812 RGB · pin D5
White
Booting, or touch-input acknowledgement
Yellow
Connecting to Wi-Fi · registering with the cloud
Green
Online — Wi-Fi connected, all good
Red
Registration failure · retry pending reboot
Blue blinking
Provisioning mode — awaiting credentials via SoftAP or BLE
Purple blinking
Factory reset in progress — device will reboot
A solid colour signals a steady state. A blink signals an ongoing or transient operation. Every touch briefly flashes white; the prior state returns on release.
Touch Input
Capacitive pad · pin D4 / TOUCH5
Tap
Acknowledge. White flash, no side effect. Useful to confirm the Core is responsive without changing state.
Hold 5s
Factory reset. Unpairs all peripherals, clears NVS identity and the claim token, and reboots the Core into provisioning mode. Use this if pairing is stuck or the device was previously claimed.
A factory reset is destructive. The purple blink confirms it's underway. Don't unplug the Core during this window.
— Part 02 of 02

Next: pair the Core, configure Wi-Fi, and start streaming data.

Hardware's only half the journey. In the next guide you'll connect the Core to your network, register the device with your Flock Energy account, and watch the first telemetry roll into the dashboard.

Continue to app setup