Homey Energy — Public Beta Megathread

Hmmm… but the battery data isn’t there. Ideas, anyone?

You have the laters version?

Else ask developer if the homebattery flag is set to true in the Goodwe app code.

this.setEnergy({ homeBattery: true });

Thanks Jeroen,
Well it is the version 1.11.15, I guess it’s the latest…
As for the flag I assume that the it s enabeled. Look here:

//Peter

This setting / flag doesn’t show up like that. It’s a special code line that needs to be set. Sadly the developer doesn’t have a GitHub link so can t see if it is there or not.

Can you confirm this @Michal_Stranik

Hi there, I hope that someone can help me with a minor issue regarding the Energy tab. For an unknown reason the Total energy consumption graph doesn’t show the negative values:

I also created a Dashboard with also a Total energy graph, but this one is correct:

But when I see all the Energy tab screenshots in the forum I’m getting a little bit jealous :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@Doekse After the latest update, my gerage door is closed! I changed nothing in the device settings.

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I have the same problem

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Me too

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I have change my P1- meter from Homewizards to Homey Energy Dongle. I have also Homewizards 3-fase meter for my EV-charger. Now I have lost It in the Energy-tab and cant get it back. I have markt the meter as EV- charger in settings. What have I been missing.

Hi! How did you add the Easee charger to the Energy dashboard? I added mine via the Easee app and it shows as a device that uses power, but no car in the garage. :slight_smile:

+1 my EV has left the building with latest IOS/Homey build

My garage door is open again and I see a Carr :slight_smile:

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Hi Robin,

Regarding this firmware update:
Do invalid measurements mean peaks / extremes as well? As in, is the energy tab ignoring unrealistic values now?

Hi Athom Team (@Emile, @Harwin, @Robin),

For me, some of the data in the Energy Dashboard still doesn’t make sense or is even wrong in my opinion. I would like to explain to you what the/my problem is.

This is the Energy Dashboard overview from yesterday as example:

A Solar

– Erzeugt (Produced): 5.2 kWh :white_check_mark:
– Consumed: 58 % :white_check_mark:
(Maybe you’re so kind and translate the English word “Consumed” into “Verbraucht”?!)

B Elektrizität Insgesamt

– Importiert (Imported): 4.5 kWh :white_check_mark:
– Exportiert (Exported): 2.2 kWh :white_check_mark:
– Insgesamt (Total): 2.3 kWh :white_check_mark:
Q: The recorded data and the calculation are correct. But is it logical?

C Energy

– Netz (Grid): 2.3 kWh :cross_mark:
– Solarmodule (Solar Panels): 5.2 kWh :cross_mark:
– Haushalt (Home): 7.5 kWh :white_check_mark:

If the house is supposed to represent the total overview of electricity consumption, which would be logical for me, i.e. how much of the solar energy produced was consumed in the household and how much energy had to be imported from the power grid, then the information is wrong.
Only 3.0 kWh of the total solar production of 5.2 kWh was self-consumed. 2.2 kWh were exported to the public grid. And a total of 4.5 kWh was imported from the public grid, not just 2.3 kWh as shown.
In my opinion, the overview should look like this:

C Energy

– Netz (Grid): 4.5 kWh :white_check_mark:
– Solarmodule (Solar Panels): 3.0 kWh :white_check_mark:
– Haushalt (Home): 7.5 kWh :white_check_mark:

But why is that the case?
Under certain conditions (see section Balkonkraftwerk (Balcony power plant)), surplus solar power that is fed into the public grid isn’t credited one-to-one in Germany, as I think is the case in the Netherlands.

Balkonkraftwerk
Usually you don’t get any money for the exported energy and it’s not deducted from the imported energy. These small solar systems are mainly intended for self-consumption and are defined by law as follows:

  • A maximum of 2 kWp of solar modules
  • Maximum energy feed into the own household power grid via a socket 800 W
  • Bidirectional electricity meter
  • Rotating disk electricity meters (Ferraris), which take exported solar energy into account, are only permitted on a temporary basis

However, the situation is different for large solar systems that require registration. If surplus solar energy is exported to the public grid, this electricity is remunerated at between 7.94 and 5.62 cents/kWh, depending on the size of the solar system.

I therefore assume that additional options would have to be added to the energy dashboard for different conditions or countries.
So in mine opinion there should be an option as to whether the exported energy:

  • is compensated 1 to 1 with the imported energy
  • is sold to the electricity grid operator (it should be possible to enter the sales price manually)
  • is given to the electricity grid operator free of charge

Or am I misinterpreting the data or the entire energy dashboard?

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Hello Athom team,

As a follow-up, I also have a suggestion! For a public building where I as a volunteer to handle various technical matters, we’ve purchased an Energy Dongle to monitor energy consumption, since we have to cover everything through funding. Earlier, it was mentioned in the podcast with @Doekse that the Dongle would not count as a device and that Homey Premium would therefore not be relevant. So, it seemed like a good solution to avoid using another P1 meter from competitors (HW).

However, I find the functionalities somewhat disappointing. Compared to the Pro, Homey Cloud doesn’t allow you to enter tariffs, and there’s also no tag available to report daily electricity consumption and generation using a flow card (gas does have a daily tag). I could work around this issue using a variable, but that would again require a Premium subscription.

Why were these choices made? As a Homey fan, I specifically chose the (more expensive) Energy Dongle and not for a cheaper competitor solution with the basic needs.

Looking foreward to the respons or solution

No clue if there’s any useful flowcards or tags for a Pro model already?
Or is the Energy tab intended to be just informative?

Seems you’ve bet on the wrong horse.
Non-premium Homey Cloud is a stripped working demo version, which can be used for free in some cases. In your case it’s not.
(I don’t mean this in a ‘harsh’ way, it’s just not working for free for your usecase; ‘sometimes you win, sometimes you lose’).

I also don’t know if there are usable tags in the Pro models. In that case i sould try this to program the dongle into my own Pro.

But I still find it remarkable that they’re selling an expensive product and only offering half the available features. If you’re trying to convince potential customers, wouldn’t you want to show and let them experience the full range of options?

Now you can connect five devices for free (while the dongle supposedly doesn’t count). Still, they don’t fully unlock these five, and parts of the energy tab are also blocked.

Maby i bet one the wrong thing like you say, but it is a strange marketing point from Athom. In this way they’re not a direct competitor to other P1 meters—while they actually should be. They should convince customers afterwards by showcasing the possibilities that Homey have (and which other P1 meters don’t).

How did you fix this?

Same here, car was shown in the past but now missing. I’m running 12.4.4 now and using the Alfen charger. At this moment I’m charging the car but still not shown in the Energy dashboard. In the past the car was shown were it did not matter if I was charging or not. The garage door stays closed since a day of 8/10. Any suggestions?