That’s a nice unit! This old house is small so the one I bought filters most of it. It has four small bedrooms and we keep one closed off. I have a room on one end and my husband sleeps in a recliner in one room next to the bathroom. I put small room filters in both of those to help the big unit. The dogs have a room next to his.
The house was built in 50’s farmhouse style to suck air through the house to keep it cool, before air-conditioning. It has the large farmhouse windows and I replaced them all with low-e windows several years ago.
When I bought this unit, I didn’t hook it up to Wi-Fi as instructed. It started pitching a fit a couple of months later. I didn’t know what it wanted so I found my manual and read it. I put the app on my phone and put it on Wi-Fi. It needed a software update. As soon as it found Wi-Fi, it updated itself. It’s quiet now unless I burn something in the kitchen. 😶 I keep it on the AI setting instead of manual and if it detects bad air for any reason, it ramps itself up until its air tester detects that the air is good.
Mine’s more of a manual unit - low, medium, high, UV light on/off, there is a remote for it.... somewhere. I just leave it on low with then UV light on and let it do its thing. If I encounter another issue with nearby fires, the bigger HEPA air filter comes out in addition and I run both at a higher setting.
I don’t mind a slight hint of smoke, but anything more than that is not good.
Sounds like you definitely have a high-end air filter.
Oh, those low-E windows are the way to go. I had them installed in my house some 10-12 years ago. No drafts at all. Not sure that it reduced my bills, but it certainly is more comfortable near the windows in the winter now.