New: Loxone Config 15.1

The Highlights:

• 01: Spot Worth Optimizer – 30 min intervals (UK)
• 02: AC Unit Controller: Maximize Consolation and Power Effectivity
• 03: New Operate Block: AC Central Controller
• 04: New Visualisation: The Local weather Controller Turns into the Heating and Cooling Controller
• 05: New Parameter: Use One Consolation Temperature
• 06: Billing of Wallboxes: OCPP (Open Cost Level Protocol) – Beta
• 07: Improved System Schematic
• 08: New Operate Block: Dew Level Calculator
• 09: New: Binary Encoder & Worth Validator
• 10: Min/Max Options for Method Operate Block

Excellent indoor local weather due to synthetic actual intelligence

Synthetic intelligence is all over the place as of late. However actual intelligence has been part of Loxone’s local weather management system for years. Our Miniserver processes knowledge from room local weather sensors, climate situations, and extra. It makes use of this knowledge, together with its rising expertise and complicated calculations, to make selections that guarantee the right indoor local weather. The Miniserver is at all times studying and optimizing these processes, and all knowledge stays securely inside your constructing.

We lately Launched the Loxone Spot Worth Optimizer, a revolutionary instrument designed to assist customers capitalize on power value fluctuations, decreasing general power consumption and prices. In contrast to mainland Europe, which makes use of hourly intervals, the UK operates on 30-minute intervals. Our builders have tailor-made the optimizer to accommodate this, making certain exact calculations.

The Spot Worth Optimizer now consists of two new general-purpose inputs: I2 for specifying distribution prices and I3 for peak time premiums. Moreover, the I4 enter permits customers to enter ‘Minutes Previous Midnight’ for correct timing. These inputs feed right into a method that calculates utilization prices for every 30-minute interval.

The brand new Min/Max perform lets customers set a most price per kWh based mostly on their power provider’s value cap, stopping surprising spikes in power prices.

For instance, integrating Loxone with Octopus Power’s Agile tariff can considerably lower power payments. Customers can see real-time knowledge on their app, enabling knowledgeable selections on equipment utilization and automobile charging occasions. Nevertheless, with Loxone, these financial savings are automated, eradicating the burden from customers and making certain optimum power utilization always.

Observe our how-to and video step-by-step information in our documentation by way of the button beneath.

Since final 12 months, the AC Management Air has made it doable to seamlessly combine air con programs into constructing automation in report time. With model 15.1, the AC Management Operate Block turns into the AC Unit Controller. That is accompanied by various improvements to drastically enhance the consolation and power effectivity of air con programs.

Sensible air con in below 3 minutes

That is the AC Management Air

• Appropriate with quite a few main producers (Gree, Mitsubishi Electrical, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Daikin, Fujitsu, Sinclair, Toshiba)
• Invisible plug & play set up throughout the air con system in below three minutes
• Easy, intuitive operation of the air con by way of app
• Heating and cooling as wanted
• Value-effective heating and cooling due to PV integration and/or the Spot Worth Optimizer

Solely for Loxone Companions: Assist your clients preserve a cool head in summer time and profit from our particular promotion for the AC Management Air in August. All data will be discovered within the Loxone Accomplice Portal.

The connection of the AC Unit Controller and Clever Room Controller – for extra consolation and power effectivity

The air con can now be related to the Clever Room Controller. This makes it an integral a part of an automatic HVAC system.

Quiet consolation & environment friendly safety in opposition to overheating

Our idea with eco and luxury operation is already recognized from heating management. That is now additionally used within the management of air con programs.

Consolation Mode

In Consolation mode, the air con ensures the specified temperature with minimal noise. If the consolation temperature is exceeded, it begins to chill mechanically. As soon as the specified temperature is reached, it runs continually at a low stage and thus maintains the temperature. Consolation mode is meant for these occasions when somebody is within the constructing.

