Smart Living

Smart Living is a total solution for your home. This means you can integrate almost any of the technology in your home into the system. Household appliances, heating appliances, air conditioners, sun protection equipment, lighting and security systems can all be controlled via a smartphone or tablet for more energy-efficient and comfortable living. In addition, we also offer integrations with Google Home, Philips Hue, etc.

The demand for smart building technology is increasing enormously. Those buying or renting a home are increasingly putting comfort and/or durability first. A Smart Living system positions your building more firmly in the market, increasing its value.

Since Smart Living is a wired solution and requires specific cables to be installed for installation, Smart Living is suitable for new construction projects and major renovations, unless the necessary cable systems are already available in your home.

Follow these 9 steps and control your Smart Living via voice control:

• Install and open the Google Home app.
• Log in with your Google account.
• Press “add”.
• Press “set up device”.
• Choose “works with Google”.
• Scroll through the list and select Renson One.
• You will be redirected to the Renson One app where you must log in with your Renson account (you can only set up the connection with an admin account).
• Press “authorise”.
• Return to the Google Home dashboard.

All your linkable technologies are now listed per room (as defined in the Renson One app) on the dashboard. You can now control these with your voice.

There are various options to monitor your electricity consumption, which can also be combined:

• You can connect the P1 port of the digital meter to the Brain/Brain+ module
• You can add an Energy module to the installation, allowing 12 devices or circuits to be measured, so that large consumers such as a heat pump, charging station or solar panels can be monitored.

The P1 port of your digital meter gives you general information about total consumption and injection, as well as quarterly values in the context of the capacity tariff.
The detailed measurements with an Energy module make it possible to map the consumption of specific consumers, so that a peak in total consumption can be traced back to a specific device.

In addition, you can also see the data from the sensors in your installation on the Insights dashboard. This makes it possible to see correlations between consumption and sensor data.

You can find more information about the Insights dashboard in this user manual

Feel free to contact us using the contact form https://renson.net/gd-gb/contact and we will refer you to a recognised installer. Are you familiar with electrical installations? If you are, you should be able to install the Smart Living modules yourself.

Your Smart Living installation requires a 24 VDC power supply. Always use a separate fused power supply with the following minimum specifications:

• 24 VDC
• 1.25 A/30 W (may be higher depending on the number of modules used)
• CE certified

Smart Living DIN rail modules that are interconnected on the system bus require twisted pair and straight wiring. Cat5E or Cat6 are perfect cables to use for longer distances.
Please note: the system bus has a maximum total length of 600 metres and does not support branches.

Modules that are connected to each other on the CAN bus must always be connected with twisted pair wiring. For distances under 150 metres, a 2 x 2 x 0.8 (2 pairs, 4 cores) EIB cable can be used. For distances above 150 metres we recommend using Cat5E or Cat6 cable.

The CAN bus does not support branches or splits. These are only possible in a line/loop.
Please note: the last micro CAN on the CAN bus must be terminated.

The cable length to a push button or LED must not exceed 50 metres.

The most important thing is to choose a motion detector with a potential-free output and a pulse function, and preferably a low-voltage motion detector so that it is "silent" (so that there is no click at any motion detection). Examples of this are

• For surface mounting: Niko 350-41549
• For recessed installation: Esylux PD-C360i/8 mini IC

Please note: motion detectors may not be powered via the CAN bus.

An example connection for an external relay (Eltako ESR12NP-230V+UC (in “ER” mode)) for use in combination with lighting can be found below. If you connect another external relay, it is best to take into account the maximum load of the digital outputs (max 50 mA per output).

An example of a compatible external 0/1-10V dimmer is the Niko 330-00701 module.

Yes. The following components are required for each DALI bus (maximum 64 DALI addresses per bus):

• 1x DALI Serial Interface
  • Article: 28806
• 1x DALI Power Supply
  • Article: 27485
• 1x CAN Control module
  • Article: 26086
  • Note: The first DALI bus can be connected directly to the Brain or Brain+ module, a CAN Control module is not required for this.

The connection diagram for these components can be found in the relevant datasheets.

When a Renson heat pump is installed, it is connected to the Expansion Bus of the Brain or Brain+. As a result, the P1 port of the Brain or Brain+ cannot be used.
Don't worry, it is still possible to connect the P1 port of the digital meter, via a USB-to-P1 cable. This can be connected to the USB port on the Brain or Brain+, allowing the P1 to be connected. In the configuration (under Configuration > General > Brain or Brain+) you select that the P1 is connected via USB-to-P1, and the data can then be used for the Insights dashboard.

Compatible USB-to-P1 cables are: ROBB SMART Smart Meter Cable USB-P1 (1m), Nodo shop P1 Meter USB Cable (1.8m), Smart meter cable - P1 USB (C-P1USB-FTDI).

Please note: these cables have been verified with a Smart Living installation, but not with every type of digital meter. When purchasing a USB-to-P1 cable, also check its compatibility with your type of digital meter.