With HomeWizard, you can set up various smart tasks. These let you automate switching an Energy Socket, or your dishwasher, washing machine, or dryer with Home Connect, on and off. This helps reduce your energy costs and use more of your own solar energy.
You create smart tasks in the HomeWizard app. Go to Settings > Smart tasks > Add task. You can choose from four different types of tasks:
Timer task for Energy Socket
Solar task for Energy Socket (Energy+ required) and Home Connect
Measurement task for Energy Socket (Energy+ required)
Dynamic tariff task for Energy Socket (Energy+ required)
Timer task.
What is a timer task?
With a timer task, an Energy Socket switches on and off at fixed times, or based on sunrise or sunset. For example, 30 minutes before sunset.
You can also choose which days the task is active. You can add multiple tasks per Energy Socket.
Example
Turn devices off at night. Want to reduce the standby consumption of your TV and peripherals? Set a timer that turns off your Energy Socket between 11:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
On and off times. Each timer task has an on time and an off time that you set yourself. If you create a timer task and it is already later than the on time, it will switch on for the first time the next day.
Solar task.
What is a solar task?
Charging your bike, heating your kitchen boiler, or turning on a device using unused solar energy? With a solar task, switching is based on your current solar surplus.
Set the level of solar surplus at which an Energy Socket should turn on, and how long it must stay on at a minimum. The Energy Socket turns on when solar surplus goes above the set level. It stays on for the minimum amount of time it stays on, and turns off when solar surplus drops below the threshold.
This feature requires a P1 Meter, Energy Socket, and Energy+.
Examples
Charge your e-bike using solar energy. Connect your e-bike charger to an Energy Socket. You want charging to start when there is 150 watts of solar surplus, and to continue for at least 15 minutes. Set the solar task to 150 watts and a minimum on time of 15 minutes.
Heat a kitchen boiler with solar energy. Enable a solar task for the Energy Socket connected to the boiler. Use timer tasks for the times you need hot water, and turn it off when it’s not needed, such as at night. This prioritizes heating using your own solar energy.
Charge your e-bike with solar energy and have it ready on specific days. Enable a solar task for the Energy Socket connected to your e-bike. Add a timer task for the nights before you plan to use it, so it’s fully charged when you need it.
Five-minute buffer. A solar task uses a 5-minute delay before the Energy Socket switches on or off. For example: if you want the Energy Socket to turn on at 2200 watts, that level must be available continuously for five minutes.
Smart washing and drying with Bosch and Siemens.
You can control dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, and washer-dryers that support Home Connect using a solar task. You do not need an Energy Socket or Energy+ for this.
Measurement task.
What is a measurement task?
With a measurement task, an Energy Socket switches based on its own power measurement, or on measurements from a P1 Meter, kWh Meter, or another Energy Socket.
You choose which value is monitored and which Energy Socket switches when the value rises above or drops below a set threshold for a configurable number of minutes. You can also set specific times and days when the task is active. You can combine this task with others and create multiple measurement tasks per Energy Socket.
This feature requires an Energy Socket and Energy+.
Rises above and drops below. With a measurement task, you can set the Energy Socket to switch on or off when power rises above or drops below a set value. The value must be reached first.
Minimum switching delay. The minimum configurable switching delay is 1 minute. This means there is always at least a one-minute delay before the Energy Socket switches.
Dynamic tariff task.
What is a dynamic tariff task?
A dynamic tariff task lets you turn on your Energy Socket when electricity prices are low. During these periods, there is usually a lot of sustainable energy available from sources such as wind and solar.
When creating a dynamic tariff task, you’ll see a graph with today’s and tomorrow’s electricity prices. Choose how long the Energy Socket should stay on (Duration) and whether this time must be continuous (Only consecutive hours). You can also set the time range and days of the week when the task may run.
On and off times. Each dynamic tariff task has on and off times that are determined per day. If you create a task and it is already later than the on time, it will switch on for the first time the next day.