Wireless backup not automatically

Hi!
While the Time Capsule drive shows up when my MacBook connects to it wirelessly, TimeMachine doesn't start automatically. The TM preference pane says, that it'll perform the next backup, when 'Mac has benn connected' (original 'Wenn Mac angeschlossen ist'; it's a german system).
I can't believe that starting the Backup manually (which works via the menu bar menu) should be the normal behaviour. This would be far away from a) any learned Apple experience and b) the TC selling proposition "make backups easy".
How does wireless backup work on your systems? Does ist start automatically when the client 'sees' Time Capsule or is the above 'normal'?
Thanks for any advice.
Best regards,
Stephan.

My MacBook Pro does the same thing with the new Time Capsule, fresh out of the box. The only way that I can run a TM backup is manually. Can anyone help? Must be a terminal command that I can invoke to make it work automatically?

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