Once Schedule Option

jjb

Is it possible to have a “Once” option in the schedules. If the option is chosen the schedule should run on the specified day and time, then automatically delete/inactivate itself. I have been setting some custom export schedules to dump my battery before the negative Agile slots. I am having to remember to go back in and delete the schedule once it has run. It is similar to the option suggested on another post which requested an instant boost, the difference is that I want to set the schedule it in the future and then it remove itself.

Thanks

admin

jjb Makes sense - we've thought about an option/toggle (One-off) which basically de-activates the schedule after it has finished. This would allow for you to re-use your 'One Off' slot in that way, you just activate it again and modify time windows etc.

KristianS

admin
I too have wished for this functionality, but in a different context. I find myself often wanting to hold my battery [pull from grid] for some slots in the day, knowing that later, there are even better priced charging slots coming up, but that I do not want to continue to pull from the battery as it will not go the distance until we reach the charge slots. I am currently achieving this using my inverter interface on GivEnergy portal. But it requires constant monitoring and coordination.

jjb

admin I wondered if this has made it onto you roadmap yet, do you have an ETA for this functionality. With the negative pricing on Agile recently this would have been useful.

admin

KristianS

But it requires constant monitoring and coordination.

Would breaking up your Agile charge windows not work? And you can tick the hold charge in gapped slots option?

KristianS

The challenge with the 'hold charge' option is that it requires a charging slot to happen first - and often this is not desired, mostly I want to hold charge until the slot which occurs much later - with the current two-page setup of Agile Octopus and Advanced doing the above is quite a challenge and thus my recommendation to move it. However, I still feel, the ability to hold charge for a number of slots and then charge would be useful to have

admin

KristianS Nope, there's no requirement for a hold charge to happen after a charge slot.

If you have a window set up from 19:00 to 0:600 and your first 4 hours (8 slots) are not selected, and you have hold charge set, it will start off on charge-hold at 19:00.

KristianS

admin
Ah, my bad - a lack of understanding on my part. That being said though, to your point, then, that means I would have to adjust my active window(s) regularly to get the desired results, which seems counter-intuitive to me. I obviously need to test this out more and see what works

admin

KristianS Not necessarily, you may find that there is a natural boundary around the times you want to hold your battery until.

As you say, bit of experimentation required. Keep us informed!

KristianS

Not really, not until I am able to force discharge (which is imminently, hopefully) and I find that our consumption of the battery is all over the place. Not to mention of course, the wind and sun turns up whenever they like and this has created a good deal of variation in pricing from Octopus. So, coordinating slot windows becomes quite tricky. Absolutely, First World problems of course and ultimately, I am trying to maximise my investment in my GivEnergy AIO, which incidentally is blowing my original predictions out of the water at the moment.

admin

jjb We'll need to enable more charge/discharge slots for people first. Along with IOG integration tweaks and quick charge/discharge functionality, this is a priority.