How to use
The same help as in the app (More → How to use), one page per feature.
- Getting startedDiesel Heater King talks to your heater over Bluetooth. There's no account and nothing to sign up for.
- Always ConnectedAlways Connected keeps the link to your heater open in the background: with the screen off, after you swipe…
- Starting and stopping safelyPress and hold the start button until the ring fills. A tap, or a phone moving in your pocket, can't start…
- The Heater viewThe big card on the Heater tab shows either the room or the heater. Tap Room or Heater at the bottom of the…
- Power Level and Heater ThermostatYour heater can run two ways on its own:
- Hands-Off Promise and HistoryThe app never changes your heater unless you asked it to. Opening the app, reconnecting or the phone…
- King ThermostatKing Thermostat (Pro) is the app's own thermostat. It keeps the room where you are within a band you pick, by…
- Room temperatureRoom temperature (Pro) is the temperature where you are, not at the heater. You pick the sensor it comes…
- TimersTimers (Pro) act on your heater later, for you.
- Heat SchedulesHeat Schedules (Pro) heat at set times, every week: "weekdays 6:00 to 8:00", "every night 22:00 to 6:00".
- Stay-OffStray remotes can turn a heater on: a neighbour's fob at a campsite, an RF thermostat, someone at the panel.…
- Battery SaverBattery Saver (Pro) looks after the battery the heater runs on. It warns when the battery runs low, and stops…
- Cleaning CycleCleaning Cycle (Pro) is for heaters that run low for hours. Many owners finish a long run at a low or medium…
- Smart StartSmart Start (Pro) is for runs at a low Power Level. Many owners start a low run at full power for a few…
- Settings GuardPanels, remotes and RF thermostats can change your heater without you knowing. At campsites, other people's…
- CO GuardCO Guard is free for everyone. It works with heaters that have a carbon monoxide (CO) sensor, and with the CO…
- Wall DisplayWall Display (Pro) turns a spare phone or tablet into a wall thermostat: the dial with the room and King…
- Heat Graph and energyThe Heat Graph (Pro, on the Insights tab) shows how the room and the heater did over time.
- Service HoursService Hours (Pro) counts your heater's running time, recorded on this phone while it's connected.
- Hand Off and Take BackA heater talks to one phone at a time. Hand Off lets another phone, or another app, take over.
- Beta heatersSome heaters are new to the app. The app knows how they talk over Bluetooth, but no heater like yours has…
- ProPro adds everything beyond keeping your heater connected, Start and Stop, its status and CO Guard: King…
- TroubleshootingTap Copy details for support and paste them into the support form at dieselheater.app/support. They show how…
- PrivacyThe app talks to your heater over Bluetooth only. It goes online for two things, both to dieselheater.app: