# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Alfen - Optimal Charging, Smarter Homes: Powering Efficiency for You and the Grid
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683
**Category:** Apps
**Tags:** app, homey-pro
**Created:** [February 15, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683 "2025-02-15T11:23:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@MrDutchfighter](https://community.homey.app/u/MrDutchfighter)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/1 "2025-02-15T11:23:15Z")
**Alfen**
> **[Alfen](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.alfen/Alfen/)**
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> Optimal Charging, Smarter Homes: Powering Efficiency for You and the Grid
[Alfen App for Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/a/com.alfen/)
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](https://robertraaijmakers.github.io/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
- Set max. charging amperage
Issues can be reported here: [GitHub - Alfen - Issues](https://github.com/robertraaijmakers/com.alfen/issues)
If you like the app a donation is very much appreciated: [PayPal - Me - RobertRaaijmakers](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RobertRaaijmakers)
_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.
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### Author:  [@MrDutchfighter](https://community.homey.app/u/MrDutchfighter)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/2 "2025-02-15T11:24:20Z")
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### Author:  [@RuyteRo](https://community.homey.app/u/RuyteRo)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/3 "2023-02-22T04:38:19Z")
Hi,
Is there any where support for an Alfen Eve Single Pro charging station?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@SilentRob](https://community.homey.app/u/SilentRob)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/4 "2023-03-14T11:43:11Z")
I’d also be very interested in this
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### Author:  [@Jochem\_Bruggeman](https://community.homey.app/u/Jochem_Bruggeman)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/5 "2023-03-15T19:39:18Z")
I am getting an Alfen S-line installed end of this month, so very interested in this too.
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### Author:  [@Michiel\_M](https://community.homey.app/u/Michiel_M)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/6 "2023-03-23T09:25:01Z")
Yes me to. I see for home assistant some people enabled it via modbus:
> **[Alfen Eve Pro EV chargepoint interface via TCP modbus](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/alfen-eve-pro-ev-chargepoint-interface-via-tcp-modbus/346000)**
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> Hello, I implemented an interface to read out sensors and set the charge current on an Alfen Eve Pro chargepoint for electrical vehicles. My goal: being able to store locally generated energy in the car battery instead of delivering it back into...
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### Author:  [@LukDG](https://community.homey.app/u/LukDG)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/7 "2023-03-24T19:35:07Z")
Interested !
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### Author:  [@RuyteRo](https://community.homey.app/u/RuyteRo)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/8 "2023-05-22T13:11:35Z")
that’s not Homey, but Home Assistant.
And I didn’t get that fully working.
Currently I am using [evcc.io](http://evcc.io) to control the Alfen and that works quite well. Can also be installed in HomeAssistant as an Addon.
EVCC running in Homey, would also be great.
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### Author:  [@ChrisTerBeke](https://community.homey.app/u/ChrisTerBeke)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/9 "2023-06-06T12:39:32Z")
I have contacted Alfen but unfortunately they don’t give me direct access to the charging point as it’s 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 don’t have an official API that 3rd parties (e.g. Homey) can integrate with…
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](https://www.stekker.com), but would prefer Homey eventually.
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### Author:  [@RuyteRo](https://community.homey.app/u/RuyteRo)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/10 "2023-06-06T13:21:30Z")
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](http://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.
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### Author:  [@SilentRob](https://community.homey.app/u/SilentRob)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/11 "2023-07-02T15:20:47Z")
Any success? ^^
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### Author:  [@Miel\_Krijnen](https://community.homey.app/u/Miel_Krijnen)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/12 "2023-09-19T19:25:29Z")
I would be very interested
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### Author:  [@Erik1986](https://community.homey.app/u/Erik1986)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/13 "2023-11-20T23:49:16Z")
In a few weeks I will also receive an Alfen Eve Single Pro-Line. Is there already a way to connect this to a Homey (pro)?
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### Author:  [@Belgadees](https://community.homey.app/u/Belgadees)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/14 "2023-11-26T09:54:20Z")
Also interested. So far I’ve 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 ‘must have’ 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) .
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### Author:  [@SilentRob](https://community.homey.app/u/SilentRob)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/15 "2023-12-06T22:41:54Z")
For any devs here, might be interesting: [GitHub - egnerfl/alfen\_wallbox: Alfen wallbox - Home Assistant Component](https://github.com/egnerfl/alfen_wallbox) ?
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### Author:  [@MacManiac78](https://community.homey.app/u/MacManiac78)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/16 "2024-02-16T08:21:15Z")
Seems Alfen can’t be integrated with Homey. An EV charger can only dump the largest load very FAST, so why is this not being build yet?
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### Author:  [@SilentRob](https://community.homey.app/u/SilentRob)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/17 "2024-03-02T20:10:02Z")
Through this (without homey) it seems to be do-able ? [https://evcc.io/](https://evcc.io/)
Though you’d need to have bought/unlocked the loadbalacing extension from Alfen.
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### Author:  [@fmb](https://community.homey.app/u/fmb)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/18 "2024-03-06T12:58:12Z")
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 🙂
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### Author:  [@SilentRob](https://community.homey.app/u/SilentRob)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/19 "2024-03-06T21:47:31Z")
oh I see there’s a thread about it: [EVCC.io - #11 by drao](https://community.homey.app/t/evcc-io/80939/11)
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### Author:  [@RogerSt](https://community.homey.app/u/RogerSt)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alfen-optimal-charging-smarter-homes-powering-efficiency-for-you-and-the-grid/130683/20 "2024-03-11T15:05:42Z")
FYI,
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 “Smart Charging” 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.
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