At the end of the Interior Heating post, I was considering using the Eberspacher Easystart Web App, so that we could control the heating without having to access the control panel which is in the rear of the Vehicle.
Initially I was put off by the cost – £389 for the Module and the Connection loom + an estimated 2 hours Labour at Krueger to install. I couldn’t see how difficult it could be, as I was told that it simply connected into the main heater loom. So I went ahead and purchased the module kit.
This is the point where you discover that it is not so simple, well I guess it would be simple, if you had access to all of the relevant information!
In the box, in addition to the module, was a sensor which I was told I already had, and a switch for testing the App which needed to be installed. Also present were a couple of wiring looms, some spare plugs and connectors and a booklet about how to set up the Web App.
First problem was that a dealer needs to set up the registration of the module before the App will work. Second problem, there was no wiring diagram!
This was the weekend, so I could not ring Krueger, so I interrogated Google for the wiring diagram. The result was bona fide as it was from the Eberspacher web site, I followed the instructions which initially went well with the connections to the module being made in accordance with the diagram. I then wired up the connector for the switch playing VERY careful attention to the wiring diagram and picture of the connector, to ensure the wires were in the correct order.
Then, at the final hurdle, the connector on the loom/flylead referred to in the instruction, would not fit the spare connection on the existing loom………..
Existing Plug in Loom 
Does not fit new Connector 
Because this is incorrect
Well, by now much used to frustration with these things, I waited until Monday and called Sam at Krueger, I needed to speak to them anyway, to get the App set up. I explained the wiring issue and Sam arranged for to to visit the workshop straight away to get the installation sorted – very efficient.
Once at Krueger I met with Owen who did the original install for me. It turned out that the instructions that I had found referred to the old way of installing, and the old loom/fly-lead was still supplied in the box with the modules. This was why I had to purchase another loom part which effectively splits the main wires in the existing loom to being in the web Module. You had to unplug the main control unit from the main loom and use the new loom part to connect the control unit back in and bring in the web module.
Easy once Owen had figured out that my carefully wired connector for the switch was done incorrectly – this was because even this has changed in the new set-up and i was following the diagram for the old.
The additional sensor was required despite the fact that I already had a sensor inside the vehicle; this was so the module knew the interior temperature. Anyway easily solved and the system was soon up and running.
I must admit that the final stage of authorising the App, getting the module to connect to the cloud and for it to actually control the heater was more than a bit of a Faff. Anyway we got there in the end and setting up my own account via the Eberspacher Web Site and getting the App to work on my phone was relatively straightforward.
A final issue was that it costs £32 pa for the web service, something that I did not realise until I had downloaded the App…………….
Anyway, it all seems to work so we will be able to control the heating from the front of the car, in fact from anywhere. It is also easy to set up the required interior temperature and how long the heater is on for. Also, you can set up programs so the heating comes on automatically; these I may use in the depths of Winter to stop the car getting damp and cold.
I will report back…………..
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