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Since I got a second Homevolt in March I’m unable to set local or remote mode from Homey flows. What can I provide to troubleshoot?

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Hi,

Any chance you could add an option to manually input the Homevolt IP address? Mine is on a different subnet and can’t be found using mdns…

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Hey guys,

Sorry for the late reply. Work is a bit nuts lately. I’ll get to this as soon as there’s some downtime. Meanwhile, could you DM me your ems.json file @aste? It’s the file located at http:///ems.json.

@dribbel Yes definitely, should be an easy fix.

That’ll help me figure out how to best fix that.

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The app works. If I manually change on the device between local and remote. Homevolt follows. But changing local/remote from flows does nothing.

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Alright, finally vacation :slight_smile:

I’ve published a new test release. This is a bit of a biggie since it touches on quite a few key components and refactors to adopt Homey’s latest frameworks.

Pairing & setup

  • Manual IP pairing + Repair support — if Homey and your Homevolt battery/grid sensor/solar panel are on different subnets, mDNS auto-discovery can’t find each other and pairing used to be a dead end. All three device types now show a manual “enter IP address” option on the pairing screen, and support Homey’s native Repair action (right-click a device → Repair) to fix a stale IP later — no need to delete and re-add the device. Ping @dribbel.

Battery control

  • Fixed: Flow cards could act on the wrong battery. If you have more than one Homevolt battery, force-charge/discharge and similar Flow actions could silently run against whichever battery Homey happened to load first, instead of the one you picked in the Flow. Now fixed — cards always target the battery you actually selected. Ping @aste.
  • New native “Target Power” / “Target Power Mode” capabilities, replacing the old local/remote toggle. This lets Homey’s built-in Energy features (and standard Flow cards) drive battery charge/discharge directly, rather than needing this app’s own custom cards. Your old Flows using “Battery control mode” / force-charge / force-discharge still work, but are marked deprecated in the card picker — new Flows should use the new Target Power cards instead.
  • Charge/discharge power is now validated against your battery’s real rated power, not just a flat 12kW ceiling. A single-pack (6kW) system can no longer be commanded past its actual limit via a Flow; a dual-pack (12kW) system is unaffected. This is detected automatically from the device and self-corrects if you add/remove a pack later. This is a more proper fix for what your ask @Chrille_A.

Solar panel

  • Solar sensors now use a dedicated Solar Panel device type/driver instead of being a generic “sensor” tagged as solar. If you already had a solar sensor paired, it upgrades itself in place automatically — no re-pairing needed. This should fix your issues with negative values too @Codeaction.
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Forgot to mention, but it’s punished as a test release here: Homevolt | Homey

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Confirmed working. Both the new and the legacy flow card. Thank you!