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  • Page 1 EKZ SMART HOME User Manual EKZ Smart Home Hub EKZ 100...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Important Safety Information ..............4 Important Data Privacy Information ............5 The EKZ SMART HOME ............6 Setup ..................9 2.1. Install the Hub ................9 2.2. Connect the Hub to the App ............ 10 2.3. Home Setup: Basic Configuration ..........11 Add and control Smart Home Devices ........
  • Page 3 Dear Customer, Do you enjoy modern living? We do, too! With EKZ Smart Home, your future home will control itself – with you still being in charge at any time and from anywhere. This document contains practical information on installation, operation and troubleshooting for your EKZ Smart Home.

  • Page 4: Important Safety Information

    Important Safety Information Before you use the EKZ Smart Home Hub, please read the following safety information: The installation should be performed by a competent person. Please do not let your children play with the Hub or Smart Home devices.

  • Page 5: Important Data Privacy Information

    Smart Home names). Please note that Smart Home data – such as your chosen names for your rooms and your rules – may also be sent to the EKZ customer service or third parties under certain circumstances. This...

  • Page 6: The Ekz Smart Home

    – making life at home much easier, more convenient, secure, and fun. With the EKZ Smart Home Hub, you have received the central piece of your EKZ Smart Home system. In addition, you only need – an Internet connection;...
  • Page 7 Rear side The connections for the power cable (micro USB) and the Ethernet network cable can be found on the rear side. The small reset button is also located here. The functions of the buttons and the meaning of the LED colors are explained in Chapter in this user manual.
  • Page 8 EKZ Smart Home App, the EKZ Cloud, your home network router and your Smart Home devices. Thanks to the EKZ Cloud, you can also control your Smart Home on the go using the app. The EKZ Smart Home Hub connects all smart devices in your home.

  • Page 9: Setup

    Select the WIFI of the Hub on your smartphone, tablet or PC and connect with it. The name of the Hub WIFI (its SSID) starts with “EKZ...”. Launch a browser and enter the IP address 192.168.1.1. Click the “wifi config” button on the left side of the browser window. Now enter the connection data (SSID/name and password) for your home WIFI to connect the Hub with your WIFI.

  • Page 10: Connect The Hub To The App

    2.2. Connect the Hub to the App Install the EKZ Smart Home App on your smartphone or tablet. Start the app and log in with your myEKZ account. You have created this account in the smart home onlineshop or in the myEKZ portal for energy customers.

  • Page 11: Home Setup: Basic Configuration

    For the license key field, please enter 20 times the number 1 as shown in the screenshot below. Adding a new hub: Enter 20 times 1 for license key and the rest are your individual hub’s data Give your Hub a name. Optionally, add your address so the hub can access your local weather.
  • Page 12 floors and rooms where you might want to use your smart home devices. If you would like to add new rooms later, you can always do so via the “Home Setup” tab and “Manage layout”. Note: If you delete a floor, all the rooms on this floor will also be deleted.

  • Page 13: Add And Control Smart Home Devices

    Devices You can now connect devices from various manufacturers to your Hub. The EKZ Smart Home currently supports a range of Smart Home devices with the wireless standards Z-Wave, ZigBee and WIFI. The up-to-date list of preferentially supported devices can be found in Chapter 6.2.
  • Page 14 If you have trouble adding a device, it often helps to perform a factory reset before trying it again. We have therefore compiled the factory reset information for all preferred devices of the EKZ Smart Home at the end of this document in Chapter 6.2.
  • Page 15 3.1.2. Remove devices by app Place the Smart Home device close to the Hub. Go to the “Home Setup” tab in the app and select “Manage devices”. You will see the list of devices. Click on the three-dots menu of the device you would like to remove, and select “Exclude device”.

  • Page 16: Manage Devices By Hub Button

    3.2. Manage Devices by Hub Button You can also add new devices using the Hub button on the front of the Hub. Z-Wave devices can also be removed in this way. 3.2.1. Add devices by Hub button Place the desired Smart Home device close to the Hub. Briefly press the Hub button twice on the front of the Hub.

