Using Google Calendar for Automatic Switching

When you set up automatic switching for the socket of a Smart Home device from AVM, you can set up a switching schedule that receives all times for switching the socket on and off from a Google calendar.

Configuring the Google Calendar

You need a Google calendar that contains only the times to switch the socket on and off. For this you can set up a special calendar in your Google account.

Here is how to enter in the calendar the desired times for switching on and off: Call the appointment "ON" for switching the socket on and "OFF" for switching the socket off. The calendar entries are not case-sensitive.

Configuring Automatic Switching

  1. Select "Home Network / Smart Home".
  2. Click the "Automatic Switching" button for a Smart Home device.
  3. Enable the "Automatic switching enabled" setting and the "Calendar" option.
  4. Enter the name of the Google calendar.
  5. Click "Apply".

    A verification URL and a user code appear on the "Enable FRITZ!Actuator Calendar" page:

    verification URL and user code

  6. Click on the "Verification URL" link Switch to the window "Enable FRITZ! Actuator Calendar".

    A window appears in which you can log in to your Google account.

  7. Enter the e-mail address and password and click "Next".

    The entry field for the user code appears:

    user code entry

  8. Enter the user code from the "Enable FRITZ!Actuator Calendar" window and click "Next".

    The FRITZ!Box requests access to the Google calendar:

    Permit access to the calendar

  9. Click on "Permit Access".

    The FRITZ!Box is granted access to the Google calendar, and the message "Authentication for the Google calendar was successful" appears in the user interface.

Automatic switching is configured.

Refresh Times to Switch On and Off

The automatic switching schedule retrieves the latest switching times from the Google calendar once every 24 hours. If needed, you can start refreshing the switching times before 24 hours have elapsed:

  1. Select "Home Network / Smart Home".
  2. Click the "Automatic Switching" button next to the Smart Home device for which the switching times are to be refreshed.
  3. Click the "OK" button on the "Automatic Switching" tab.

The switching times are refreshed. This process may take several minutes.

Instructions: Removing connections to the Google Calendar

After disabling "Calendar" automatic switching, the connection to the Google calendar remains stored in the FRITZ!Box. Proceed as follows to delete all connections to Google calendars:

  1. Enable the "Schedule enabled" checkbox and select the "Calendar" option.
  2. Under "Calendar", click on "Remove connections from Google calendar" (only visible if connections to Google calendars are still stored).
  3. Click on "Reset Google Calendar".
  4. Confirm by clicking on "OK".