Silent Mode:

With the brand new possibility of setting a “Silent Mode”, the air con continues to run unnoticed within the background. That is splendid for sleep mode or for a presentation in a gathering room, for instance.

Default values:

Within the newest model of Loxone Config, beginning values ​​will be set for the fan pace, airflow and goal temperature. This characteristic makes it doable, for instance, to outline requirements in a resort room. If desired, the final values ​​at which the air con was beforehand switched off will also be adopted.

The out of doors unit of an air conditioner can both warmth or cool, however not each on the similar time. All indoor items should, due to this fact, be operated in the identical mode. The AC Central Controller information the cooling or heating necessities of the related Clever Room Controllers, thus ensures trouble-free and environment friendly operation of the air con system.

Retailer power in a room:
Extra cooling & extra heating

As a way to use low cost cooling or heating power as effectively as doable, a room will be “overcooled” or “overheated”. This characteristic is good, for instance, together with the Power Supervisor for optimizing the self-consumption of a PV system or with the Spot Worth Optimizer.

Now new: Clever climate forecast

An important decision-making foundation for environment friendly heating and cooling is the climate. The Loxone Climate Service has been offering dependable climate knowledge to your constructing automation for years. The Heating and Cooling Controller and the AC Heating and Cooling Controller will use this knowledge much more intelligently sooner or later. To any extent further, selections will likely be made by default based mostly on the forecast for the subsequent 48 hours.

To offer extra readability, we have now renamed the Local weather Controller to Heating and Cooling Controller. In order that customers can higher perceive the behaviour of the Heating and Cooling Controller in addition to the AC Central Controller, we have now revised the visualisation within the app.

Now new:

• Visualisation of the requirement for heating or cooling in proportion
• Visualisation of the opposite temperatures being factored

We suggest setting your individual consolation temperatures for heating and cooling. Nevertheless, in some circumstances – akin to in a resort room – it is sensible to solely specify one consolation temperature. This makes operation simpler for the top person.

OCPP has established itself as the usual in billing for charging stations of electrical automobiles. It connects charging stations for electrical automobiles and their billing programs.

The Loxone Wallbox is now OCPP-capable (1.6 and a pair of.0.1) and, together with an NFC Code Contact, helps all frequent RFID charging playing cards, akin to Shell Recharge, bp pulse and allstar. The identical applies to different wallboxes that may be built-in into Loxone.

Quite a few features and choices akin to participation in charging networks, billing when the corporate automobile is charged at residence and even ad-hoc billing and not using a charging card are actually all doable with Loxone.

NFC, RFID and extra

NFC Code Contact:
Learn cost playing cards well

The NFC Code Contact is the perfect interface between the wallbox and the billing system. It reads quite a few frequent RFID playing cards reliably and securely. However not solely that – one system, numerous potentialities! With the NFC Code Contact you possibly can, for instance, additionally handle entry to your charging lounge.

• Easy, risk-free and keyless authorisation answer for all areas
• Refined Design
• Most safety
• Seamless integration into the Loxone Wallbox

With the System Schematic, system layouts, ground plans and far more will be visualised within the Loxone App. In model 15.1, we’re giving the Operate Block extra helpful options:

• Particular person Textual content Fields
• Customisable prefix texts
• Execute actions immediately throughout the view
• Clear design due to mounted sizes, grids and snap performance

As a way to calculate the dew level as simply as doable, for instance for the minimal stream temperature of the cooling system, we have now developed a brand new Operate Block. Figuring out the dew level helps stop mildew formation and moisture injury.

New Operate Block: Binary Encoder

Encodes digital states into analog values. This allows communication with third-party units that may solely talk by way of binary values.

New Operate Block: Worth Validator

Validates an analog worth. That is sensible, for instance, when measuring the temperature within the pipes of a pool: the measured temperature is legitimate when the pump is working – however not when the water is within the pipes.

The brand new Min/Max characteristic is required in order that, for instance, mounted value will increase at peak occasions will be included within the calculation as simply as doable.