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Robert Boerescu asked

Remotely stop/start EV charging station NS charging

I would like to start or stop the charging of an EV remotely and I do not seem to find an obvious way of doing it. Is there an easy way? My previous Fronius charging station had this feature and I used it often for my EV which does not have an app to do it.

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Michelle Konzack answered ·

Ehm, via VRM you can switch on/off the EV Charger.

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Robert Boerescu avatar image Robert Boerescu commented ·
Where in the VRM?
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matt1309 avatar image matt1309 Robert Boerescu commented ·

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In there:

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Michelle Konzack avatar image Michelle Konzack Robert Boerescu commented ·
Your charge should show up automatically there.


Where I live, I can not have a LTE/4G connection, hence I can not use the VRM myself, but from the description of the EV Charger it should be visible, and it does not depend, whether it is ACin or ACou coupled.


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Robert Boerescu avatar image Robert Boerescu commented ·

OK, it showing in the web interface but not on the phone app. Is this normal?

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matt1309 avatar image matt1309 Robert Boerescu commented ·
No, it should show on both.
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Robert Boerescu avatar image Robert Boerescu matt1309 commented ·
Thanks, I had to stop the app on the phone and reload it and it is showing now!
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Robert Boerescu avatar image Robert Boerescu commented ·
Another thing is that if I stop charging from the Tesla app it does not seem to be able to start the charging again. Fronius charger was starting fine. Contactor active when charged is enabled, I was thinking that it should be able to restart charging without doing unplug-plug.
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matt1309 avatar image matt1309 Robert Boerescu commented ·
I'm not sure on that one sorry (maybe a setting to solve it but not sure) I don't have a tesla.

I always start/stop via vrm for my car.

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Robert Boerescu avatar image Robert Boerescu matt1309 commented ·
Thank you, I just installed the charger today and I am trying to learn what can I do and what I cannot. I got it mainly to be able to use it with the current Victron ecosystem. The fronius one seem to be better at least of measuring what power is drawing. I had to calculate and enter a calibration value in this one to get something closer to the real value.
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