Fixed Charge Time Resets

saxonm

Great app but I have one suggestion. I'm using a Givenergy AC3.0 and have a suggested improvement to how Fixed Charge works. I currently use Octopus Flux so in my use case I want to do a Fixed Charge between 02:00 and 05:00 every night and a Forced Export between 16:00 and 19:00. This works perfectly on the vast majority of occasions. The problem is that after the Fixed Charge the API sets the Fixed Charge to start at 00:00 and Finish at 00:00 disabling the charge for the subsequent day. The problem is if the API cannot connect on the rare occasions the inverter is offline the charge period is missed. The question is why can't the charge period be left as set by the API in the same way as the Export functionality works or is there a good reason why Fixed Charge and Export don't behave is a similar manner. Additionally has any thought been given to multiple connection attempts when an inverter is offline at first attempt. An example of the logs is on my account this morning at 02:00.
Many thanks
2024-04-26 02:04:50 11 %
Error setting pykHE2bG schedule: Inverter Offline []

admin

saxonm The issue with resetting/disabling a charge schedule by using 00:00-00:00 has a reason.

When people toggle a charge slot to off or run this on different days, the next day it would automatically action, without them wanting this.

Additionally has any thought been given to multiple connection attempts when an inverter is offline at first attempt.

Indeed we have. We have retry policies in place, effectively 4 retries, with various levels of back-off factors.

saxonm

Thx for the quick response. I think I understand your point but why isn't this a problem for the same scenario on Export which doesn't change the time slot.

Regarding the retries that's excellent, at what period are the retries. I must have been really unlucky last night:-)