SMA + myStrom

What Zerofy can do with SMA and myStrom

In practice

• Solar mode switches your myStrom switch on when there’s surplus, following your priority order and minimum runtime. Smart mode instead runs for a set number of minutes within the hours you allow.
• A myStrom plug can also measure a balcony solar system: set it as balcony solar meter in Zerofy.
• With a typical SMA home system (3–10 kW), plug loads get surplus on most sunny days; use priorities to decide whether they or bigger devices such as an EV charger come first.
• Zerofy gets new SMA data every 5 minutes and adjusts accordingly. A minimum runtime and an activation threshold in Autopilot keep passing clouds from interrupting switching.
• Zerofy also shows your SMA battery, so you can see whether surplus goes into the battery or into your appliances.
• If you have a plug-in balcony PV system, plug it into a WiFi Switch and set that switch as balcony solar meter in Zerofy, so its production is counted in your energy flows.

What SMA and myStrom offer on their own

SMA: Other loads are switched through Shelly, AVM FRITZ!DECT, Edimax or Niko smart plugs, and Bosch and Siemens dishwashers and washing machines start via EEBus. With firmware 2.18.14.R the Home Manager also plans loads and battery charging around dynamic electricity prices.

myStrom: The myStrom app records mini-PV production measured by a WiFi Switch every 30 seconds, and “Solar Actions” and “Power Actions” can switch other myStrom devices on these values, e.g. allow e-bike charging from 200 W; this needs the myStrom PLUS subscription (EUR 3.49/year). Whole-house surplus control comes from energy management partners such as Solar Manager or clever-PV, not from an inverter maker.

Zerofy connects the two: it reads SMA production and controls your myStrom switch to match, together with your other devices in one app, with dynamic tariffs and forecast-based Smart mode.

Setting up SMA and myStrom in Zerofy

1. Connect SMA

Zerofy connects to your SMA system through the SMA Sunny Portal cloud, using your Sunny Portal login.

1. Make sure your SMA inverter is cloud-capable and registered in Sunny Portal.
2. Add SMA in Zerofy and log in with your Sunny Portal credentials.

Step-by-step guide for SMA

2. Connect myStrom

Zerofy connects to your myStrom account; it switches the plugs on and off, records their power every 5 minutes and lets Autopilot run them on solar surplus or in Smart mode.

1. Set up new myStrom plugs in the myStrom app.
2. In Zerofy, add myStrom and link your myStrom account.

Step-by-step guide for myStrom

3. Turn on Autopilot

In Zerofy, open your myStrom switch, turn on Autopilot and choose Solar – or Smart to also use dynamic tariffs and forecasts. Set the priority, activation threshold and minimum runtime.

Dynamic tariffs

Zerofy can also run your myStrom switch on dynamic electricity prices (EPEX Spot or Nord Pool, e.g. Tibber or aWATTar) or on a fixed time-of-use tariff. Smart mode combines those prices with forecasts of your household consumption and your SMA solar production.

Learn more about Smart Mode

About SMA and myStrom

SMA – German inverter maker based in Niestetal near Kassel. Homes typically have a Sunny Boy (single-phase) or Sunny Tripower (three-phase) string inverter, or a Sunny Boy Smart Energy (3.6–6 kW) or Sunny Tripower Smart Energy hybrid inverter with the SMA Home Storage battery (3.28 kWh modules, up to 16.4 kWh). Monitoring app: SMA Sunny Portal / SMA Energy app.

myStrom – myStrom AG is a Swiss company based in Zurich, founded in 2011. Its WiFi Switch is a smart plug for up to 16 A that switches appliances and measures their power, and it is also used to measure the output of plug-in balcony PV systems. Products: myStrom WiFi Switch (CH and Schuko versions), WiFi Switch Zero, WiFi Switch Ex (outdoor, Wieland connector for mini-PV).

Manufacturer information last checked: October 2026.

All devices that work with SMA