I've had IO for a few days now, using an ohme home pro. No matter what I try the car charges when it was not scheduled too or doesn't charge at all. So I'm disabling the IO smart charging feature and leaving it to the Ohme to control charging in the standard 6 hour off peak period. A bit more development needed I think before I let the IO app take control.
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Have you read the FAQ for setting up IO on Ohme?
Intelligent Octopus Go & Ohme: your questions answered
Intelligent Octopus Go is our smartest EV tariff, with six hours of smart charging every night at a super low rate.You'll get cheap electricity between 11.30pm and 5.30am, as well as super cheap electricity for any Smart Charging.Our latest integration with Ohme enables Octopus to provide Smart...
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Also pasted some advice from one of the Ohme beta testers who are very close to the Ohme dev team.
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Drew57
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This is not the smart meter - it is the In Home Display and nobody claims that this can handle variable rates, let alone Beta tariffs
I had this same problem and Octopus support wasn't helpful, just told me to delete the Tesla app to fix it. I worked out to fix the problem was to disconnect the tesla account from the Ohme app so it didn't get any my data from the car and just select the car manual and use it without the tesla account log in.
Drew57
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No, you can only move to IO once a car is available to complete the test charge
That's incorrect. While you can of course just use the fixed off-peak period it a) breaks the t&cs of the tariff and b) precludes you from getting the extra off-peak slots. See my post above as to how to set up the Ohme integration correctly
I do get the extra slots for off-peak charging. The tesla account is still connect to the Octopus App just no the ohme App.
That's why it's not working properly. Ohme have their own special integration into IO. If you want it to work, delink the from the IO app and do the Tesla integration in the Ohme app. It should be in the FAQ
I'm not convinced the ohme integration and the fact that the Tesla doesn't need ohme integration (unlike the majority of other EVs) is considered in the ohme FAQ. I don't think they are playing nicely together.
Thanks, sounds like an option. But to be honest I have solar/home battery so won't really benefit a great deal from the extra slots if I was ever to need them. Might just stick with the ohme in the fixed 6 hours
Thanks browellm, but from my experiences (using same set up as written) the car should definitely not be charging at the times it has been.Have you read the FAQ for setting up IO on Ohme?
Intelligent Octopus Go & Ohme: your questions answered
Intelligent Octopus Go is our smartest EV tariff, with six hours of smart charging every night at a super low rate.You'll get cheap electricity between 11.30pm and 5.30am, as well as super cheap electricity for any Smart Charging.Our latest integration with Ohme enables Octopus to provide Smart...
Also pasted some advice from one of the Ohme beta testers who are very close to the Ohme dev team.
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Hi, I just moved from go to IO. Go was due to expire in December but wanted to lock in a new rate plus the longer 6 hr period.
Very easy switch and fully operational, got my slots as well today, the question is once slots are allocated do they stick? so if i set the solar batteries to use the extra 1hr slot they give me at 0800-0900 i am safe doing so ?
Very easy switch and fully operational, got my slots as well today, the question is once slots are allocated do they stick? so if i set the solar batteries to use the extra 1hr slot they give me at 0800-0900 i am safe doing so ?
Drew57
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Be careful, I noticed that two of my recent IO charges had moved at least one slot during the night when I checked history on my Zappi app next morning.
No, they are dynamic (within the time you set) and can move if Kraken changes its forecast on solar/demand forecast etc.
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