Sunny Home Manager Home Connect FlexStart and EEBUS
By happy co-incidence I got both a new (internet enabled) dishwasher installed and Photovoltaik on my roof.
My model is a Siemens: SX758X46TE
I was happy with the internet features called "Home Connect" (or "HomeConnect" with "FlexStart").
I can start the dishwasher and hand control to the app - then I can remotely start the dishwasher when I want to.
Why?
Because I can monitor my solar remotely and I can see when the battery is full and choose to start the dishwasher at the best time.
But what if the Solar could automatically do it?
I did not imagine that this was possible but the more I read about this Remote Start the more I discovered that it indeed was possible and also already works with the "Sunny Home Manager 2.0" that I have at home.
My model SX758X46TE is not listed, but model SX758X06TE is listed - I think they are the same but sold in different countries: https://files.sma.de/dl/7680/EEBUS-Compatible-TI-en-10.pdf
But finding any info on how to get this working is a nightmare - Siemens has limited info, HomeConnect (which is not unique to Siemens or dishwasher) also has limited info.
Google also tells you little.
By trawling through forums and translating from German to English I found that I need something called EEBUS to be supported. Eventually I found an obscure menu item in my Sunny Home Portal which said it was deactivated :-(
But luckily I read somewhere that you need to ask SMA to enable it - they did via support ticket!
:-)
The Siemens manual showed how to tell the dishwasher to talk to the Sunny Home Manager - but it didnt work.
Another obscure forum post said you need to unplug and replug the Sunny Home Manager - but it was integrated into my mains.
More searching showed that a reboot would do it ... there is a small reset button - but you need to hold it down for longer than 6 seconds to reboot (else it resets!!!).
I did that and it worked!!!!
I re-ran the energy manager search in the dishwasher and it reported a login to the energy manager - in the Sunny Portal it says now "A new device is found" :-)
But that is where I am now.
I start my dishwasher, I tell it to finish by xx pm and start with control delegated to the (Sunny) Energy Manager. But nothing happens.
Following up with SMA now.
I am writing this down due to the lack of info on the web, maybe it helps someone in the future.
If it works, it is pretty cool that my solar manages when the dishwasher should start.
Sadly I bought a new washing machine last year, without internet access (without Home Connect) - as I didn't see what it would be useful for. It will hopefully last for 10 years. But now I also want to program my solar to decide when is the best time to use it e.g. when the battery has enough and it is sunny enough that the battery can still recharge. The Home Manager also uses the internet to check the forecast to see if the sun will come out and there will be a better time in the day to run!!!
My model is a Siemens: SX758X46TE
I was happy with the internet features called "Home Connect" (or "HomeConnect" with "FlexStart").
I can start the dishwasher and hand control to the app - then I can remotely start the dishwasher when I want to.
Why?
Because I can monitor my solar remotely and I can see when the battery is full and choose to start the dishwasher at the best time.
But what if the Solar could automatically do it?
I did not imagine that this was possible but the more I read about this Remote Start the more I discovered that it indeed was possible and also already works with the "Sunny Home Manager 2.0" that I have at home.
My model SX758X46TE is not listed, but model SX758X06TE is listed - I think they are the same but sold in different countries: https://files.sma.de/dl/7680/EEBUS-Compatible-TI-en-10.pdf
But finding any info on how to get this working is a nightmare - Siemens has limited info, HomeConnect (which is not unique to Siemens or dishwasher) also has limited info.
Google also tells you little.
By trawling through forums and translating from German to English I found that I need something called EEBUS to be supported. Eventually I found an obscure menu item in my Sunny Home Portal which said it was deactivated :-(
But luckily I read somewhere that you need to ask SMA to enable it - they did via support ticket!
:-)
The Siemens manual showed how to tell the dishwasher to talk to the Sunny Home Manager - but it didnt work.
Another obscure forum post said you need to unplug and replug the Sunny Home Manager - but it was integrated into my mains.
More searching showed that a reboot would do it ... there is a small reset button - but you need to hold it down for longer than 6 seconds to reboot (else it resets!!!).
I did that and it worked!!!!
I re-ran the energy manager search in the dishwasher and it reported a login to the energy manager - in the Sunny Portal it says now "A new device is found" :-)
But that is where I am now.
I start my dishwasher, I tell it to finish by xx pm and start with control delegated to the (Sunny) Energy Manager. But nothing happens.
Following up with SMA now.
I am writing this down due to the lack of info on the web, maybe it helps someone in the future.
If it works, it is pretty cool that my solar manages when the dishwasher should start.
Sadly I bought a new washing machine last year, without internet access (without Home Connect) - as I didn't see what it would be useful for. It will hopefully last for 10 years. But now I also want to program my solar to decide when is the best time to use it e.g. when the battery has enough and it is sunny enough that the battery can still recharge. The Home Manager also uses the internet to check the forecast to see if the sun will come out and there will be a better time in the day to run!!!
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