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1. e Total usage 6 50 kWh 0 82 3 68 kg CO2 Refresh Batu 29 05 2009 w Export On Off 7 ae a Help Updates Settings The Reports screen is shown when you click the button at the top right Click Refresh to get new numbers for current usage and total usage Plugwise Current usage The current usage can be shown for each appliance separately but also per group and per room e Select an appliance group or room from the tree at the left hand side of the screen Clicking the plus signs next to Rooms Groups and Appliances will make the main items in the tree fold out e Click the Refresh button at the centre of the brown bar Data will be retrieved from the Circles and the current usage of the selected item will be shown on the brown bar Total usage The total electricity consumption of the selected appliance group or room is displayed under the current usage You can request it the same way as the current usage see above Total usage is shown as the amount of electricity consumed in kWh since the appliance was added to Source For changing the start date for this number refer to Setting a new start date for the total usage on page 21 Creating reports To gain insight into your energy usage over a longer period it can be useful to have Source generate a graph Graphs can for instance visualize which of your appliances consume electricity at night and how much tha2. Assigning a switching schedule to an appliance group orroom New switching schedules are not automatically linked to appliances You can choose to link a schedule to any number of appliances rooms and groups If you edit a schedule all items to which it s connected will be updated e Assign a schedule to an appliance a group or a room by dragging the schedule from the Schedules box on top of the screen to an item in the tree at the left hand side e Click Send schedules to provide the Circles with the new schedule The schedule icons The icons in the tree of the schedules overview screen show if switching schedules are assigned to appliances rooms or groups The meaning of the icons is explained in the example below A power saving schedule for the nights has been assigned to the r garage the kitchen and the office as K shown by the schedule icons in front of the rooms _ amp Kitchen When you assign a schedule to a room it is automatically assigned to Refrigerator aT Microwave ieee aee t Dishwasher Qo the kitchen ER Water heater all appliances in that room The water heater in this example has the same schedule as the room itis in 7 The refrigerator has no schedule icon Office ist floor 4 because the schedule was removed see Removing a schedule from an appliance on page 15 5 Server room A second switching schedule was assigne
3. Personal data Edit your personal data at Settings Personal data You can also sign up for updates for Source there e Source only sends your personal data to Plugwise with your consent The check box under your postal address shows what you have selected in the Configuration Wizard If you don t want your personal data to be sent to Plugwise your e mail address is only used to activate your licence Plugwise Energy tariffs Change your tariffs at Settings Energy tariffs You can also specify the CO emission associated with your energy consumption Contracts with multiple electric companies can be added for specific periods The left hand side of the screen shows contracts that you ve added before The first time you open this screen it will only show the tariff that you ve specified during the installation of Source Editing a tariff e Select a tariff from the list at the left e Use the Name text field to specify how the tariff must be shown in the list e Ifyou remove the check mark next to it labelled with Active the tariff won t be used in reports Instead 0 per kWh will be showed e The fields for Company and Product are meant to distinguish one contract from the other e Seta starting date and an end date for the period during which the tariff is effec tual e Fill in the field under Power tariff to specify how much your electric company charges you per kWh For changi
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5. Check if the code on the screen matches the Circle ID refer to your installation list If the codes don t match click the red cross mark Source will then search for the right Stick e Note new Plugwise network IDs consist of 6 characters If the ID of your Circle consists of only 5 the Source adds an extra character to it In that case you can just click Next to continue e You may get a warning indicating that the Stick can t connect to the Circle Make sure the Circle is connected to a wall socket within 5 meters of the Stick and click Try again Only if you have tried this before but without success you click Cancel In that case the Stick will be reset You will have to manually restore the Circles to the factory settings The boxed text on the next page plains that process e Click Next if the Circle ID matches the ID on the screen and if the green check marks are shown at the images of the Stick and the Circle Plugwise Step 5 Circles A list with Circles known to the network is displayed If not all your Circles are shown in Restoring the factory settings to the Circles this list you can manually add them e Make sure that all codes on the screen correspond with the codes on your installa tion list Note the Circle code will not be shown on the screen In certain cases the manual or Source could request you to restore the e Click Next if the list is complete Circles to the facto