  • Page 17: Basic App Functions

    Basic App Functions The EKZ Smart Home App provides you with all the necessary control functions for your Smart Home system. The app allows you to: Control devices individually Control device groups with “Smarts” Create rules (automations) Control favorite devices, rules and Smarts and access additional services on the Dashboard Configure your home (“Home Setup”)

  • Page 18: Control Device Groups With "Smarts

    Each device has a tile displaying the device status (such as “closed” for a door sensor). Depending on the device type, other quick control functions may also be available (e.g., to switch lights on/off or to change a thermostat’s temperature). You can access a “Device details”...
  • Page 19 more sophisticated functionalities that could not be easily programmed with rules. As soon as you have added devices to a location (like a room or a zone), the app proposes one or more Smarts for this location. New suggested Smarts Activated Smarts Smarts overview screen Active Smarts...

  • Page 20: Create Rules

    In the three-dots menu, the first option is “Device overview”. It shows all devices that currently belong to this Smart with their current status. The second option, “Configure Smart”, customizes the settings of the respective Smart. For example, you can record up to four custom light scenes in the “Light Smart”, which will be available from the quick control buttons on the “Light Smart”...
  • Page 21 Create a new rule In order to create a new rule, go to the “Rules” tab and select “+ Add new rule”. The rule assistant leads you through the process of creating rules in four steps. 1. Trigger (IF) Triggers refer to the “IF this happens, ...” part of the rule. Device triggers A device trigger executes the rule as soon as a device has a certain condition (for example, a motion sensor detects a motion,...

  • Page 22: Dashboard: Access Favorites And More

    Quick control of your favorite devices, rules, and Smarts Control of you active and inactive statuses Access to EKZ services and other household-related services Overview of your smart home notifications. You can set the Dashboard screen as the default start screen of your app.
  • Page 23 4.4.1. Favorites You can add as many of your devices, rules, and Smarts to the dashboard as you like. You can then control your favorite devices quickly and more conveniently without having to scroll through your entire device list (and the same for rules or Smarts). To add a device (or rule or Smart) to the Dashboard, just click the three-dots menu of the respective device tile and click “Pin/unpin from dashboard”.
  • Page 24 Or you can tell a motion sensor to activate a lamp only during “Night” status, which saves energy. 4.4.3. EKZ Services and household-related services The second tab of the Dashboard screen (scroll a little to the right or tab Services) contains...
  • Page 25 Secondly, you will find a selection of household-related services. Examples include an emergency service hotline, home cleaning service or electrical installations. These services are provided by EKZ partners. You can send a request to these partners directly from the Smart Home app. Services in the second Dashboard screen Please note that not all services are available throughout Switzerland yet.

  • Page 26: Home Setup Configuration

    4.5. Home Setup Configuration In the “Home Setup” tab you can configure all devices and the home layout of your currently selected Hub. The options are: – Manage Hub: Change Hub address, look up serial number, etc. – Manage layout: Change your home’s floor plan by adding and removing rooms and floors –...
  • Page 27 Drawer menu with two views: Hub overview User account and support overview On the Hub overview page, select the Hub you would like to control. You can search for software updates, check your recent notifications, synchronize Hub data with the cloud, check the Hub’s current software version (“About”), or delete the Hub.

  • Page 28: Voice Control

    Voice Control You can also control your EKZ Smart Home by voice command. We support the voice services of Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. The condition is that you have an account with one of these voice service providers and your EKZ Smart Home account is connected to it.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting And Resetting

    Troubleshooting and Resetting 6.1. Hub Troubleshooting 6.1.1. Hub restart As with any other electrical device, a simple restart often solves the problem. Simply pull out the Hub’s micro USB power cable and wait for 10 seconds. Then plug it in again and wait for the Hub LED to show a blue light first, then blue flashing light, and finally a steady green light again.

