MENNEKES
What can you do with Niko Home Control?
By using Niko Home Control, you can do the following:
charge your car as efficiently as possible in one of the following modes:
Solar mode
Normal mode
Boost mode (*)
Plan your next trip mode (*)
pause or stop the charging of your car
When charging your car using 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 the Niko Home app. See Niko Home app charging modes
Control multiple electric vehicle charging stations/connections in one Niko Home Control installation (*)
(*) to be added in future releases
What do you need?
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Your MENNEKES EV charging station meets the following requirements:
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How do you activate the link between your Niko Home Control and your MENNEKES EV charging station?
Check if you have everything you need (see above).
Activate the MENNEKES connected service in the Dashboard menu.
Add a device generic car charger MENNEKES to the floor plan.
(optional) Create the desired routines and/or conditions with the device. You cannot add the generic car charger MENNEKES to the routines Solar mode and Peak mode.
Address the generic car charger MENNEKES.
Upload the configuration file to your installation.
Following the steps above are sufficient to control the MENNEKES EV charging station from Niko Home Control and from the Niko Home app, see Niko Home app charging modes.
How do you deactivate the link between your Niko Home Control and your MENNEKES EV charging station?
Deactivate the MENNEKES connected service in the Dashboard menu.
If you used your MENNEKES system as a part of your configuration (used the system in routines and/or conditions), follow the additional steps below.Remove the generic car charger MENNEKES from the floor plan.
Upload the configuration file to your installation.
After deactivating the link, the following happens:
The MENNEKES functions disappear from your Niko Home app and your Digital black.
When used in Niko Home Control routines, the MENNEKES functions will not be executed anymore.
Niko Home app charging modes
The Niko Home app offers the following charging modes:
Normal mode: charging is done respecting the capacity tariff limit that you set in the Niko Home app in Energy parameters > Electricity.
Solar mode: charging is done with your excess solar energy. You can set the share of power from the grid that can be used to reach the minimum charging current for your car in the Niko Home app in Energy parameters > Car charger.