GreenWave Reality Gateway User Manual

Home Energy Management

Gateway

Home Energy Management

Gateway

Introduction 2

Gateway 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-efcient 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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Gateway Overview

The GreenWave Reality Gateway provides the network connection for GreenWave Reality PowerNodes (our smart

outlet adapters that connect your appliances and electronics to electrical outlets). This connection enables the

Gateway to securely connect the devices you have powered through PowerNodes to your home network, allowing

you to monitor and control your devices’ power usage remotely through a Web browser or smartphone.

The Gateway automatically connects to your PowerNodes, collecting in-

formation on energy consumption by each connected device. Once the

PowerNodes are connected to the Gateway, you can control the energy

consumption of each connected device automatically using GreenWave

Reality Smart Controls. These user-dened Smart Controls 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-dened times.

1. Sync button: Button that syncs devices and shows current activity and status of synced devices.

2. WAN (Internet connection) error indicator: Indicator shows whether or not the Gateway is connected to the Internet.

3. LAN (home network) error indicator: Indicator that shows whether or not the Gateway is connected to your network.

4. Power indicator: Indicator that shows whether or not the Gateway is powered.

5. Network socket (RJ45): Ethernet port to connect the Gateway to your network.

6. USB socket (on some models): Socket that provides for a USB connection to your network router.

7. Power adapter socket: Socket to plug in the Gateway power adaptor.

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Your Gateway has sync and network indicators that display the following patterns and colors to show its current status:

Sync button—off (no color): Gateway is off.

Sync button—steady white: Gateway is on.

Sync button—rotating green double bars:

Gateway is in association mode to connect

with PowerNodes.

Sync button—rotating green single bar:

Gateway is in deassociation mode to

disconnect from PowerNodes.

Sync button—ashing green multiple bars:

Gateway is out of range from one or more

PowerNodes. You can move the affected

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).

Network indicator—off (no color): Gateway

is connected to the network.

Network indicator—red: Gateway is not

connected to the network. Check that the

Gateway is connected to your network router.

Web indicator—off (no color): Gateway is

connected to the Web.

Web indicator—red: Gateway is not connected

to the Web. Check that your network router has

an active Internet connection.

Installation

Before you install your Gateway, make sure that your home network is operating and connected to the Internet.

There are four basic steps to install your Gateway:

1. Connect the Gateway to your network router.

2. Power the Gateway.

3. Verify that the Gateway is connected.

4. You are ready to install GreenWave Reality PowerNodes.

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1. Connect the Gateway to Your Network Router

Connect the Gateway to any available port in your home network router using the included Ethernet cable.

2. Power the Gateway

Power the Gateway by plugging it into an electrical outlet using the included power adaptor.

The Gateway illuminates while it is attempting to connect to the Internet.

3. Verify that the Gateway is Connected

Your Gateway is Connected when the sync button turns blue.

4. Ready to Install Your PowerNodes

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. This connection allows you to monitor and control your

devices’ power usage remotely through a Web browser or smartphone.

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 identied 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.

To activate your PowerNode, follow the instructions that came with the PowerNode to plug in your appliance or

electronic device and connect it to your 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.

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.

Common Z-Wave Tasks

The Gateway combines various wireless technologies, such as Z-Wave and ZigBee, into a standard IP-based mesh

home network.

Network Inclusion Process

The process for adding a PowerNode to your home network is called “inclusion.” It must only be performed once,

and you must have the Gateway plugged in and working rst. You can start the inclusion process by pressing and

holding the Gateway network button for two seconds so the rotating “inclusion mode” pattern appears on the Gate-

way activity Indicator. When this is completed, the Gateway is ready to perform the inclusion of the PowerNode. To

complete the process you must perform the following steps:

1. Plug the PowerNode into a wall outlet.

2. Locate the network button on the PowerNode. It is a small round button on the side of the device,

marked with the sync symbol.

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3. Press and hold the network button for one second until the PowerNode activity indicator begins to

display a clockwise-rotating pattern, which shows that the PowerNode is attempting inclusion.

4. After a few seconds, the rotating pattern should stop, and a rapidly ashing pattern should appear to

indicate successful inclusion. The PowerNode is now part of your GreenWave Reality home network,

and you can connect an appliance and electronic device (refer to the instructions that came with your

PowerNode to plug in your appliance or electronic device).

If the rotating pattern has stopped, but the rapidly ashing pattern did not appear, then the PowerNode inclusion
process has failed, and you must start over.

Network Exclusion Process

Note: If your PowerNode is new and has never been used before, then you should not need to perform the exclu­sion process.

A PowerNode that has been previously used with a different Z-Wave network must have its association (homeID)

with the other network removed before you can connect it to your GreenWave Reality home network. This process

is called “exclusion” and requires two steps: one that must be performed with the Gateway and then one that is

performed with the PowerNode. You can start the exclusion process through your Gateway user interface or by

pressing and holding the Gateway network button for ve seconds until the “exclusion mode” pattern appears on

the Gateway activity indicator. When this is completed, the Gateway is ready to perform the exclusion of the

PowerNode.

To complete the process you must perform the following steps:

1. Unplug the PowerNode from the wall socket.

2. Locate the network button on the PowerNode. It is a small round button on the side of the device,

marked with the sync symbol.

3. Press and hold the network button while plugging the PowerNode into a wall socket. Keep the button

pressed for ve seconds until the activity indicator begins to ash rapidly, indicating that the exclusion

process has completed. Your PowerNode is now free of its former association, and you can perform an

inclusion process to include it in your GreenWave Reality home network (refer to the “Network Inclusion

Process” section above).

If the network indicator and power button symbol ash together slowly for ve seconds, then the exclusion process
failed, and you must start over.

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Safety Information

Indoor Use Only - Your Gateway should be used only in dry, indoor locations. Do not use your Gateway in

high-humidity locations such as greenhouses, saunas, washrooms, or patios. Do not use your Gateway in locations

where it can get wet such as near aquariums or running water.

Do Not Disassemble - Your Gateway has no user-serviceable parts inside. In case of persisting malfunction,

please contact Customer Service to arrange for repair at a certied service location. Do not attempt to disassemble

the Gateway for any reason.

Arrange for Service if Needed - Should you encounter any problems with your Gateway, turn the device off

by unplugging it from the electrical outlet. Contact Customer Service to arrange for repair at a certied service loca-

tion under the following conditions:

1. When the power cable or plug is damaged or frayed

2. If the product has been exposed to rain or water

3. If the product casing has been damaged

About GreenWave Reality

GreenWave Reality is a global innovator in the emerging Home Energy Management market. GreenWave Reality

provides an affordable, easy-to-use, standards-based platform that allows utilities enhance their relationship with

consumers and better balance energy on the grid while consumers can conserve energy with a minimal impact to

their lifestyle by easily monitoring and controlling their appliances and adding intelligent LED lighting. GreenWave

Reality is led by a diverse team of proven leaders with global experience.

North America

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USA

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GW110-C

GW112-C

Environmental Conditions

Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ +40°C

Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ +60°C

Operating Humidity: 20% ~ 85% RH

Storage Humidity: 5% ~ 95% RH

Size and Weight

120 x 60 x 33 mm

101 g

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