API key

dj10gan

Hello
I have just changed from Octopus Intelligent Flux to Octopus Agile.
It appears that Octopus are still using the Givenergy API to control the battery. Consequently any Wonder Watt commands are conflicting and are therefore having no, or very little, effect.
Is there any way that I can stop this from happening?
Help please!
Duncan Logan

admin

dj10gan You can regenerate your API key, and delete the current one if you want Octopus cmds to stop being sent.

You can then update your Giv API key in our Settings page and press Save to save your changes.

dj10gan

admin
hi
I can delete and generate tokens but there doesn't appear to be a method of directly generating an API key.
I have revoked access for Octopus but it re-appeared almost immediately.
There isn't a Token for Octopus as there is for Wonder Watt, so I'm a bit confused?
Thank you.

dj10gan

Thanks for your help.
Apparently the API is generated and controlled by Octopus?
I have spoken with them and they have released my battery from their control.
Duncan

mrtnbcky

I just had the very same issue. I have returned to using Wonder Watt, after being a very early user, once Intelligent Flux became available, I switched over to allowing Octopus to control my battery.

I am at best sceptical that Intelligent Flux has done anything positive for us, and as I recently had our battery array extended, it has become really obvious that we're peing prevented from charging using solar, instead being forced into a meaningless exhange of 'lower rate' electricty between us and Octopus, and not being able to fully utilise anywhere near our now much larger export capacity during the higher rate window.

So, I dusted off my Wonder Watt credentials and am happy to be back in the fold!

But, all was not well, as Wonder Watt kicked in twice to start off my cheaper 30 minute segments for import, only for Octopus to twice reinstate the revoked API Token and stop my cheap import!!

So, as well as revoking the API Token now for a third time, I have deleted the API Key assigned to Octopus R&D in the hope that this wll disable Octopus' ability to interfere. Does this sound about right?

UPDATE I've just logged back in to see that as I was typing the above, Octopus have indeed reinstated the API Token and I've a battery sat there idle on one of the sunniest days of the year

admin

mrtnbcky Yeah I think Octopus use your OAuth token from Giv and provision another API key 'under the hood'.

Let us know once you have addressed that part of the equation and Octopus aren't controlling your inverter anymore and we can take look at any issues you come across.

mrtnbcky

admin I 'fixed' it by calling Octopus Customer Services, and to be fair, was very surprised at how knowledgable the person who took my call was, she signed me up for Agile export there and then, and within an hour, the phantom API reinstatement had stopped and I was able to take back control of my inverter to behave how I want it to!