“Aandeel groen” doesn’t change in my settings when I switch to 100% green…I tried logging it for a while, all Telegram messages stated 25%.
Can I ask how you change to 1A in standard mode? Mine gets back to 6A every time when I try to change the settings and plug in the car…and still starts charging with 4.2kW… I would like to pause it so I can charge at night and not when I get home and plug in.
It is been a while back, but i think i ran into the same problem. Via the developer I’ve learned you can also use this card:
1.0.A is to been changed between 1-32A (bear in mind the charger only supports up to 16A (at least in my case!). When you want it to go charging, you can then set it back to 16A. I programmed Homey that after plugging its starts to pause, so a check can be done when it is the best time to charge. Then start when it is that moment.
Preset it to 1.0.A and than plug the car makes the charger think it is a new charging session (wich it is) and will try to charge (to cars minimum, in most cases around 1,4kW (6A))
P.s. I have noticed that although it is “paused” this way, occasionally it still started randomly. Haven’t quite figured out why, but i suspect two things:
I built in a check, that if Homey didn’t start it, than shots it of (set to 1.0A) again.
Hi @Daderu , I experience the same problem of randomly starting charging. I think it might be caused by a command which is issued by my subscription-party which I have (E-Flux) to get my charging costs automatically invoiced to my employer. Do you also have a subscription? If not, my assumption is wrong and it might help me in problem solving.
and.. how do you check whether the charging is started by Homey?
@Walter_vande_kerkhof. I suspect both the car (I drive a Skoda Enyaq) and the Charger; As in if nothing happens after connection within X-time, Than start charging. But now that you mention it, it might indeed have to do with the subscription part of the charger, because, yes, I’m also on a subscription plan via my employer for automated invoices.
I’ve decided that I regulate charging completely via Homey. So when I plug in Homey will detect it, and a flow will set the charger to 1A (this stops the car from charging). Like a forced pause. Than the flow asks me for the time I need the car and it’s current State of Charge (as i cannot retrieve it automatically at this moment (a new Skoda App for Homey is still in development). Then charging time is calculated before I need my car and a check is done if charging can start immediately or needs to be on hold for the cheapest charging hours. This simply holds it on “pause” like the flow started, or starts charging as it sets to max. 16A power.
In this same flow I’ve used the “if” cards for the charger; if power is bigger than, and/or if energy is bigger than (for a x time)), and the flow is on pause, than set power to 1a (the force pause I mentioned earlier). Only the flow can change the state, and only does that when paused of started. Therefore a rise in power or energy is spotted as not approved via the flow, and thus incorrect.
This also means that if you start charging or raise the power levels via an external app (e.g. the Eve Connect app for the Alfen Charger) the flow will pause the charging shortly after the start via the external app. Also a great way to test if this part of the flow does the job btw 
Quite a Novell, but I hope it helps you built further!
@Daderu Thanks for the explanation. That’s exactly how I implemented it 
(without the forced pause which I’m going to build in later).
I have one additional issue though. When the random charging kicks in, the max power is set to 4.2kWh and after setting the amperage to 16A (by Homey) it’s stays 4.2 kWh causing a very slow charging process. Did you encounter a similar issue?
@Walter_vande_kerkhof yes I have. Good to hear that I’m not The only one. I can’t explained, but somehow that is why I also suspect the car.
When I was able to detect the unwanted start via Homewizard display, pause by hand and then let the flow do its thing it restarted via flow at 6A (4.2kW) and sometime perfectly at 16A (which I set it on in the flow). Because of that I found my car just half charged in the morning once. Once I “tested” the flow part for 16A, as charging started via flow and stayed on 6a. Because I thought I made a fault. However with that test, it did change to 16A.
I was only able to implement the check for unwanted start correctly a short time ago, so I’m not 100% sure that it won’t happen again, but since then I believe it didn’t happen.
But hey that’s the kind of pioneering we stept in to choosing Homey 
and is the reason I still monitor if things do what the need to do whenever possible and awake.
@Daderu it’s a good thing to know that I’m not the only one experiencing these issues. Just built in the random-restart-detection. I’ll keep on monitoring whether it’s charging at 6A or at 16A after a random-restart. Let’s keep in touch about our experiences 
Hi @Daderu : still having the same issue here. FYI my ‘laadpas’-provider as well as E-Flux stated that they don’t do an automatic restart. Leaves out 2 options: either my Volvo does this or my charging station (Alfen) does this. Very sure there is no flow in homey which restarts the charging session (unless it’s done ‘under water’ by the Alfen-app).
After automatic restart, the max power is set at 4.2kW and firing the command by homey which resets the Amperage to 16, doesn’t result in a higher max power.
Can’t figure out what might be wrong so I switched to the ‘ANWB slim laden’-app on my phone.
thanks for helping though.
