Electrical Appliances

When dealing with electrical appliances, it is essential to understand their energy consumption. The electrical appliance can be any household appliance that consumes energy to meet its purpose (e.g., washing machine, boiler). You have to map the appliances as described further.

A device providing the energy data of your appliance, such as an energy meter, smart socket, or smart plug, must be connected to the controller, commissioned, and the following KNX objects provided:

• Active power: This represents the actual power consumed by the appliance.
  Assign the KNX object unit with either watts (W) or kilowatts (kW).

• Active energy consumed: This reflects the total cumulative energy consumed by the appliance over time.
  Assign the KNX object unit with watt-hours (Wh).

If KNX objects are available, map them in the Energy plugin as follows:

1. In your web browser, open the Energy plugin for your controller.

2. Click + at the bottom right corner > click Add equipment. The form for creating new equipment pops up.

3. Fill out the General tab of the form as follows:

   Title	Any name.
   Power limit (W)	Alarm threshold (it is compared to Active power)- 0 = Alarm is not set.

4. Click the Objects tab and fill it out as follows:

   Active power	Active power.
   Energy taken (required for consumption calculation)	Consumed energy.
   Device status (1 Bit)	Optional (the status will be displayed in the plugin). 1 = OK/ 0 = failure

5. Click Save.

   
   

   The appliance appears as an item on the equipment list.

6. Check the appliance (checkbox on the left) > click at the bottom left > click Add selected to room > choose to which room(s) you want the electrical appliance added.

   NOTE: Rooms have to be already created in Touch Config.

7. Click Add.

The mapped appliance power and energy are available in (new tab) at the bottom right of the mobile application.

Tap in the app and check if the appliance is monitored correctly:

• The values in the Live view have to be displayed instantly.

• You need to wait for data history and let the system generate enough data to display in the app.