SMA: API connection

Please note that you can only link one inverter with your Niko Home Control installation, when using the API connection. If you want to link multiple inverters, you need to use the connection via measuring module(s).

What do you need?

General requirements

You have a computer with the most recent version of the Niko Home Control programming software, see Niko Home Control II release notes.
You have connected both systems to the same home network.

Niko requirements

Je Niko Home Control installatie voldoet aan de volgende vereisten:

Je installatie heeft een draadloze slimme hub of een connected controller II.
Je installatie is geconfigureerd met de meest recente programmeersoftware.
Je systeem heeft een actieve internetverbinding.
Je hebt je installatie geregistreerd en je hebt je e-mailadres en wachtwoord bij de hand.

SMA requirements

Your system meets the following requirements:

You have its serial number on hand. You can find the serial number on the SMA product.
It has an active internet connection.
MODBUS port on the inverter is enabled by your PV installer during installation.

When the MODBUS port has not been activated by the PV installer, you will have to enter the SMA installer password during the activation procedure to enable the port.

If you don't have the SMA installer password, please contact your PV installer or fill in the form on the SMA website.

Your system is one of the following SMA products*:

Single-phase

Three-phase

PV inverter

Sunny boy:

SB1.5-1VL-40
SB2.0-1VL-40
SB2.5-1VL-40
SB6.0-1AV-41
SB6.0-1AV-40
SB5.0-1AV-41
SB5.0-1AV-40
SB4.0-1AV-41
SB4.0-1AV-40
SB3.6-1AV-41
SB3.6-1AV-40
SB3.0-1AV-41
SB3.0-1AV-40

Sunny Tripower:

STP10.0-3AV-40
STP8.0-3AV-40
STP6.0-3AV-40
STP5.0-3AV-40
STP4.0-3AV-40
STP3.0-3AV-40

Hybrid inverter

Sunny Tripower Smart Energy:

STP5.0-3SE-40
STP6.0-3SE-40
STP8.0-3SE-40
STP10.0-3SE-40

Sunny Boy Smart Energy:

SBSE3.60-50
SBSE4.0-50
SBSE5.0-50
SBSE6.0-50

Battery

Home storage:

Home Storage 3.2
Home Storage 6.5
Home Storage 9.8
Home Storage 13.1
Home Storage 16.4

*Consult the website of the supplier for detailed specifications and the latest products.

If your system does not meet these requirements, consider the alternative solution: connection via measuring module(s).

Programming of the SMA system

Je kunt de partnerintegratie (de)activeren via de Niko Home Control programmeersoftware. Schakel hiervoor de hulp in van een professionele installateur. Je vindt de vereisten en gedetailleerde instructies in de handleiding van de software.

Je activeert de link in het menu Dashboard. Hier vind je de procedure.
Je deactiveert de link in het menu Dashboard. Hier vind je de procedure.
Na deactivering van de koppeling gebeurt het volgende:
- De gerelateerde functies verdwijnen uit je Niko Home Control app.
- Je gerelateerde gegevens in Niko Home Control gaan verloren.

Weet dat alle basisacties en routines van je partnersysteem ook geüpdatet worden via de programmeersoftware.