YOUVI Fronius Bridge
With the YOUVI Fronius Bridge for the YOUVI Basic software package, you always have a clear overview of your energy supply. At a glance, you can see how much electricity your PV system generates, whether you're drawing power from the grid or if your home is self-sufficient. The bridge directly transmits data from the Fronius platform to the YOUVI visualisation, making your energy flows transparent.
Please note: The YOUVI Fronius bridge can only be used in combination with YOUVI Basic and PEAKnx hardware. You can find out where to locate your YOUVI hardware key under the "Installation" tab.
Extension for YOUVI Basic: The intelligent software solution for KNX smart home control
With YOUVI Basic, you can easily and intuitively control the most common smart home functions such as lighting, shading, and heating. The Fronius bridge, along with additional add-ons, allows for expansion of smart home functionalities according to your needs.
All energy data in one place
The energy monitoring widget provides you with a complete overview of your current energy consumption, PV system output, or home battery status. YOUVI displays the following parameters:
- Power fed into the grid
- Power drawn from the grid
- Self-generated power (e.g. via photovoltaics)
- Home battery: power fed/drawn
- Home battery: charge status
- Total consumption
- Self-sufficiency level
An animation also provides live visualisation of energy flows and directions.
Simple setup and expansion
To set up, simply enter your inverter’s IP address. The data provided by your inverter can then be integrated into YOUVI and loaded into any room or added to the dashboard.
Values transferred from the Fronius platform into YOUVI can also be used within the YOUVI Logic Module to trigger, for example, the ambient lighting of the Controlmicro to glow red or green depending on the degree of self-sufficiency, or to activate additional appliances only during periods of energy surplus.
Sending energy parameters via the KNX bus
During the bridge setup, you can assign group addresses to all energy parameters. This allows all values from the Fronius bridge to be sent via the KNX bus and retrieved accordingly. Sensor values, such as the home battery charge level, can be displayed on KNX push buttons or used to activate energy-intensive appliances only when the battery is fully charged.
Hardware and software requirements
The YOUVI Fronius bridge can only be used in combination with YOUVI Basic and PEAKnx hardware (Controlmicro, Control 12, Control 16, Controlpro, USB-Connector or Performance Server).Installing the Fronius bridge
- First, follow these steps in YOUVI:
- If the desired add-on has not yet been installed, do so via the YOUVI Dashboard. For the YOUVI Fronius Bridge, click on "Install Fronius".
- Then open YOUVI Configuration > More > License and select the appropriate license for the add-on.
- Copy the hardware key.
- Then follow these steps in the PEAKnx Shop:
- Enter the copied code under "Hardware key". A license key will then be generated and stored.
- Once the order process is complete and payment has been made, you can find the licence key in your customer account. Under the "My licence keys" tab, you will find all purchased licence keys.
- Return to YOUVI:
- Open YOUVI Configuration > More > License and nd ensure the correct licence for the add-on is selected!
- Enter the license key in the "License" field and select "Activate".