6. Settings and then Back up e Choose Restore backup e Find the location of your back up file select it and click Open When the backup data has been added to Source you will be notified Plugwise Installing updates To ensure your system will continue working optimally check for updates for Source regu larly and install them when they re available e Click the Updates button to check for updates If there are updates available the Update Wizard will be started to guide you through the installation process Besides improvements for Source firmware updates for the Circles will be distributed in the same fashion If not all Circles are in the network for instance because they are not plugged in you can normally continue with the Update Wizard The offline Circles should be updated as soon as they are online again Contact Plugwise The Plugwise help desk can be contacted via Phone 31 252 433 070 E mail helpdesk plugwise com Postal address Plugwise Wattstraat 56 2171 TR Sassenheim The Netherlands
7. e Drag the non assigned Circle from the list at the right hand side to the appliance at the list at the left hand side Disconnecting a Circle If you want to connect a Circle to another appliance you ll have to disconnect it first e Look up the appliance that is assigned to the Circle you want to disconnect from the list at the left hand side of the appliances settings screen e Drag the appliance to the Non assigned modules list at the right hand side If you disconnect a Circle from an appliance to which switching schedules are assigned Source will retain the link between the schedule and the appliance although the sched ule will be removed from the Circle Removing an appliance You only have to remove an appliance if you want to remove its usage data and don t plan on applying switching schedules to it any more You don t need to remove an appliance to use its Circle for another appliance Above is explained how you can disconnect a Circle to apply it to another appliance To remove an appliance e Select one or more appliances from the list Settings Appliances e Click the x button next to Delete appliance at the centre of the brown bar e The appliance and its measurement data are now removed from Source The free Circle is shown at the list at the right hand side Plugwise Editing appliances For changing the room in which an appliance is shown in Source refer to Assign rooms to app
8. what you can do with the Plugwise Source software The main func tions will be explained measuring electricity consumption and making schedules to auto matically switch appliances on and off The options in the settings menu are discussed as well The installation manual that was delivered with your Plugwise kit supports you with installing the Circles and the software After the installation of Source has been completed the Configuration Wizard will be shown The first chapter of this manual provides help for each of the steps taken by the Configuration Wizard If you have any further questions after reading this manual please contact the Plugwise help desk Phone 31 252 433 070 E mail helpdesk plugwise com The Stick The Stick sends data from the Circles to Source and sends your switching schedules from Source to the Circles Sending data can take some time At the bottom left of your screen the icon with the Stick shows the status of data transfers The Stick is connected to a network of Circles ie The check mark blinks when data is being transmitted The bar under le 0 05 the icon shows the progression of the data transmission The Stick has found a Circle and is connecting to it There s no connection between the Stick and the Circles Make sure the e Stick is connected to your computer and that it is within 5 meters of a Circle that is connected to a power socket Plugwise Configur
9. E mail e Enter your e mail address to activate the application e Leave the check mark if you d like to be informed about updates for Source via e mail e Click Next to continue to the next Step Step 9 Finish You will receive an e mail at the address you ve just entered It contains an activation link to complete the installation and configuration Click that link and Source will be ready for use Plugwise Reports measuring energy consumption Use Reports to get detailed insight into your electricity consumption the costs and the associated C0 emissions You can do this per room per group of appliances or for a separ ate appliance The screen shown at the right is the start screen of Source From other modes you can go back to it with the Reports button at the top right of the screen If you want to know how you can edit the settings of your appliances rooms or groups see Settings on page 17 ZOON 2 le o x Reports Schedules NS Report of usage from 29 04 2009 to 29 05 2009 inclusive Bed room Garage Garden shed Kitchen g Boiler j Dishwasher Microwave oven Living Room Groups Appliances ba a Sun 03 May Sat 09 May Sun 10 May Mon 11 May Tue 12 May Wed 13 May Thu 14 May ia a T Te N a D E Usage during off pea Direct switching Current usage 0 00 W 0 00 day 0 00 kg C02 day z Show eum 29 04 2009 B
