Powerwall Companion - updated Windows app

[tomho]

Release notes mention 5.1 but I'm still on 5.0. Maybe tonight? I leave the app running 24/7 in the corner of a screen and if it's missing in the morning (as it was today) I get excited because that usually means a new version.

5.1 is rolling out slowly. Nothing super exciting in this release, but I did fix an issue where the data wasn't reported correctly when the local PC's time zone is different to the Powerwall's. Hopefully not something that a lot of people ran into, but it should run more predictably for people who are travelling.

A side question - does the raw data you can access include any history of battery capacity? Knowing the current figure is great but if the data is available it would be interesting to see the degradation over time (5 years for my battery)

Alas no - if it did I would definitely use this information. Maybe one day I'll update the app to save its own history, although obviously this would only be useful if you run the app over a long period of time.

 

[x20swan]

Maybe one day I'll update the app to save its own history, although obviously this would only be useful if you run the app over a long period of time.

I think I installed it in May 2018 - a week after my Powerwall was activated

 

[charlesj]

5.1 is rolling out slowly. Nothing super exciting in this release, but I did fix an issue where the data wasn't reported correctly when the local PC's time zone is different to the Powerwall's. Hopefully not something that a lot of people ran into, but it should run more predictably for people who are travelling.


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Great, thanks. Will test it in late March or early April when we have to travel to Chandler, AZ. to meet the 3rd grandson being delivered about that time.

 

[h2ofun]

I am still stuck at 3.6 and see no update in windows store

 

[tomho]

I am still stuck at 3.6 and see no update in windows store

No idea why that would happen. Uninstall and reinstall?

 

[h2ofun]

No idea why that would happen. Uninstall and reinstall?

That worked

 

[charlesj]

That worked

I had to do that once.
See what happens the next time.

 

[charlesj]

Well, what do you know. I just opened up Companion and it has the new software showing, 5.1.1.0 without me doing anything.
Great, thanks @tomho.

 

[tomho]

Well, what do you know. I just opened up Companion and it has the new software showing, 5.1.1.0 without me doing anything.
Great, thanks @tomho.

Awesome! Next version will allow storage of historical battery capacity in the cloud, and display of this on a chart.

 

[charlesj]

Awesome! Next version will allow storage of historical battery capacity in the cloud, and display of this on a chart.

Without knowing your ins and outs of getting such app online, let alone updating it, I just checked it on my laptop, going through same router and modem, the laptop still has the 5.0.0 version. Would a segmented rollout be why? Not sure how the IP addresses work or how such updates are directed by segments.
Just curious and interesting.

ps. does your avatar ever discharge from 100%?

 

[tomho]

Without knowing your ins and outs of getting such app online, let alone updating it, I just checked it on my laptop, going through same router and modem, the laptop still has the 5.0.0 version. Would a segmented rollout be why? Not sure how the IP addresses work or how such updates are directed by segments.
Just curious and interesting.

The Microsoft Store provides an option to roll out the app to a configured percentage of users. Given I do this as a hobby, I have no resources and limited time for testing, so I like to roll out gradually so if I've broken something I'll find out before too many users are affected. If all looks good I push the update out to everybody within a few days. I have no control over who does or doesn't get the update besides setting the percentage, but you can sometimes encourage the store to give you the latest if you navigate to the app's page and look for an Update button (rather than just waiting it to update on its own).

ps. does your avatar ever discharge from 100%?

So far I'm still fully charged, but we'll see if that changes as I age...

 

[charlesj]

Interesting observation on the Battery Capacity. I looked at it a few times and it seems it not only goes down from day to day, but it will also go up.
Curious.

 

[charlesj]

OK, laptop app just kicked to 5.2.0

 

[h2ofun]

I just now delete app, and reinstall, and gives me latest

 

[x20swan]

Historic data date back to Nikola Tesla? I'm impressed!

 

[tomho]

Will historic data date back to Nikola Tesla?


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Yeah, it's supposed to hide the chart until you have a month of data. It works but not the very first time. Will be fixed in the next release.

 

[x20swan]

Yeah, it's supposed to hide the chart until you have a month of data. It works but not the very first time. Will be fixed in the next release.

Aesthetically I prefer the empty graph to the blue message box overlaying it, but in a month it won't matter.

 

[tomho]

Hey all, I have a beta of a new Android app update in the Play Store. Most of the changes are behind the scenes to use the new APIs, although I've also made a small change to Powerwall battery health "extra info" option to show the warranted %, similar to the Windows version.

I'd love some people to try this out before I push this out to everybody. To do this you need to opt-in to beta versions:

1. Open the Play Store
   
   .
2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
3. Tap Manage apps & device > Manage
   
   Installed.
4. Find Powerwall Companion and tap to open its detail page.
5. Under “Join the beta,” tap Join
   
   Join.

If you have any problems with the new release please let me know, but you can also roll back to the current production version using similar steps.

 

[shauna101]

Hey all, I have a beta of a new Android app update in the Play Store. Most of the changes are behind the scenes to use the new APIs, although I've also made a small change to Powerwall battery health "extra info" option to show the warranted %, similar to the Windows version.

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I'd love some people to try this out before I push this out to everybody. To do this you need to opt-in to beta versions:

1. Open the Play Store
   
   .
2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
3. Tap Manage apps & device > Manage
   
   Installed.
4. Find Powerwall Companion and tap to open its detail page.
5. Under “Join the beta,” tap Join
   
   Join.

If you have any problems with the new release please let me know, but you can also roll back to the current production version using similar steps.

This is a beautiful app. Unfortunately I don’t have an android device - any chance of a iPad/iPhone app ?
Also - do you mind telling us a little about the app cevelopement - what language do you use ? What libraries ? What admins do you use for graphs etc ?

 

[shauna101]

This is a beautiful app. Unfortunately I don’t have an android device - any chance of a iPad/iPhone app ?
Also - do you mind telling us a little about the app cevelopement - what language do you use ? What libraries ? What admins do you use for graphs etc ?

Add-ins not admins