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Setting up group switching for a FRITZ!DECT smart plug

You can combine several smart plugs, for example FRITZ!DECT 200, or a FRITZ!Powerline device's smart plug, into a group and easily switch them together. Then you can switch a group of several smart plugs automatically according to a schedule or depending on temperature. If necessary, you can also manually switch a group on and off for which a schedule is set up.
In addition, you can also define a so-called "master" as the switching actuator that switches the whole group when it is switched.

Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.

Requirements / Restrictions

  • If you have a group with smart plugs for which you set up temperature-based switching, it is not possible to manually switch the group or an individual device in the group.

1 Creating a group

  1. Click "Smart Home" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Devices and Groups" or "Groups and Templates" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  3. Click on the "Create Group" button.
  4. Enable the corresponding group of devices.
  5. Enter a name for the group and select the devices you want to switch together in the group.
  6. Click "Finished" or "Next" to save the settings. The group is then created.

2 Switching a group

Smart plugs that you have grouped together can either be switched automatically, via a "Master", or manually, if necessary:

Switching a group automatically

  1. Click "Smart Home" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Devices and Groups" or "Groups and Templates" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  3. Click the (Edit) button for the "Group switch" of the group you want to configure automatic switching for.
  4. In the section "Automatic switching", select "Switch group automatically" and set up the desired schedule.
  5. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the settings.

Switching a group via a "Master"

You can define a smart home device as the so-called "master". When it is switched automatically or manually, all devices in the "master's" group are switched as well. The "master" does not have to belong to the group you want to switch:

  1. Click "Smart Home" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Devices and Groups" or "Groups and Templates" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  3. Click the (Edit) button that corresponds to the group for which you want to configure switching via a "Master".
  4. In the section "Automatic switching", enable the option "Switch a group via a Smart Home device" and select the device you want to use as the "Master" in the drop-down list "Smart Home Device".
  5. Click "Apply" or "OK" to save the settings.

Switching a group manually

If you manually switch a group that you also set up an automatic switching schedule for, the manual switching applies until the next automatic switching time occurs:

  1. Click "Smart Home" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Operation" in the "Smart Home" menu.
  3. Click on the On/Off switch for the group.

    Note:You can switch and control the smart home group in the home network and from anywhere over the internet.



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