With this app you can see how much you charged with your Alfen charge station. Also you can execute some basic commands to charge your car optimally with solar energy, and, when needed, switch to full energy mode.
More information about the app and how some example flows can be found here: Alfen | com.alfen
Supported Features
Read energy data from your Alfen Charge Station
Switch between Normal, Comfort and Green charging modes
Switch between RFID and Plug & Play authorization modes
Note: There are some (sometimes a bit annoying) limitations due to the security rules implemented by Alfen. These cannot be bypassed as they are properly implemented security measures. Please read the notes provided on the documentation page carefully before requesting features and reporting bugs.
I have contacted Alfen but unfortunately they donāt give me direct access to the charging point as itās managed by one of their resellers (Alva Charging Services). So I contacted them and they say they use software from E-Flux to actually provide the services. So I contacted E-Flux and they say they donāt have an official API that 3rd parties (e.g. Homey) can integrate withā¦
Seems like a dead end for now. This market seems quite fragmented and full of closed systems unfortunately. Currently doing my Smart Charging via Stekker, but would prefer Homey eventually.
The Alfen here in my house is installed and configured by Numobi/50Mile Solutions, which is an OCP operator like e-Flux.
That service is mainly used for split-billing so that the electricity usage is paid back by the employer.
No, I connected 2 network cables into the Alfen myself.
1 as a p1 connection connected to the P1 port for loadbalancing.
The other as a networkcable connected to a networkswitch.
This way the Alfen is visible in my local network and i can use an EMS to manage it.
I now use EVCC.io, which is an amazing piece of open source software.
A yes, I run EVCC as a Home Assistant Add-Onn.
Next step I would like to get working, is combine EVCC with meter redings from MQTT or get EVCC running with Homey, wich I will receive one of the next days.
Also interested. So far Iāve several zigbee and hue products connected with my Philips Hue. Looking to add several Zwave and on the point of deciding to go for Homey pro or Home assistant. On important āmust haveā is the steering of charging point at home (Alfen Even Single Pro) and optimal use of solar panels with Huawei SUN2000L converter (connected via FusionSolar app) .
Through this (without homey) it seems to be do-able ? https://evcc.io/
Though youād need to have bought/unlocked the loadbalacing extension from Alfen.
Indeed EVCC, works great! Up and running here for more than a month now. Can control the Alfen Eve Single Pro with Homey by Mqtt and get readings from it to Homey (also Mqtt)
Edit (24 feb 2025): at the moment of writing this reaction (March 2024), there was no Homey app to connect with the Alfen Single Eve Pro. So in hindsight it might seem strange that this post refers to EVCC in an Alfen Homey app thread, but that was the reason
I am now using Tibber or Frank apps to manage the load and integrate with Homey. I live in NL.
They have a feature called āSmart Chargingā which uses only the cheapest charging slots based upon config. There are integrations for vaious charging stations and cars. I now use car integration but within a few months they support the Alfen Single Pro station; that is when I will switch, because of reliability issues with the car communication.
Benefits for me: no need to worry about managing this myself, and still I get my own insights.
So for me I do not longer need the Alfen integration in Homey directly.
Just a consideration. Not sure if this applies to you / solves something for you.
