Fow which product is this article applicable?
This article is applicable for the Smappee EV Line products of the following type:
- EV Wall (EVWC-x-x-x), EV Wall Eichrecht (EVWE-x-x-x), EV Wall Business (EVWB-x-x-x)
- EV One (EVOC-x-x-x), EV One Business (EVOB-x-x-x)
- EV Base (EVBC-x-x-x) and (EVB-x-x-x)
- EV Ultra
The article is not applicable of the older 'Home' charging stations as they included Infinity in the kit
Recently acquired any of the above mentioned Smappee products?
Congratulations You are halfway to enabling Smappee to safeguard your fuse, control your charger, and ensure charging occurs at the optimal time.
Your are however missing a key component, a Energy Management System.
Why would I need a Energy Management system?
Smappee requires accurate measurement of the energy imported from and exported to the grid in order to effectively regulate the charging speed of the charging station(s). Where applicable, it is also necessary to monitor the production of solar panels and battery systems.
To enable features such as fuse protection and optimized utilization of solar generation, Smappee must be able to measure the contribution of each energy source.
What Energy Management solutions does Smappee offer?
Smappee offer multiple solutions to be installed as a Energy Management System
- Infinity (see Smappee Infinity - Documents and manuals)
- P1 (see Smappee P1 - Documents and manuals)
Requirements
- The Smappee App
- A (or multiple) EV Line product(s) that are installed and activated
- Access to their location in the App
- A Smappee EMS kit (See mentioned solutions above)
Starting the App installation flow
- Navigate in the App to the location of the already activated charging station
- If the location has no linked EMS of Smappee it will warn you as in the following screenshot
- Pressing the "Install" button will trigger the installation flow the Energy monitor.
After finishing the installation of a Infinity kit make sure you doublecheck the measurements! See Validating the measurements of your Smappee monitor