10. ality may be used in combination with the Standby Killer setting If an appli ance is switched off by the Standby Killer you can override this function and restore power again by simply removing the Circle from the power socket and placing it back If you then switch the appliance on the Circle will remain in the On position until it has been put on standby The next firmware update will alter the functionality of manual switching of appliances equipped with schedules You will be notified in due course Editing switching schedules Changes to schedules will be sent to all appliances groups and rooms to which they have been applied e Opena schedule by clicking its icon at the top of the Schedules screen e Make changes to the schedule the same way you created the schedule e Click Save schedule when you re done with the schedule e Click Send schedules to provide the Circles with the new settings Plugwise Settings Clicking the Settings button at the bottom right of the screen will show the settings a main menu All options that were set or skipped during the installation of Source can be Reports Schedles altered from here Settings Main menu Navigateto Appliances v oa aa a a a j fey e ry 5 l lt i i s F Appliances Rooms Groups Add modules amp J amp Lani E Sd cS Personal data Energy tariffs Program Back up Call up the settings main menu by clicking the
11. ance you may have to use the scrollbar at the bottom of the list to see all the data The numbers in this screen do not automatically refresh but double clicking an appliance shows its most recent measurement Adding appliances You can add more appliances to the list than you have Circles The benefit of this is that you can use one Circle to measure several appliances Usage data and switching schedules are saved for each appliance rather than per Circle This is further explained in the boxed text on the next page If you want to keep the usage data for a non assigned appli ance just leave it in the appliances list as itis If you have a Circle that is not assigned to an appliance in Source yet it is shown under Non assigned modules in the Settings Appliances screen To add a new appliance e Click the plus sign next to Add appliance in the centre of the brown bar A new appliance is shown in the list at the left e Enter the name of the appliance e Select the appliance type from the list under Type on the brown bar e Assign a free Circle to the appliance see below Assigning a Circle to an appliance e Open the Settings Appliances screen and look up the ID of a non assigned Circle from the list at the right hand side The IDs are shown under Address e Plug the Circle into a socket and connect an appliance to it e Add the appliance to Source if you haven t done that yet see above
12. ard it shows 10 Watt Take the standby power consumption of the device and add 10 Enter that value into the field e Click Save schedule when you re done with the schedule e Click Send schedules to provide the Circles with the new settings Standby Killer Many appliances consume energy even when they re in standby mode In some cases limiting the power supply to such devices can lead to a dramatic saving on energy bills With the Standby Killer schedules can be set to switch off power to a device as soon as its power consumption gets below a certain threshold Say your television uses 8 Watt in standby mode You could make a sched ule that automatically switches off your TV at a set time each day But if you would be watching a late movie it would be annoying if the screen would go black before the end If instead you would make a schedule with the Standby Killer mode at 18 Watt you wouldn t notice anything But after a maximum of 15 minutes after you ve set the TV to standby the power supply to the TV will be switched off completely Plugwise Overriding switching schedules Appliances with an applied switching schedule can still be switched on and off as usual For manual switching we also refer you to on page Removing a Circle from the power socket and placing it back will always cause the Circle to switch to the On mode Within 15 minutes it will resume its schedule settings This function
