SMA sunny home manager - Load Control Operations; Information on 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 Explanation
Direct, cable-based commu-
nication
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.
Switching and measuring
via radio-controlled sockets
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.
9 Load Control
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