We've just rolled out an initial version of Intelligent Octopus Go, enabled for a handful of users. Please DM or drop us a line at labs@wonderwatt.com with your WattID or registered Gmail email address if you would like to try this out.

Exciting. Is it just for compatible cars or chargers though, or for any car or charger?

@"Gazzagreen"#p3146 I'm in the beta if you can you have the tariff I believe it will work as its pulling from the Octopus API and controlling your inverter so has nothing to do with the car or charger. It's found my slots first time so really impressive.

Yes I’m interested please: impassioned-spirit

@"Gazzagreen"#p3146 Not related to car charger control. Mainly verifying the mapped charges for your EV and creating a hold/charge for your solar battery to match the dynamic slots, to prevent your battery draining into the EV.

@"psiloc"#p3148 Enabled for you.

I see. I'm happy on flux atm, but if I was to try this later, what I'm trying to ask is I am able to get the intelligent Go tariff from Octopus? I ask because as far as I understand it, they require a car or a charger they can control or you can't get the tariff. e.g a tesla as they can control the charging on the car, or compatible charger. Is this agreed with octopus to be able to use the WW-tariff with a non-compliant car or charger?

@"Gazzagreen"#p3151 Without a compatible EV - for which they will perform a test charge, I don't think you can get OIG. We simply check the dynamic charge slots that Octopus has assigned to your Octopus account. If you haven't got Octopus Intelligent Go, we won't retrieve any smart charge slots from Octopus when we query your account.

@"Gazzagreen"#p3151 Yep you need a car or charger that is compatible.

I might be getting a (2nd hand) Tesla later this year with Pension money :D

Hi there, impassioned-spirit First usage of IOG last night by plugging my car in and I don't think it quite went to plan! :) [URL=https://i.imgur.com/5qtopBZ.png][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/5qtopBZh.png[/IMG][/URL] So at first it picked up my smart charge of 23:30 - 06:30 and had a target of 86% at a rate of 33%, which is fine. It then, from somewhere, picked three more half hour blocks and mapped those. The problem is that in between those half hour blocks, the battery was discharged to power the house. This is not only in contradiction to the proper mapped charge but was unnecessary anyway as IOG always has off-peak rates between 23:30 and 05:30 - in fact of course the battery should still have been charging from the grid due to the dismal forecast. I don't know what happened with those additional blocks but if I check my Octopus app, those blocks are shown there right now too, so WW hasn't pulled them out of nowhere. I do know that in reality Octopus was charging my car as per the original mapped charge of 11:30 - 06:30 and this didn't get interrupted. One thing I recall, yesterday when I plugged my car in, the charge target was just 10% additional, and I _think_ it's possible that the original smart charge schedule was these three blocks. I subsequently changed the charge target to be 60% additional, and it mapped the new proper schedule. I wonder if both sets of instructions were still in the API? Is there something you need to be checking to know whether you have the latest schedule? In any case would it be possible to configure WW so that it always "knows" about the basic 23:30 - 05:30 off peak, and only does something with smart charges in addition to that? Love that you're doing this by the way, please don't take any of this as a moan!

Intelligent Octopus Go - limited beta

WindyMiller

MrMessy I had an inverter offline error at 1.30am and missed one of the Agile 30 minute slots. I wonder if GE were doing something as inverter offline is now quite rare after changes I made earlier in the year.

admin

MrMessy Yep, indeed, Inverter Offline:

MrMessy Also, could you remind me why WW sets the times to 00:00 at the end of a charging slot (I can't find the answer quickly scanning back though this and other threads), rather than the IOG default of 23:00 and 05:30?

Basically, if we leave it set to whatever it was, be it on Agile or IOG (including ad-hoc slots), it might mean that in 24 hours you may accidentally pull from the grid when you don't have a cheap IOG or Agile slot.

MrMessy

admin I'm not saying leaving it set to whatever it was, rather for IOG specifically, read/ignore whatever is the current AC Charge 1 Start/End is and set to 23:30 and 05:30, as this period is always cheap regardless of anything else that happens. That way, if there's no communication because of either an issue with your severs/cloud or the inverter is offline, it doesn't matter because the times have already been set at the end of the previous instruction.

admin

MrMessy Yeah, makes sense for IOG users. We'll get a fix out.

Ijhhh

Hi, can you add me to the Intelligent Go beta please. Thanks
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admin

Ijhhh All done for you now, cheers!

DavrosMcT

unwelcome-dream Today was charging the battery and thought there was a charge from 11:58 when the car was not plugged in. Also Mrs leaves the car plugged in a lot and it seems to map a slot even when the car is full.

PANface

DavrosMcT NICE! :

Midville

Unsure if I can jump onto the beta moved over to IOG now that I have a zappi?
Thanks

pungent-share

admin

Midville T_B_C

All done for you both.

T_B_C

Could I get added to the IOG beta, please? My ID is red-cash

Midville

admin TY will feedback if/when needed

Midville

Added my info for the IOG setting and the extra time is showing etc, very straight forward.

Again Thank you, how do I delete the Agile tab which is a drop down menu under Octopus ? Have have deleted the schedule etc or just leave it

pungent-share

admin

Midville Deactivate the Agile Charge window should be all you need to do. So you don’t have clashing charge instructions.

DavrosMcT

unwelcome-dream Happened again today. WW sent IOG charge instructions when the car was not plugged in. Can someone look at my logs and see what’s going on don’t want to be charged full whack for this.

admin

DavrosMcT You had a valid charge until 16:00, and then this was updated to a valid IOG charge to 17:00. All mapped via the IOG dispatch slots.

DavrosMcT

admin

This is the only charge slot I have had this year on the ohme app?

admin

DavrosMcT Do you see mapped charges in your Octopus app when you plug-in? We get the smart slots from Octopus via their API.

I was under the impression that Ohme charging wasn't compatible yet, but clearly we are getting intelligent EV charge slots from the Octopus API for your account details.

MrMessy

@admin I'm currently having some car charging issues, nothing to do with WW its either an EV or charger problem but, could you post the activity log for my inverter since 8pm 6/1/25, so I can see the Octopus IOG despatch slots, as it may help me to diagnose the issue? TIA

primary-hotel

admin

MrMessy We have this for you, actioned at around 22:46ish:

"TimeFromOffset":"2025-01-06 22:46:00 00:00","TimeToOffset":"2025-01-07 07:30:00 00:00","KwhCharge":"-12.34"

MrMessy

admin was there anything after that?

The schedule I had from Octopus was 22:46-07:30, but the car stopped charging bang on 03:00 according to the Zappi and GE traces.
Just wondering Octopus split the schedule through the night and the car didn't restart the session.

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