Updated App
The Plume Home app is the updated version of the Plume HomePass app, which has reached End of Life (EOL) for support. Plume urges users to download and migrate to the Plume Home app. Plume HomePass will continue to function, but it will no longer receive any updates or maintenance or bug fixes from Plume.
Summary
Plume Home is an app that permits you to manage and control your in-home Plume Mesh Wi-Fi network. EVO (Evolution) routers and Wi-Fi extenders deployed by Summit Broadband are Powered by Plume devices that can be configured, managed, and controlled through the Plume Home app.
The app also allows you to add and remove network devices (laptops, tablets, mobile phones, smart TVs, and other IOT devices), and profiles for family/household members and guests.
Home Screen
The Plume Home app is available for both Android and Apple iOS.
Main Menu Layout
The main menu consists of four main icons across the bottom of the screen.
| Home | Important information and actions from different parts of the app are displayed here. Information displayed here is either the current state or very recent. There are also some shortcuts to other pages here. |
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| Profiles | People and Group profiles can be found and managed here. These allow certain settings to be applied to all devices assigned to the profile, without needing to apply them to each device. |
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| Network | Connectivity settings, Extenders, and Devices are listed. | |
| Settings | Settings for the entire network are found here. This includes traditional router settings, default security settings, privacy settings, and app notifications. |
Interactions
The Plume Home app uses several types of interactive controls.
Buttons
Buttons come in different forms in the Plume Home app. Buttons may be white with black icons or black with white icons. The icon will indicate what action the button will perform. Tiles can act as buttons, tapping anywhere in the tile will activate it. Lists may also act as buttons, tapping a list item may open additional information or actions.
Tabs
Tabs come in two styles in the Plume Home app. They organize different categories of information in separate sections.
Primary tabs are shown at the top of the Profiles and Network pages. These tabs will remain at the top of the screen when scrolling. The selected tab is shown in the white button. Tap the grayed-out area to switch between them.
Secondary tabs can be found within pages. They separate different types of related information. These are used as filters or to show different time periods of data. The selected tab will be underlined. Tap on the tab that is not selected to switch between them.
Tiles
Most groups of tiles serve as buttons. Tapping on them will open additional information. Some tiles will be arranged in arrays with additional tiles being added as needed, e.g. extender tiles on the Network page. Other tiles will be lined up and may need to be swiped through to find a specific tile, e.g. Goals and Focuses on the Home page.
Card Stacks
Card stacks show information that can be selected. There are two types of card stacks.
- Information cards are found on the main screen when the app is opened. These have action items on each card. Swiping through the stack allows them to be switched without closing a card. Completing the action, or closing the card removes it from the stack until the next login.
- Cards showing device information are shown when assigning devices from within a Profiles. These cards cannot be swiped through, but also display additional information by tapping the card. Use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to switch cards.
The Plume Home App allows you to add and associate new access points with your in-home Plume Mesh Wi-Fi network, as well as monitor many functions of Plume: