Which providers of household devices use the Sunny Home Manager?
(jh) The Sunny Home Manager is offered by many manufacturers of household appliances and heating systems as an energy manager for use with PV systems. A prerequisite is that there is a usable controlling interface between the appliances and systems in the household via which the Sunny Home Manager can send its control commands.
There are two types of control:
Control via radio-controlled socket
Appliances (e.g. pond pump) can be started/stopped directly via connecting or interrupting the main power supply (power plug).
– The radio-controlled socket can also control a relay or contactor (three-phase) which starts an appliance. In this way, large loads such as a pump or heater can be switched on with three-phase power connection. It is also possible to control the smart-grid-ready heat pump switching contacts which start the heat pump in a special configuration to consume surplus PV energy.
Control via direct data connection
Some modern home appliances have a network port through which the appliance data can be sent via the local network. If there is an Internet connection via the local router, the manufacturers of household devices can use this data for maintenance purposes, for example. This also enables the visualization and control of the household appliances via mobile IT devices.
If the manufacturer of the networked home appliances has implemented a special energy management data protocol in the control system in cooperation with SMA, the Sunny Home Manager can execute the energy management control directly via the local network.
So far, the following home appliances have been equipped with the energy management data protocol and tested as part of the SMA Smart Home:
– Bosch Siemens household devices with HomeConnect (EEBUS inside)
With the Sunny Home Manager firmware version 1.13, a range of washing machines, driers and dishwashers can be controlled via the Sunny Home Manager in the energy management system. Detailed information on compatible appliances and a manual on connection are available in the technical information “SMA Smart Home – Energy Management of Household Appliances via EEBUS”.http://www.bsh-group.de/
– Stiebel Eltron heat pumps in connection with the Stiebel Eltron Internet Service Gateway (ISG) web and the EMI software module (see here for list of compatible products)
– Tecalor heat pumps THZ with ISG web and EMI software module (further information at https://www.tecalor.de)
– Miele home appliances via Miele@home gateway XGW2000 and XGW3000 (in particular washing machines, driers and dishwashers with Smart Start functionality) https://www.meile.de/
– Mennekes AMTRON Wall Boxes as charging stations for electric cars http://www.mennekes.de
– MyPV ELWA intelligent heating element from – Manual for integration with the Sunny Home Manager
Further devices are being equipped with this capability.