TeslaMate [megathread]

[webbah]

Guide here for that if it helps: How to setup and run TeslaMate on a Digital Ocean Droplet server - TeslaEV.co.uk

It's where mine runs from these days, only because GCP kept getting blocked (been fine since October from what I gather).

Well, Google had a worldwide outage for over an hour yesterday so assume GCP got borked too. But I like to host in the EU/Switzerland whenever I can which was my main driver for that decision. Couldn't be happier with the performance! Also, you may wish to update your guide to include setting up the free Digital Ocean Firewall. Costs nothing and adds a layer of security on top. I only have HTTPS open for example. Occasionally I may open SSH just for the brief moment I want to dive in directly without using the DO Console access via a browser.

 

[Medved_77]

Is anyone recording the cost of their charges in Teslamate with Octopus Go or a similar off peak tariff?

I'm temporarily switching from Agile > Go but wondered how to track the new costs in Teslamate? Is it just a case of adding the off peak rate per kWh to your home geofence? (and make sure you don't charge outwith these times?)

If so, any idea if it'll overwrite the previously stored charge costs? - I suspect/hope not.

I'll take a backup of the server tonight, comment out the Agile integration, update the kWh rate for my home location and see what happens unless anyone has any wise advice they can share.

 

[spooksman]

I'm pretty sure when I entered my new rate TeslaMate asked if I wanted it applied to everything or just from then on...

 

[Medved_77]

I'm pretty sure when I entered my new rate TeslaMate asked if I wanted it applied to everything or just from then on...

Thanks, I'll find out shortly!

 

[Medved_77]

OK - overwriting the cost per kWh on my home geofence didn't wipe any existing values.

If anyone has setup Teslamate with the Agile integration, and is switching over to Go temporarily...

1. Take a backup/snapshot
2. Edit the .yml file, comment out the line `TeslaMate_GeofenceId=` with a # at the beginning of the line.
3. docker-compose restart
4. Open your Teslamate page and in Geo-Fences find the entry for your home.
5. Set the value per kWh (for Octopus Go it's 0.05)
6. Save

I think that's all that's required. Obviously if you charge outwith the off peak rate you'll need to set the charge manually (would love to be corrected on this).

When switching back to Agile, edit the .yml and remove the #.

 

[Vishan07]

Hey man, I recommend you switch and try using a DigitalOcean Droplet to host Teslamate. You can host this in Frankfurt or Amsterdam and I noticed you are in Amsterdam. Should be much better than Google hosting in the US. I am doing this and it works fantastic with the smallest droplet. You'll get $100 free for 3 months and then after that its about $5 a month.

I then used BackBlaze B2 to automate the backups with a slight modification to @DaveW's great guides. This allows me to also have the Backups stay in Europe and BackBlaze is much cheaper than Amazon with the same functionality for their storage buckets.

Thanks, will try!

 

[Roadrunner13]

Guide here for that if it helps: How to setup and run TeslaMate on a Digital Ocean Droplet server - TeslaEV.co.uk

It's where mine runs from these days, only because GCP kept getting blocked (been fine since October from what I gather).

I returned to GCloud on Oct 20th when you (or someone else) else called it unblocked on the forum and it's been fine since...of course that'll jinx it immediately!

 

[StevehConwy]

Guide here for that if it helps: How to setup and run TeslaMate on a Digital Ocean Droplet server - TeslaEV.co.uk

It's where mine runs from these days, only because GCP kept getting blocked (been fine since October from what I gather).

I got my Pi up and running in about half an hour with this excellent guide!

Although I'm still not sure that I'm not losing data. Running TeslaFi alongside for now.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pbpuXLq99omLbTPv5

 

[DaveW]

Noticed that Aberdeen was added to the list I export from, guide updated, single line if you just want to add this one:

INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Aberdeen Supercharger', 57.110318, -2.092522, 35, '2020-12-18 06:33:00 ', '2020-12-18 06:33:00 ', 0.24, NULL);

 

[Medved_77]

Noticed that Aberdeen was added to the list I export from, guide updated, single line if you just want to add this one:

INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Aberdeen Supercharger', 57.110318, -2.092522, 35, '2020-12-18 06:33:00 ', '2020-12-18 06:33:00 ', 0.24, NULL);

Thanks Dave. Is Edinburgh Newbridge available yet?

