ᐅ Smart home control (solar panels, heat pump, etc.) via smartwatch?

4lpha0ne schrieb:

I don’t trust any currently available automation,

Why?

4lpha0ne schrieb:

So are there already apps for smartwatches or simply very compact websites that I could quickly open via URL in a self-made web app (which is faster than a full app)?

Sure, definitely. These existed even before anyone had thought of smartwatches.

4lpha0ne schrieb:

But the important information is nowhere available at a glance. I’m going to work on that now.

Of course all of that exists, and similar solutions have been around for half a century. They were called control rooms back then, since the technology was still analog.

Nowadays, any school kid can put something like this together using freely available tools.

However, I share the opinion of previous speakers regarding smartwatches. What’s the point of all that data clutter? The system should just manage everything itself and leave me in peace.

Mycraft schrieb:
Why?

Because, in my opinion, battery management such as setting minimum/maximum state of charge (SOC) and discharge thresholds (for example, at what point grid power is drawn, also useful to run the heat pump on a special heat pump tariff during low household electricity demand at night), as well as charge current management, is not really a standard use case. Or is there actually a practical solution for this?

Mycraft schrieb:
Sure, definitely. That existed even before anyone thought about smartwatches.

Are you referring to Kostal Plenticore and Nibe? I’m not interested in a proof of concept, but an actual solution for my house.

Mycraft schrieb:
Of course all of this exists and something similar has been around for half a century. It was called a control room back then because the technology was still analog.

Nowadays, any schoolkid can put something like this together using freely available tools.

But why this has to be on a smartwatch... I’m with the previous commenters. What’s the point of all that data noise? The system should just manage everything itself and leave me alone.

Why should I have to justify myself here to strangers who are not interested in sharing experience on the topic? A smartwatch is simply something you wear and can show the information immediately or with just one tap.

Are there any schoolkids around here who can handle Modbus, enabling battery read/write interfaces, Tizen apps, and small web servers? That wouldn’t be bad. That’s actually how I got started 35 years ago. As far as I know, there aren’t any here locally, but I will find out for sure soon.

I see it more as a playful challenge. You don’t have a power plant, just 7.5 kWp, right?
For me, it runs through the facility server. That way, I only get the data analyses I want, and not, for example, the entire website from the inverter…
Wishing you the best of luck. Unfortunately, I can’t assist you further.

rick2018 schrieb:

I see it more as a bit of fun. You don’t have a power plant, just 7.5 kWp, right?
For me, it runs through the facility server. That way I only get the data evaluations I want, not, for example, the entire inverter website…
Wishing you good luck. Unfortunately, I can’t help you further.

Thanks!
Exactly, it’s more about the fun of it. And you wouldn’t really play around with a full-scale power plant anyway. 😉

Here, there are 6.6 kWp on a semi-detached roof. Over the next 20 years, small automated optimizations will already have a strong effect. With the heat pump, I was also able to reduce consumption compared to the plumber’s setting of 5100 kWh down to about 2500–2900 kWh.