GreenWave PowerNode Bedienungsanleitung
Home Energy Management
PowerNodes
Home Energy Management
PowerNodes
Introduction 2
PowerNode Overview 3
Installation 6
Common Z-Wave Tasks 10
Network Inclusion Process 10
Network Exclusion Process 11
Safety Information 13
About GreenWave 14
Table of Contents
Introduction
The GreenWave Reality platform helps create a smart, energy-efcient home through the monitoring and controlling
of your powered appliances and electronics. You can conserve energy with minimal impact to your lifestyle by using
our products to easily manage your powered devices. Simply connect our Gateway to your home network, plug
your devices into our PowerNodes, and then monitor and control the devices’ power usage through a Web browser
or smartphone.
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PowerNode Overview
The GreenWave Reality PowerNode is a smart outlet adapter that connects your appliances and electronics to elec-
trical outlets and your GreenWave Reality home network so that you can monitor and control your devices’ power
usage remotely through a Web browser or smartphone. The PowerNode is available as a single outlet node or as a
six-outlet strip.
The PowerNode automatically connects to your GreenWave Reality Gateway (the device that connects to your
home network). This connection enables the Gateway to securely connect the devices you have powered through
your PowerNode to your home network. The PowerNode collects data on the energy consumption of the
connected devices and transmits the data to the Gateway. You can then control
the energy consumption of each connected device automatically using
GreenWave Reality Smart Controls. These user-dened Smart Con-
trols allow you to turn devices on or off remotely through a Web
browser or smartphone or to set a schedule for automatically
turning your devices on or off at pre-dened times.
1. PowerNode plug: Prongs that
you plug into your power outlet.
2. PowerNode outlet: Outlet
where you plug in your appliance
or electrical device.
3. Room color selector: Wheel
that you rotate you specify the
associated room color.
4. Sync button: Button that you
press to sync PowerNode with
Gateway.
5. Indicator: Button that shows
current activity and status of
synced devices.
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Room Colors
Your PowerNode has a corner wheel with colored numbers to
represent the room or device that the PowerNode is powering.
Set the PowerNode to the colored number you want to use to
identify the room or device (this is referred to as the “room color”).
For example, you can set the room color to blue. Then, when
you access your account through the Web or smartphone, the
corresponding room is identied by the same blue color as your
PowerNode.
You can set PowerNodes in different rooms to different colors
to make those rooms easy to identify when managing
the power sources on the Web or
smartphone.
Off (no color): All PowerNode ports
connected to the Gateway are off.
Steady white: All PowerNode ports
connected to the Gateway are on.
Steady green: Some PowerNode ports
connected to the Gateway are on (some
are off).
Flashing green multiple bars: PowerNode
is out of range from the Gateway. You
can move the PowerNode closer to the
Gateway to improve reception. Or you
can add additional PowerNodes closer
to the Gateway so that the PowerNode
can connect to the Gateway via the
additional PowerNodes (PowerNodes
can “piggy back” on each other’s
network connection).
Rotating green double bars: PowerNode is in
association mode to connect with Gateway.
Rotating green single bar: PowerNode is
in deassociation mode to disconnect from
Gateway.
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Indicators
Your PowerNode has an indicator that displays any of the following patterns and colors to show you its current status:
Installation
Before you install your PowerNode and powered devices, make sure that your GreenWave Reality Gateway is
already connected to your home network and operating (refer to the instructions that came with your Gateway).
There are four basic steps to install your PowerNode and powered devices:
1. Set the PowerNode room color.
2. Choose the powered device to connect and its location.
3. Prepare the PowerNode for the powered device.
4. Plug in the powered device and turn on the PowerNode.
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1. Set the PowerNode Room Color
Set the PowerNode to the colored number you want to use to identify the room or
device (this is referred to as the “room color”).
The room color selection is strictly to help you identify the room when you monitor and
control its power usage. Any color setting you use will work automatically with your
Gateway. Refer to the section above on room colors.
2. Choose the Powered Device and Location
Choose the appliance or electronics device you would like to connect to your PowerNode. Turn the device off and
unplug it from any power source. As discussed in the “Installation Tips” section, you should attach only one device
to each PowerNode outlet (one device for a single-outlet PowerNode or six devices for a six-outlet PowerNode strip).
Locate a suitable electrical outlet nearby where you would like to place the device.
3. Prepare the PowerNode for the Powered Device
Plug the PowerNode into the electrical outlet. Turn the PowerNode Off by pressing the power button, which will illumi-
nate white to indicate the power is off.
4. Plug in the Powered Device and Turn on the PowerNode
Plug the device you want to power into the PowerNode outlet. Turn the PowerNode appliance power on by pressing
the power button, which will illuminate green to indicate the power is on. Turn the device on.
The appliance is now part of your GreenWave home network.
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Installation Tips
Review the safety information. Be sure to review the information contained in the “Safety Information” chapter for
important safety information you should follow.
Connect only one appliance per PowerNode outlet. For best results, attach only one powered device to each
PowerNode outlet (one device for a single-outlet PowerNode or six devices for a six-outlet PowerNode strip). Do
not connect power strips and extension cords (or other PowerNodes) to the PowerNode. The PowerNode can only
reliably monitor and control one device connected to one outlet at the time. Connecting more devices to one outlet
interferes with power consumption monitoring and may cause risk of of malfunction and damage to your Power-
Node from overloading. If you would like to control more devices, you can easily add more PowerNodes to your
home network.
Keep radio signals clear. Your Gateway and PowerNodes have antennas built-in for radio communication with Inter-
net services and other devices on your network. Just as you might experience reception problems on your mobile
phone inside a building, your Gateway can have trouble communicating with PowerNodes if their radio signals are
blocked by obstacles such as large metal panels or walls containing wire mesh. When placing these devices in your
home, imagine invisible lines connecting between them. Try to keep these lines clear from obstruction as much as
possible.
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