 

[DaveW]

Thanks Dave. Is Edinburgh Newbridge available yet?

Last Edinburgh one was:

INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Edinburgh Supercharger', 55.9453739, -3.3671657, 35, '2020-05-21 15:54:00 ', '2020-09-06 08:24:00 ', 0.24, NULL);

But that's been there since May? - Seems to take a few weeks, I'm guessing it's based on people reporting back to open charge map the coordinates

 

[Medved_77]

Last Edinburgh one was:

INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Edinburgh Supercharger', 55.9453739, -3.3671657, 35, '2020-05-21 15:54:00 ', '2020-09-06 08:24:00 ', 0.24, NULL);

But that's been there since May? - Seems to take a few weeks, I'm guessing it's based on people reporting back to open charge map the coordinates

Thanks Dave, believe it only came online two days ago, certainly wasn't there in May. There's now Edinburgh and Edinburgh Newbridge superchargers, they're within a couple of miles of each other.

Once I'm allowed out I'll add it to open charge map if someone doesn't get their first.

 

[DaveW]

Excellent - there's been so much Supercharger movement this year, loads more to come too with Tesla's rollout and Gridserve (come to think of it, no Braintree details yet either!)

 

[DaveW]

Are they here @Medved_77 ?: Google Maps

I'll have a try at submitting them myself using Google Maps co-ordinates

 

[DaveW]

Weirdly, OpenchargeMap do have Gridserve listed and they know it has Tesla Superchargers, but they don't come up when you do the API call.

Added directly (just about to update my list on the site)

INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Gridserve Braintree Supercharger', 51.85214557376324, 0.5219387754701756, 35, '2020-12-23 06:33:00 ', '2020-12-23 06:33:00 ', 0.24, NULL);

 

[Medved_77]

Are they here @Medved_77 ?: Google Maps

I'll have a try at submitting them myself using Google Maps co-ordinates

Almost, have dropped a pin on the precise location:

Dropped pin
Near Edinburgh
Google Maps

55.933919,-3.407793

 

[DaveW]

Almost, have dropped a pin on the precise location:

Dropped pin
Near Edinburgh
Google Maps

55.933919,-3.407793

Thanks, I'll have a go at submitting

INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Edinburgh Newbridge Supercharger', 55.933919,-3.407793, 35, '2020-12-23 06:50:00 ', '2020-12-23 06:50:00 ', 0.24, NULL);

Is what I've just made manually though if you want to import

 

[Medved_77]

Thanks, I'll have a go at submitting

INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Edinburgh Newbridge Supercharger', 55.933919,-3.407793, 35, '2020-12-23 06:50:00 ', '2020-12-23 06:50:00 ', 0.24, NULL);

Is what I've just made manually though if you want to import

Perfect, thanks for maintaining these.

 

[DaveW]

Perfect, thanks for maintaining these.

No problem, looks like there's quite a few new ones not showing on there, I'll get to work! Newbridge has been submitted, not sure on how long it takes them to validate

 

[DaveW]

Two more submitted and manually added:

INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Crawley SC Supercharger', 51.13687082038547, -0.1911608179539438, 35, '2020-12-16 06:33:00 ', '2020-12-16 06:33:00 ', 0.24, NULL);
INSERT INTO public.geofences (name, latitude, longitude, radius, inserted_at, updated_at, cost_per_unit, session_fee) VALUES ('Banbury Cross Supercharger', 52.07293517090728, -1.3417527342347173, 35, '2020-12-08 06:33:00 ', '2020-12-08 06:33:00 ', 0.24, NULL);