Best way to turn off the Nome II?

[seantalley]

Sorry if this is an obvious question... but is there a way to turn off (and back on) the Nome II? I can't find an obvious on/off switch.

Do I have to unplug it (and plug it back in) every time?

[Simon]

Yes you're all correct, there is no power button, so yes you can unplug/replug if you want to turn it off.
I've always seen the device as a very resilient device for Live, which will keep running even if your DAW or OS would crash for example (hence the powerful U-SYNC feature where the device smoothly takes over a master clock if the DAW crashes).

So the question is, why do you want to turn it off, is it for power consumption concerns?

There has been quite a discussion about adding a "sleep mode" which turns off the screen and the LEDs (95% of the power consumption is from them). Feel free to join and discuss it there

Simon

[seantalley]

I'd mostly want to turn it off so the lights aren't lighting up my room all the time. It also just feels like I "should" turn it off (like I would an amp or keyboard) when I'm not using it, and I was a little worried that I might be causing damage by yanking on the USB cord every time.

Good to hear that the Nome is so resilient!

[Simon]

Fair enough - and I would not worry about damaging it, even the cable
You should see what I put the devices through when I test them - some Midronomes (Nome I) I have been butchering for years and they have not moved an inch