Ecosoft SG-Hub

Name: Ecosoft SG-Hub
SKU: ecosoft.sghub
Availability: InStock

Price range: € 329,75 through € 412,40

The Ecosoft SG-Hub is a smart switch with two relays, WiFi, ethernet and other connectors. The Hub is intended to control connected devices to save energy costs. It is suitable for among others heat pumps, hybrid heat pumps, heat pump boilers and PV-systems.

The Ecosoft SG-Hub has connectors for DS18, PWM, RS-485, SG-Ready (relays 1 and 2), EVU (relay 1), P1 (connection to smart meter), P1 signal forwarding and ethernet. It is also possible to connect external relay devices, to add more additional relays.

Operating heat pumps
The Ecosoft SG-Hub operates heat pumps to keep the heating costs as low as possible, by benefitting from energy price fluctuations during the day.

Operating hybrid heat pumps
The SG-Hub is suitable for hybrid heat pumps as well. For example, if at some time during the day, gas heating by the gas boiler is cheaper than the electrical power heating by the heat pump, the SG-Hub can switch the heat pump in a lower operating mode.

For PV system
For supported inverters, the Hub can (via the ModBus protocol) regulate back or set to zero the solar inverter’s output power if the price falls below a certain value. If the Ecosoft SG-Hub is informed by P1-data (not in the UK) from the smart meter when a PV system is feeding back electricity to the grid, it can switch on the heat pump to utilise the solar energy. Note: For the UK and all other countries, alternatives to P1-data are Shelly EM or data received directly from the inverter about the production of solar energy. Batteries connected to supported solar inverters can be controlled as well.

See: Specifications

See: Detailed description about theSG-Hub.

The SG-Hub should only be installed by an expert installer.

License
The SG-Hub comes with a license for 1 year or 3 years. With this license, the SG-Hub can receive energy prices from the internet, and to be connected to the Ecosoft cloud so you can change settings online and store energy consumption data. The license can be extended.

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SKU: ecosoft.sghub Category: Electronics

Description

The Ecosoft SG-Hub is a smart switch with two relays, WiFi, ethernet and other connectors. The Hub is intended to control connected devices to save energy costs. Because cheap energy is more than often green energy (solar and wind energy), there are benefits for the environment as well.

How does operating heat pumps and heat pump boilers work?
Every day, the SG-Hub creates a planning with “moments to switch” and takes the following into account:

• Your location (where outside temperature and prices depend on)
• The efficiency of your heat pump at certain outside temperatures
• The electricity prices during 24 hours of a day
• The efficiency of your gas boiler (if present)
• The current gas price
• Your preferences filled out in the energy planner.
• Indoor temperature when a sensor is connected
• Read-out P1 data (not for UK) or from Shelly EM

Requirements

To benefit from the advantages the Smart Grid Controller has to offer, you will need:

A smart meter
A WiFi or ethernet connection
Time-of-use contract, to benefit from price differences

Which heat pumps are supported?
Find a list of suitable heat pumps here.

Included

Ecosoft SG-Hub
Adapter only with the version without PoE
Software that calculates the plan
Choose between one or three years of service consisting of:
1. Energy prices via internet
2. Updates to the software
3. Change settings using the cloud
4. Store energy consumption data in the cloud

The SG-Hub should only be installed by an expert installer.

Specifications

Product: Ecosoft SG-Hub
Firmware: Ecosoft (planning software)
Power IN: DC 5V / 1A
Number of relays: 2
Ethernet connection: yes
Power over Ethernet: depends on the SG-Hub type
WiFi available: yes
Heat Pump Control: SG-ready and EVU
Inverter control: ModBus TCP and ModBus RTU
Connection to solar inverter via ethernet: yes
Connection to solar inverter via RS-485: yes
Read-out DS19B20 temperature sensor: yes
Read-out RS485 ModBus: yes
PWM control: yes
Connection SG-Expander (in development): yes
Read-out P1-data from smart meter (not in the UK): yes
Forwarding P1 (not in the UK): yes, signal and power

Find more information about the SG-Hub. The Ecosoft SG-Expander (in development) can be connected to the SG-Hub and offers 6 extra relays and 4 extra inputs.

SG-Hub info

Manual

Installation