13. button at the bottom right Plugwise From the settings main menu you can choose the following topics Appliances e Overview of all appliances their electricity consumption and the Circles they re connected with e Connect Circles to appliances e Edit names of appliances Rooms e Add edit and remove names of rooms e Set the locations of your appliances Groups By forming groups of appliances you could for instance measure the electricity consump tion of all connected lights or easily apply schedules to devices that unnecessarily consume energy at night Add modules If you ve purchased an extension package with extra Circles or if during installation not all Circles were connected to the network you can add those here Personal data e Your name and address e Sign up for update news about Source Energy tariffs e Peak and off peak tariff e C0 emission e Contracts with other electric companies Program e Language e Currency Back up e Back up your electricity consumption data schedules and settings e Restore backups Plugwise Appliances Go to Settings Appliances for an overview of the configuration of your Plugwise U a Ci f Iti network There you can change the settings of your appliances and view current and total sing a Ircie ror mu Ip electricity consumption You can add new appliances and remove appliances from Source appliances here as well The appliances list at the left hand si
14. d to the microwave oven which conflicts with the kitchen schedule as shown by the red icon That second schedule was also assigned to the dishwasher but the conflict was resolved as shown by the green icon Resolving schedule conflicts e Double click the appliance e Select the schedule you want to apply to the item or click No schedule to remove Plugwise all schedules from the appliance e Click Ok e Click the Send schedules button to provide the Circles with the new settings If you double click a switching schedule at the top of the screen under schedules a popup is shown with information about the schedule including to which appliances it is assigned to Removing a schedule from an appliance You can remove a schedule from an appliance without deleting the schedule itself e Go to the Schedules overview e Right click an item in the tree and click Delete Applying the Standby Killer e Determine the power consumption of a device in standby mode See on page 10 for instructions e Make a new switching schedule see page 13 or edit an existing schedule see below e The Standby Killer setting can be found next to the On and Off schedule settings The same way you apply the Off setting for a period by clicking the white rectangular button you click the green rectangle to apply the Standby Killer e Next to Standby Killer a field with a number is shown Stand
15. de of the screen shows to what Circle each appliance is connected under Module Source saves usage measurements and switching schedules per appliance That means that you can use one Circle to measure the electricity usage of Plugwise Q a refrigerator and use the same Circle to automatically switch off your television at night without having to delete any of the refrigerator s Settings Appliances Navigate to Appliances data If later you would like to use the same Circle to monitor again another appliance the TV s switching schedule stays linked to the TV whereas no schedule will be applied to the other appliance Go to Settings Appliances Drag the appliance that you want to stop monitoring switching the refrigerator in the example to the list at the right hand side of the screen Add a new appliance the TV in the example For adding appli ances see the previous page Get the Circle and connect it to the new appliance Back at Source drag the Circle from the non assigned modules list Total usage jiSia E Eo Be El Do not switch off manually x Delete appliance E Temporarily not in network to the new appliance in the list at the left side The appliances overview shows non assigned Circles in the list at the right hand side Plugwise Current usage numbers The appliances list at the left hand side of the screen shows the current usage and total usage for each appli
16. e top of the screen e Click the new schedule s name Switching Schedule 1 for instance and enter a distinguishable name e Atthe right hand side below the schedule you can select how precise the sched ule has to be Choose 15 30 or 60 minutes e Use your mouse cursor to select the period during which you want to switch a device on or off You do this by drawing a rectangle over the schedule click at the starting time hold the mouse button and move the cursor to the end time e You can make a different schedule for every day of the week if you want Every row in the schedule represents a day At the left side of the schedule it is indicated what row stands for which day M for Monday T for Tuesday etc e Click the white rectangle near the bottom left of the schedule to switch the appliance or appliances off for the selected period Click the blue rectangle if the Plugwise appliances should be switched on e When you re done making the schedule click the floppy disk icon next to Save schedule at the right hand side at the brown bar If you do not save the sched ule all changes will be lost Below the schedule a grey table is shown It shows the average electricity consumption for the item you ve selected from the tree The table can assist you in making an optimal power saving schedule You can select the period that is used to define the average by choosing the dates that are shown above the table
