What can you do with Niko Home Control?
By using Niko Home Home Control, you can charge your car as efficiently as possible in one of the following modes:
- Solar mode
- Normal mode
- Stop/pause mode
- Smart mode (coming soon)
- Boost mode (coming soon)
When charging your car with Niko Home Control, the following features are supported:
- Load balancing (i.e. the car's charging power is adapted automatically as a fuse overload protection mechanism)
- Control your peak consumption via peak mode
(i.e. when you’ve reached your monthly peak target value, your devices will temporarily be switched off. They are switched on again when you’ve reduced your peak power consumption. This feature is especially useful if your electricity net tariff is capacity based) - Control multiple electric vehicle charging stations/connections in one Niko Home Control installation (coming soon)
What do you need?
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Your Niko Home Control system meets the following requirements:
| The central energy consumption in your home is to be measured. | |
Your Niko Home Control system meets the following requirements:
| The central energy consumption in your home is to be measured. If you dispose of a digital meter with a P1 port, you can connect this directly to the wireless hub to monitor the energy usage in your home. Alternatively, you can use t he wireless measuring module (552-00803) with clamps. | |
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How do you (de)connect Niko Home Control and your Alfen EV charging station?
You can (de)activate the link between Niko Home Control and your Alfen charging station via the Niko Home Control programming software.
Note that any basic actions and routines linked to your Alfen EV charging station are also updated via the programming software.
For more information on the requirements and detailed instructions, see the software manual .