GivEnergy vs HM | DCC

Take charge of your home's energy with the GivEnergy App. Ever wondered how much power your home is using right now? How much energy are your devices really using, or how much money are you saving with your solar panels and battery system? The GivEnergy App puts the answers right in your pocket. With the GivEnergy app, you can: • See your systems' power usage at a glance, monitoring your home’s demand in real time. • Watch your solar panels shine – tracking exactly how much clean energy your panels are generating. • Make the most of your battery – know when it’s charging, when it’s powering your home, and how much you’re saving. • Stay on top of grid use – monitor imports and exports so you can cut costs and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. • Automate your battery system to save you money, using the all-new, totally free Smart Tariff system. It’s energy made simple: Clever automations to make your life easier, clear insights when you want them, powerful data when you need it. Because understanding your energy shouldn’t be complicated.

The official app for setting up and controlling your HM7000 range of products. HM | DCC is the new model railway control system that makes it simple to build your library of locomotives and have ultimate control over them in the palm of your hand. Customise your locomotives with images, tinker, tailor & test settings on the fly to perfect your locomotive’s running style. Design your dream layout and manoeuvre locomotives through controllable points, signals, and turntables with untethered control. Easily set up your system. Log in*, link up your Bluetooth® HM devices, power-cycle and away you go. Control your system free of wires. Complete wireless & untethered control of your layout. Upgrade previous systems without ripping out installed controllers and components. Personalise your locomotives. Fill your engine shed with your fleet of locomotives, choose the perfect photo, and programme their settings to see locomotive running styles change instantaneously. Enjoy completely FREE locomotive sound profiles. Connect your HM7000-TXS decoders to HM | DCC and relish a plethora of class locomotive sounds for download. Keep up to date with the latest releases and get more locomotive sound profiles to play with on the day of release. Design your dream layout. Use the in-built Track Builder to draw up and design the perfect layout. Then, export a list easily to know what you need to build it. Everyone’s included. Functions with OO, TT and N scale gauges. Upgrade your previous DCC products to work with HM | DCC. Upgrade “DCC ready” locomotives to HM | DCC app control with HM7000 decoders. Control locomotives fitted with non-Bluetooth® and HM7000 Bluetooth® decoders in parallel. Explore the different ways you can upgrade via the Hornby.com website. *Please note: A Hornby.com account is required for HM | DCC app use. This can be easily created from the Hornby.com website. Internet access is required for device reset, profile download, hardware updates, app updates and app login. Disclaimer: Please ensure that your device is fully compatible with both the HM | DCC app and the HM7000 range of products prior to any purchase. Devices older than 5 years may work but cannot be recommended for control. If unsure, please visit the Hornby.com website or contact Hornby Hobbies customer care.