17. f the Circles is big enough to store one year s energy consumption measurements If you wouldn t use Source for a year or longer the Circles continue func tioning normally After a year the Circles will start overwriting existing measurements starting with the oldest So generate a usage report at least once a year if you want to be able to compare usage over several years Export usage data You can export your energy usage data to a CSV file which you can open for instance with spreadsheet software This option is only available in Source Pro e Go to the Reports screen and click the Export button at the right hand side of the brown bar e Select a location for the file enter a file name and click Save Plugwise Schedules switch appliances on and off Use the Schedules screen to automatically control the power supply of individual appli ances whole rooms or groups of appliances Click the Schedules button at the top right to go to this screen S_ON d E Report Schedules SEE Switching schedules Groups Schedules a igh Rooms E ig amp Garage B We Kitchen 7 g Boiler 3J Dishwasher 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 i Microwave oven f W H H Office ist floor ais r F E amp Server room S E amp Storage room i z Oof Wor fstandby k
18. iler at 10 watt 15 30 60 Minutes amp vs verage usage overview kWh x0 rom 22 02 2009 Ww jun NM amp _ Groups A iew kWh x0 001 Fi 02 til 28 05 2009 tv 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Appliances 0 0j oj oj 0j 0 15 0 06 0 03 0 04 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 05 0 26 0 26 0 06 0 04 0 03 0 37 0 04 0 05 0 00 0 00 0 11 0 33 0 67 0 61 0 52 0 44 4 15 Totals are in kWh Add schedule Save schedule x Delete schedule 5 Rooms Savings per week 1 87 kWh 0 29 0 00 kg C02 28 Groups 73 Appliances Estimated saving per year 15 04 Send schedules E Help Updates Settings Go to the Schedules screen by clicking the button at the top right of the screen Use the On Off switches to directly control appliances New and edited schedules have to be saved and must be sent to the Circles in order to be used Plugwise Direct switching e Select an item from the tree at the left side of the Reports screen Clicking the plus signs next to Rooms Groups and Appliances will make the main items in the tree fold out e Click the On or Off switch at the left hand side of the brown bar For example if you click at Garage in the tree and click the Off button all electricity to appliances connected to a Circle in the garage will be switched off You can protect appliances against accidentally switching them
19. ing Source Before Source is ready for use it needs to be set up with information about your appli Step 1 e Welcome J ances power tariffs and preferences The Configuration Wizard guides you through the process of entering that information All steps are explained in this section of the After Source has been installed on your computer the following screen will be shown manual Note If the Configuration Wizard is interrupted you can restart it by clicking Configura tion Wizard from the Plugwise Source folder in the Windows Start menu All options selected in the Configuration Wizard can be altered later via the settings menu See also Settings on page 17 Welcome to the configuration wizard of the Source IE Preperation The Plugwise network will be setup and configured in this wizard IB License Run through all steps of the configuradon wizard to fully set up your network These steps are explained in detail in the manual which is opened by clicking on IE Stick and Circle the question mark icon You can also download it from the Plugwise website waw plugwise com C Circles Se Press Newt to start the configuration IE Configure modules C Power tariff LJ Usage data J Finish Plugwise Configuration Wizard A Welcome License terms Copyright 2009 Plugwise B W e Click Next at the bottom of the screen to continue Plugwise Step 2 Preparation Follow the on scree
20. k Next to continue to the next step l Welcome m Mew module If you don t make changes to the standard settings keep in mind that Source cannot Preperagon 3 Modules to be configured er EEr determine the exact costs of your energy consumption Under Editing a tariff on page 24 Enter a new name or select an Stick and Cirdle ce ere it iia Gee itis described how you can change the power tariff at a later stage ENE 7 exer y Enter a new name or select an Configure modules ine 7 existing room Select room type O Usage data Fill in the details for each appliance You can always change these afterwards Garden IO Finish Appliances screen in the Source nance Plugwise Configuration Wizard Configure modules License terms Copyright 2009 Plugwise B W Plugwise Step 8 Usage data Source can anonymously send your usage data to Plugwise The data will help Plugwise to develop new products and improve its existing products Anonymous transmission of usage data e Enter the first group of digits of your postal code e Select the country in which you re using your Plugwise product from the drop down menu e Click Next to continue Personal data If you d like to receive mail about special offers from Plugwise or related other parties you can enter your name and address here Signing up for this will link your personal data to the usage data that Source sends to Plugwise
