Yes. In version 1.6 it should be available in the energy tab. Did your app update to 1.6 ?
Hi. Default charger setting is that minimum charge is 6A. Lower than this will result in the charger stopping. Is is the intended behavior from Zaptec API. You can try to change it from the Zaptec portal. Check charger settings.
Hi Johan. Only way to authorize when this is required is by using the physical RFID tag or the official Zaptec app. Nothing we can do from Homey unfortunately. But you can authorize when you plug in the cable, since you are already near the charger I guess. Then Homey can control if the charging should start or not. You can stop and start as many times as you want until the cable is removed again.
That is nice. Seems the frequency allowed depends on the vehicle model, not the charger.
Can you look at the minimum value that is set in the Zaptec portal in the charger settings? https://portal.zaptec.com/
Is it lower than 10?
Also could you check to see what is shown in the logs in the Homey app, under advanced settings? Any error messages?
This was the issue with my flow that kept stopping; the lowest value I had in the flow was 4A.
Now I have 6A as the lowest value, which worked fine during my testing a few days ago, even while re-calculating the available power every minute and potentially changing current.
For me the garage door opened after the update and I can see the wall box. But thereās no card with current consumption or history of my charging session in the Energy page.
But I think chargers are yet to be supported by Homey? Havenāt seen anyone pictures in the megathread with available functionality.
Yes, I thought so. But Hass had down to 4A. In the Tesla app you can go down to 5Aā¦
Hi, I have version 1.6.0. The garage has opened, but I cant see the consumption for the Zaptec Go. Im charging with 32A and load balancing with 16A.
@philipostli , the charger is somewhat in the new energy tab. But the capability meter_power is not red in the energy tab. Only the evcharger class is read correctly.
In a few weeks i will have a Zaptec Pro, so i cant test right now. Is there a value in Zaptec with accumulated kw charged?
For example 11:00:00 the kw charged is 114.5 kw then 12:00:00 the kw is 124.5 (it has then used 10kw)
If this value exits in Zaptec, would it i be possible in the app to query Zaptec the value?
I want to use the value in a spreadsheet to see the kw spent every so that i can calculate the cost (in a spreadsheet outside Homey)
Power by the Hour can do all that for you imho
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I keep getting an error when I try setting the available current. :
ācannot set available current when using apmā
Iāve got zaptech go with sense.
When typing I realised maybe it is the sense which makes it impossible to set currentā¦ and Iām rightā¦
In automatic mode (with sense) the zaptec current canāt be set. Therefor you need to be in standard modeā¦ but that can overload the whole systemā¦
Would it be possible to switch between those modes using homey?
I still canāt get Zaptec GO to register power consumption in Energy. The garage has opened, and I can see Zaptec in the list of devices in Energy. I have version 1.6.0ā is there anything I can do to get it in?
Hi,
I just bought the Zaptect go and installed the app. For the charging amps, I use:
It suggests for each phase a different A can be set. But when I do, my car (Tesla) takes the lowest value (e.g. 16A/16A/13A results my Tesla charges on 13A).
So, whatās the use of setting Amps per phase? In other words, is it possible to use different A values, for example when one phase is heavily used and others are not while charging the car?
I have made a issue on GitHub and provided a possible solution. Capabilitie meter_power with subcapabilities not supported in the new Energy tab Ā· Issue #49 Ā· PatrickE94/com.zaptec Ā· GitHub
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Hi,
I just installed my Zaptec Go2. This new device (successor of Zaptec Pro) seems to work well in the Zaptec Homey app.
When connecting the car and authenticating, I would like the charger to wait until one of my flows gives the āStart chargingā command. Currently, it seems like the only option is to wait for the Zaptec charger to actually start charging, then stop charging and wait for the command to start (again). This starting/stopping might (in the long term) impact the battery life, so I would like to minimize it.
Any suggestions?
My thinking: setting max current to 0 (after charging is finished) would be a solution, since it wonāt automatically start when reconnecting. Currently, that command only works in āstandard chargingā mode, not in āautomatic chargingā mode (with Zaptec Sense). For this case, a solution would be to add a card that changes the charging mode. I know changing this mode also stops and starts the charging, but this āmode changeā can be done when NOT charging. Would you consider this change/addition in the app?
I try to use the flowcard to start charging through the Homey.
When testing, the flow says that the flowcard āStart Chartingā have started, but when looking at the charger and in the official zaptec app, the charging is not stopped.
Some backgroudinformation:
Zaptec Go charger, firmware 2.4.2.4.
It is not in āstandalone modeā as I normally use the Monta App to start charging, as I get el refusion.
In homey on the zaptec device under advanced settings, the there are some logs, but not about the attempt to start charging from homey.
Is it because, the zaptec for homey only work when the charger is in standalone mode?
Now the energy feature have been added to version 1.7.0
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