He @Walter_vande_kerkhof my Alfen charger is provided by Mobilitics, and they also invoice. I have a Shell Tag provided via the leasing company I believe. So reading your story, the only thing in common is the charger (I don’t drive a Volvo either ).
So i think it is save to say we need to suspect the charger. Funny enough te unwanted starts happend in my last two sessions. Heck, happend in the session that is ongoing multiple times.
Plugged in at around 18.00 yesterday. I need the car around 12 today, so Homey figures outs when to start. On the following moments my flow stopt the external starts:
Charging started by flow: 8.00. And it charges at 16a.
Never had this much unwanted starts though! Gives me confidence in the flow on the other hand! 
Hi, I have the Alfen Eve single line Pro connected to my Homey P1 dongle by a 29 meter cable. The charger sometimes stops charging. Looking at the log files, notice errors on the P1. Alfen support changed the firmware back to an older version (as the current version seems to have issues with P1?). At the same time, they suggest to shorten the length of the P1 cable to 20 meters, which obviously is not possible. Another possibility would be an issue with the Homey P1 dongle. Did anyone else experience similar issues? If yes, any suggestion how to resolve would be greatly appreciated.
hi @Menno_Kok have you tried to connect the p1 cable via a splitter (so not in the p1 meter from Homey)? Mine is connected via a 10-12 meter long cable via splitter in my p1 connection. (P1 dongle Zonneplan and homewizzard are plugged in the other port of the splitter.)
Is the error that p1 sends out usage and you chargers stops due to load balancing (if enough power is used in the house it might stop completely, but start again when other power consumption is stopped (e.g. oven).
When connecting your alfen charger to there app, did you fill in the right powersupply you house has? (E.g. 3x25a)? This is crucial for correct functionality of the load balancing part of the charger.
Hi @Daderu - thx for the suggestion, have not yet tried another splitter yet (as when I reached out to Athom, they indicated that the build-in splitter of the Homey dongle could be used). Have reviewed the settings of the charger together with Alfen Support - these should be fine indeed (i.e. 3x25). Just notice that for a length exceeding 20 meters, a P1 extension module is suggested which requires a UTP cable instead of the current P1 cable. Guess it makes sense to fix that issue first.
@Menno_Kok Certainly good to try that first indeed! My installer did use an UTP cable, which he stripped down to P1 connection at that end. Hopefully this does the trick for you as well!
Hi, just a quick update on the issue I encounter with the P1 errors. The P1 extension module is now installed using the UTP cable, unfortunately the P1 errors remain. Alfen Support just came back with me, indicating that “in this specific case, the issue is related to the Landis+Gyr E360 smart meter, which supports DSMR 5.0 and has a known compatibility issue with firmware version 7.3.”. Furthermore Alfen support indicated that “At this time, we cannot guarantee if this specific P1 compatibility issue will be resolved in firmware version 7.5.0 or in the next later version.
The estimated time frame of this firmware version is also Not known.”
Thought would be good to share in case other people run into similar issues.
Well that’s what rather unfortunate. Have you asked if the p1 connection is a necessity? I know it is needed for load balancing, but if your charger does not wat it should, it might be a solution to run in without the p1 connection and build a load balancing via homey, using you P1 meter?
Yes it is indeed unfortunate. I trust a solution (fix) will be provided improving the reliability of the charger, hence am not pursuing other possibilities to implement load balancing at the moment.
Hi @Daderu, just restarted using Homey to control my Alfen charger. Hoping I will succeed this time because ANWB slimladen App isn’t the thing. In the meantime I did some research and suspect my car re-initiates the charging sessions. Because my car can only charge at 6.7 kW max I think it automatically restarts at the 4.2 kW instead of 11 kW (and blocking Homey to switch to 11 kW). Trying to figure out now a workaround to either start at 11 kW or to lenghten the charging period in case of unwanted restarts. Keep you posted and if you have any suggestions in the meantime, please let me know.
Did it ever charge with more that 4,2kW? 6,7 kW max., might it be that your car can only do that on 2 phase 16A of 1 phase 32a? Because Alfen only supports 1 or 3 phase (4,2kW (16A), or 11kW (16A)) as far as I know. Although it reduces power when necessary with load balancing.
The car can reduce power (because of preservation, battery temperature or other reasons), but normally it will try to maximize. The charger will, with regards to its maximums, match this. So the charger will follow what the car needs.
The Alfen app (both on your phone or homey) cannot show how much phases are in use, but via p1 meters (like Homewizard) you can detect if it is using power from 1 of 3 phaes. This might help you out to detect if charging is maxed out on 3 phases (which might mean the car is reducing its power question), or if it is charging on 1 phase (than this is max. Power for 1 phase).
So couple of checks/ideas:
