Load Control; Information On Load Control - SMA sunny home manager User Manual

9 Load Control

9 Load Control
9.1

Information on Load Control

A load is a device in a household that is operated with electrical energy. To have a load controlled
by the Sunny Home Manager, you must establish a connection between the load and
Sunny Home Manager. There are various options for doing this:
Connection option
Direct, cable-based commu-
nication
Switching and measuring
via radio-controlled sockets
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Explanation
This connection option is only possible for the following devices:
• Smart appliances which communicate via cable using a data
exchange protocol with the Sunny Home Manager (see
Section 9.5, page 92)
• Miele devices with Miele@Home gateway (see Section 9.5,
page 92)
The load is connected via network cable to the local network in
which the Sunny Home Manager is also located. Via Ethernet, the
load can automatically send information on its energy requirement
and consumption to the Sunny Home Manager and it can also re-
ceive switch-on and switch-off commands from the
Sunny Home Manager.
In the Sunny Home Manager system, radio-controlled sockets can
switch connected loads on and off. The radio-controlled sockets can
also measure the energy consumption of the connected loads and
transmit this value to the Sunny Home Manager. For this purpose,
the radio-controlled sockets must be assigned as devices to the
Sunny Home Manager system (see Section 10.1, page 94).
A load can either be permanently connected to the same radio-con-
trolled socket or successively to alternate radio-controlled sockets.
For each change, the load must be assigned to the new radio-con-
trolled socket (see Section 9.3.11, page 84). If the load is not as-
signed to a radio-controlled socket, the Sunny Home Manager can-
not control this load or receive any consumption data from this load.
Since the Sunny Home Manager does not receive any detailed data
on loads if they are controlled via radio-controlled sockets, you will
need to make additional settings in the load profiles depending on
the respective load type. Thus, the Sunny Home Manager can effec-
tively schedule the loads in the load control and optimize energy
and cost savings.
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