21. liances on page 22 Selecting appliances You can change the settings of multiple appliances at once Hold the ctrl key while select ing appliances from the list at Settings Appliances to do so If you want to select all the appliances in the list click the first one hold the shift key and click the last appliance Changing the name of an appliance If you want to use a Circle for another appliance it s best to follow the instructions in the text box at the previous page If you just want to change the name of an appliance e Right click an appliance from the list at Settings Appliances e Click Edit e Enter anew name Changing the type of an appliance e Select one or more appliances from the Settings Appliances list e At the left side of the brown bar under Type it is shown what type is currently assigned to the appliance Click that box to change its category e As you can see the icon next to the name of the appliance has been updated Protecting appliances against manual switching You can protect appliances against switching them off accidentally e Select one or more appliances from the Settings Appliances list e Click the check box next to Do not switch off manually at the bottom left of the screen e Asmall padlock is now shown over the appliance s icon Temporarily not in network If a Circle is not in a socket the Circle will keep searching for it That
22. may slow down reading usage data from the other Circles as well as providing Circles with new schedules Instead of disconnecting the Circle you can temporarily remove it from the network e Select the appliance to which the non connected Circle is assigned e Click the Temporarily notin network check box to avoid this Setting a new start date for the total usage You can select a new start date for the total usage number of an appliance e Select one or more appliances from the Settings Appliances list e On the brown bar the total usage is shown Click the 0 button to select a new start date Plugwise Rooms Adding and removing rooms e Create a new room or remove an existing room with the and x buttons on the Change the room assigned to an appliance at the Settings Rooms screen brown bar 5 32 Assign rooms to appliances e Make sure the list of rooms at the left hand side of the screen is complete Reports Schedules Settings Rooms Navigate to Rooms e Select an appliance from the tree or from the list at the right hand side and drag it Appliances not placed in a room Rooms Rees to a location in the tree i attery charger Garage Kitchen a Groups ia Microwave oven Refrigerator Just like Rooms you can define groups to organise your appliances You could for 7 Water hester instance make a group for lighting for computer devices or a
23. n instructions for setting up a Plugwise network Take notice that for proper network set up your computer with the Source installation should be within 5 e Click the blue link on the screen that is shown next Your internet browser will be meters of the Circle launched and will show the Plugwise Licence Activation web page If that is not the case click the Copy button to copy the web address and paste it into the address Step 3 Licence bar of your browser e If the Licence Activation web page is shown fill in your e mail address Copy the If Source cannot connect to the Plugwise server click the Manually button and follow the instructions below e Enter the licence code that is printed on your installation list and press Next code from the coloured box If the code is unreadable click the Renew button to try another code Click Submit An e mail will be sent to the address you ve just provided e Wait until you ve received the e mail with the activation code That could take a couple of minutes Copy the code and paste it into the white frame of the Configur Plugwise Installation list ation Wizard and click Activate ill di h r licence h n acti Click Next If th Register the ID and location of the your Source software licence code Ui mee screen will display that your licence has bee ae vated Click Next the Circle linked to a certain appliance activation code was refused make sure tha
24. new name or select an existing appliance e Select the type of appliance from the drop down menu at the right of the name Plugwise field oO e Enter the name of the room where the appliance is located into the text field under Step 7 Power tariff Enter a new name or select an existing room Press the button inside the text To properly determine the costs of the power use of your appliances you can enter your field to select previously entered rooms electricity tariff e Select how you would categorise the type of room from the drop down menu under Select room type e Use the fields under Starting date and End date to specify the contract period e Click Save if you ve provided all four fields with the necessary information with the electric company e Ifatnight time a lower tariff is applied enter it into the Tariff field Repeat the above steps for all Circles on your installation list If you have configured all e Next click Peak tariff to enter the electricity costs at day time Circles the information fields will become grey Then you can click Next to continue e Ifthe electric company doesn t differentiate between low and high tariff you only enter the low tariff e Your electric company can probably provide you with the CO emission number It depends on the method your electricity is generated e Click Save if you want to keep the changes you ve just made e Clic
