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SMA Solar Technology AG 9 Load Control
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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
communication 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 79)
• Miele devices with Miele@Home gateway (see Section 9.5,
page 79)
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 receive
switch-on and switch-off commands from the Sunny Home Manager.
Switching and measuring
via SMA radio-controlled
sockets In the Sunny Home Manager system, SMA radio-controlled sockets
can switch connected loads on and off. The SMA radio-controlled
sockets can also measure the energy consumption of the connected
loads and transmit this to the Sunny Home Manager. To do this, the
SMA radio-controlled sockets must be assigned as devices to the
Sunny Home Manager system (see Section 10.1 "Adding or
Replacing Devices", page 81).
A load can either be connected permanently to the same
SMA radio-controlled socket or successively to changing
SMA radio-controlled sockets. On each change, the load must be
assigned to the new SMA radio-controlled socket (see
Section 9.3.11, page 70). If the load is not assigned to an
SMA radio-controlled socket, the Sunny Home Manager cannot
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 SMA radio-controlled sockets,
depending on the load type you will need to make additional settings
for each load. This way, the Sunny Home Manager can effectively
schedule the loads in the load control and optimize energy and cost
savings.