Vaillant
What can you do with Vaillant and Niko Home Control?
Manage multi-zone heating and cooling with your heat pump
If you connect your heat pump or heat pump boiler to Niko Home Control, you can control it via the Niko Home app on a tablet or smartphone, the Touchscreen and/or Digital black.
You can control multiple rooms individually, using the following actions:
Check and set the room temperature
Choose programs and modes (e.g., home, away, vacation)
Set up a weekly program
We recommend the following options to make even better use of this connection:
Include the away mode in the all-off routine; see Basic all-off.
Turn off the heating when the windows/doors are open; see Custom routine.
What do you need?
Niko requirements
Your Niko Home Control installation meets the following requirements:
It has a wireless smart hub or a connected controller II.
It is configured with the most recent programming software.
It has an active internet connection.
It is registered and you have your e-mail address and password on hand.
If you want to use the Vaillant functions in combination with Niko Home Control actions, these actions need to be programmed with the Niko Home Control programming software after the link has been activated.
Vaillant requirements
Your system meets the following requirements:
It has an active internet connection.
It is a Vaillant heat pump or heat pump boiler having a Vaillant communication unit and you have the serial number of the communication unit on hand.
It has an eBUS connection.
It has one of the following thermostats:
Thermostat supported by the vSMART/eRELAX app
Thermostat supported by the MyVaillant app: sensoCOMFORT VRC 720, sensoHOME VRT 380 or sensoROOM VRT 51f
You can find the serial number of the communication unit on the following locations:
On the backside or the inside of the unit below the barcode
In the vSMART/eRELAX app or the myVaillant app
Programming
You can (de)activate the partner integration via the Niko Home Control programming software. Ask your professional installer for help. You will find the requirements and detailed instructions in the software manual.
Note that any basic actions and routines linked to your partner system are also updated via the programming software.
You activate the link in the Dashboard menu. You find the procedure here.
You deactivate the link in the Dashboard menu. You find the procedure here.
After deactivating the link, the following happens:The related functions will disappear from your Niko Home Control app.
Your related data in Niko Home Control will be lost.
Depending on the type of heat pump system, the following functions automatically appear in your Niko Home app and on your touchscreens after you activate the link between both systems:
System supported by vSMART/eRELAX app | System supported by myVaillant app | |
|---|---|---|
Check and control the room temperature (one zone) |  | |
Check and control the room temperature (more zones) | | |
Check the outside temperature | | |
Choose the heating program mode (e.g. home, away) | | |
Choose the operation mode (e.g. summer, winter, frost guard) | | |
Check and boost the temperature of the hot water system | | |
Choose the heating program mode (off, manual, schedule, away, boost*) | |
*Boost is only available for domestic hot water.
You can always use the vSMART/eRELAX app or myVaillant app for more advanced settings and configurations. The SENSO app does not support Niko Home Control.