25. ng the currency see Settings Program e C0 emission can be set to make realistic estimations for the amount of CO that is emitted to produce your electricity The setting depends on the method that is used to generate the electricity Please refer to your electric company for this number e If your electricity company bills less for electricity used at night click the Split tariff check box e Use the drop down menus under the From and To labels to specify the time during which the high tariff is active e Click the Save button to save your changes Adding or removing tariffs Use the buttons in the brown bar to add or remove a tariff from the list Program Go to Settings Program to set the language used in Source There you can also set the currency used in the reports Back up Go to Settings Back up to back up your usage measurements switching schedules and settings Besides for safety issues making a backup can be useful if you want to install Source to another computer Making a backup e Start the Back Up Wizard by clicking Settings and then Back up e Choose Back up e Select a location for your back up file e Ifyou want you can enter a different file name e Click Save e The progress is shown in the Back Up Wizard s brown bar When the backup is finished you will be notified Restoring a backup e Start the Back Up Wizard by clicking
26. ny other division you d ia prefer Managing groups is done similarly to managing rooms except that it s possible to Server room assign an appliance to several groups Storage e Creating new groups and deleting existing groups is done with the and x buttons on the brown bar e Categorise an appliance by dragging an appliance from the right hand side to a Direct switching group ain the tree Type Se tr a x Delete room On Off The tree in the Rooms screen shows for each room what appliances are located in it Expand the tree by clicking the plus button next to the name of a room The field at the right hand side shows appliances of which the locations are not Set Plugwise Add modules Go to Settings Add modules if you have purchased an extension set with extra Circles for your Plugwise network If any Circles were left unconfigured after the Configuration Wizard was finished you can add those here to the network as well Step 1 Circles e Get the installation list and the Circles to add e At the back of each new Circle there are two stickers with a code Tear off one of the two and stick it to the installation list At the back side of the list there is space for more Circles e Plug each Circle into a socket close to the appliance it should be connected to Copy the names of the appliances and the rooms in which they are located to the installation list e Click Add module
27. off It is recommended to use this for appliances that need to be monitored but not switched such as refrigerators On page 21 itis explained how this can be done If a switching schedule has been applied to an appliance the Circle will resume its switch ing settings after a maximum of 15 minutes With the next firmware update this proced ure will be modified Plugwise will notify you in due course Creating and applying schedules If your reports indicate you ve got appliances that consume energy without being actively used you can choose to switch these off at set times You can make switching schedules for rooms groups and separate appliances While you are editing a schedule the brown bar shows estimations for the amount of energy and costs that will be saved as well as the reduction of CO emission These numbers are based on the measurement data of your own appliances Important Every time you change a schedule or assign a schedule to an appliance you have to click the Save schedule button and the Send schedules button in order to provide the Circles with the new schedule Creating a new schedule You can create schedules and subsequently assign these to rooms groups and appliances e Go to the Schedules overview using the button at the top right of the screen e Click the button with the plus sign labelled Add schedule at the brown bar A new schedule appears in the schedules field near th
