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Hello, I created recently a new device as a ev charger. i get my data from mqtt and use a flow card to fill the avd. i use power, energy and max current. all working as it should. but when i look at the insights of this device it says 4? it creates also “energieverbruik” and that value stays “…

[image] Astrapowerrr: get my data from mqtt Maybe an interesting alternative: With the MQTT Hub app you can create a virtual MQTT device, which doesn’t need flows to read the selected MQTT topics and write those to preferred Homey capabilities.

[image] Arie_J_Godschalk: Ill pick it up in about 2 weeks. [image] Sharkys: [memanal] I have around… 10 devices? @Arie_J_Godschalk , any thoughts on that please, is there anything I can do on my side ? @Arie_J_Godschalk , will you please have a look also on memory footprint, or can …

Looks like that is also a possibility. The charger pops up in the energy tab. So far so good. Playing around now. And thinking about creating multiple capabilities to this device. I now struggle how to create a selector To use for different loading programs. Like for example off, smart,normal,so…

Do you mean DC app or MqttHub suggested by Peter? For MqttHub, please use the app thread. If you meant MqttHub: [APP][Pro] MQTT Hub - Community version - #124 by RonnyW

[image] Astrapowerrr: I now struggle how to create a selector To use for different loading programs. Like for example off, smart,normal,solar etc. Just like the thermostat but then with my custom names. When you mean a custom selector for an AVD: this can’t be created by users, you’ll have …

I found my way with the mqtt hub app. Created there a device and got most important capabilities running. Thanks again for the ideas.

[image] Sharkys: will you please have a look also on memory footprint, or can I do anything about that The big memory user is the homey-api (reflection). I hope the update yo the new version reduces memory usages. Lets find out haha

[image] Sharkys: any thoughts on that please, is there anything I can do on my side ? Try the new testversion :wink:

Thank you Arie - installed, unfortunately the memory is from start quite high. 1 hour detail - running for few min. [newtest] …it went lower after few min so fingers crossed :wink: [later] Let’s see if it will even go up to ~150 MB with Homey limitations removed… below last 6 hours FYI : [l…

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Peter_Kawa June 4, 2025, 10:36pm 1947

When you mean a custom selector for an AVD: this can’t be created by users, you’ll have to request it here:

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