  • Page 30: Reset Compatible Devices To Factory Settings

    In order to reset the user settings, press the Hub reset button on the rear side of the Hub six times, for example with the tip of a paper clip. During this time, the Hub LED will flash red quickly. 6.1.4.
  • Page 31 HAL400, HAL500, HAL600 Option 1 – If the Philips Hue lamp was separately connected to the EKZ Hub: Delete the lamp from the Hub using the EKZ app. This resets the lamp, and it can then be added LED ligthing 2 again.
  • Page 32 Switch the Osram lightstrip ON and OFF five times in succession for five seconds each time. When LED lighting 3 switched on again, it blinks once briefly as confirmation and can Osram SMART+ Lightify Flex now be incorporated in the Smart Home system again.
  • Page 33 Press and hold the small button inside the device for 4-6 seconds until the LED lights up yellow. Then release the button and press 3-in-1 motion sensor it again once. Upon successful reset, the LED will light up red Schwaiger (Fibaro): ZHS06 once and then turn off.
  • Page 34 Remove the battery cover and take out one battery. Hold the middle button down for five seconds and re-insert the battery at the same time. Radiator thermostat Schwaiger (Danfoss): ZHT01 Remove the battery cover and take out one battery. Press and hold the button on the top side of the device for 5 seconds and re-insert the battery at the same time.
  • Page 35 Press and hold the B button (on the outside of the device) for three seconds until the LED begins to light and the detector emits a short acoustic signal. Then release the Smoke detector button and wait until the LED lights yellow (the fourth option Fibaro: FGSD-002 selection).
  • Page 36 Press and hold the button on the side of the device for 20 seconds, then release the button. Upon successful reset, the device LED will light up for 3 seconds and then Infrared transceiver blink. Hank HKZW-ACC01 Press and hold the WPS button on the backside of the device for 5 seconds.
  • Page 37 If you have any other questions about the devices, please also checkout our FAQ page on https://smarthome.ekz.ch/de/hilfe. Moreover, the download page on https://smarthome.ekz.ch/de/downloads holds more useful resources like user guides for certain devices (e.g., for connecting...

  • Page 38: Overview Of Led Colors And Hub Buttons

    Overview of LED Colors and Hub Buttons Front side (“Hub button”) Push button LED light Open Hub network for Blue light blinks 2 x briefly device connection 1 x per sec. 2 x briefly Close Hub network Green light Blue light blinks 4 x briefly Remove device 5 x per sec.
  • Page 39 What does the Hub LED tell me about the Hub status? LED light Hub status Green light (solid) Normal operation mode: Everything OK. Hub has a network connection, but was not added to your account yet. Please Green light (blinks) log into the app and add the hub (see 2.2).

  • Page 40: Hub Technical Data

    Hub Technical Data Radio protocols Z-Wave plus ZigBee IP (WIFI and Ethernet) Range Up to 15 m Operational 0–40 °C temperature Protection class IP20 Power supply ~110–230 V AC, 50–60 Hz Power consumption <10 W Dimensions L 108 mm × B 108 mm × H 26 mm...

  • Page 41: Conformity Declarations

    Conformity Declarations EKZ hereby declares that the EKZ Smart Home Hub complies with the essential requirements and the other pertinent provisions of the following directives: – Council Directive LVD (2014/35/EU) – Council Directive EMC (2014/30/EU) – Council Directive RED (2014/53/EU) –...

  • Page 42: Contact And Support

    You could not find the answer you were looking for in this user manual? We are happy to help! Check out our on our homepage or contact us directly: smarthome@ekz.ch 058 359 56 56 Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ) Dreikönigstrasse 18 8002 Zurich Switzerland Document version: v18, June 15th 2020...
  • Page 43 EKZ SMART HOME Just live smarter Do you have any questions? We are happy to help: 058 359 56 56, smarthome@ekz.ch, smarthome.ekz.ch...

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