28. ry settings Do not try this if that is not the case If the e Ifa Circle is missing take your installation list and find its number Copy that factory settings of the Circle have to be restored all other Circles must be number to the white text field and click the green arrow button to add it to the restored as well list If one of the Circles is listed as offline make sure it is plugged into a working socket e Remove the Circle from the socket a ee l e Wai i within 5 meters of an online Circle or the Stick If that is the case the Circle will get online ait 4 seconds M e Put the Circle back into the socket and wait again 4 seconds within 15 minutes It is recommended to wait for that otherwise you can t use all Circles J e Repeat this 3 times for all Circles that have to be reset It s possible to add Circles to the network at a later stage See Add modules on page 23 p Tip if you have to reset all Circles use a power strip with a switch Step 6 Configure modules For each Circle the name of the connected appliance and its location needs to be set in this step e Take a look at your installation list Make sure that the names you ve used to describe the appliances do not occur more than once per room so you can easily tell them apart e The field under New module shows a Circle ID Copy the name of the appliance associated with this ID from your installation list to the field under Enter a
29. s in the settings main menu of Source e Copy each code from the installation list to the white box in the screen that is shown Click the button with the green arrow after each code e Wait until all Circles are shown as Online in the list e Click Next Step 2 Configure modules You can configure the new Circles the same way as you ve done it with the Configuration Wizard that was shown after installing Source This process is described on page Error Reference source not found After configuring all Circles click Finish to close the wizard If not all new Circles show up in the list e Wait until the all Circles are online If there is more than one Plugwise network in your area it can take up to 15 minutes before all Circles are shown e Make sure that all Circles are within the reach of the network If a Circle is too far away from the other Circles it cannot communicate to the network If that is the case abort the Add Module Wizard and relocate the Circle You can either put the new Circle closer to a Circle that is already connected to the network or put another Circle between the network and the new Circle to bridge the gap If the new Circle still doesn t show up in the Add Module Wizard you have to restore its factory settings e Abort the Add Module Wizard e Restore the Circle s factory settings following the instructions on page 7 e Again click Add modules at the settings main menu
30. t costs They can be generated for a single appliance a group a room or all of your appliances together Source offers three ways of displaying the usage per kWh in euros and per kilogram CO emitted Keep in mind that Source needs the costs per kWh and the associated C0 emission from your electric company to generate reports that fit your situation See Editing a tariff on page 24 on how to change these settings e Select an item from the tree at the left side of the Reports screen Clicking the plus signs next to Rooms Groups and Appliances will make the main items in the tree fold out e Make a choice for a report of the energy consumption report in kWh the costs or CO emission Select one of the three options next to Show at the right hand side of the brown bar e Next to Per you can choose if you want the report shown per day per week per month or per year e Specify the period over which the report should be generated by selecting dates at the fields next to From and To e Each time you change one of the above mentioned settings a new report is shown Important If you have never made a report before or if it has been a while ago since you ve made the last one it can take some time before the reportis shown This can take a few minutes for a small number of Circles and up to an hour if several dozens of circles have to send measuring data of a long period The built in memory o
31. t you copied the complete code from Attention each appliance description a A rar the e mail and that no spaces or quotation marks were copied with it Example Your licence code is printed in the blue box on your installation list e The next step Step 4 Stick and Circle will automatically be shown if the Config uration Wizard is able to connect to the Plugwise server Your firewall application may ask for your permission Plugwise Step 4 Stick and Circle Reconnecting the Stick If the stick was already connected to the computer before the Configuration Wizard was ONAC PIES TO OEG EMS Pore OL YONT COMPLAN started it may occur that the Stick is not recognised If after a few minutes no check It is now checked if the Stick can connect to the Circle Follow the on screen instruc marks are shown in step 4 of the Configuration Wizard the Configuration Wizard needs to tions Within a few minutes two check marks should be shown on the screen be restarted Mss e Click Cancel to stop the Configuration Wizard lt a e Remove the Stick from your computer e e Restart the Configuration Wizard by clicking Plugwise Configuration Wizard in your Start menu e Do notinsert the Stick again before reaching step 4 of the Configuration Wizard ed o 3 If the check marks don t appear after a few minutes follow the instructions under Recon necting the Stick Otherwise continue below e
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