How to set up smart charging in the Smappee app?

How to choose the charging mode of your Smappee charging station in the Smappee app.

In the Smappee app you choose how your charging station charges: immediately at full speed, based on a schedule, or only on solar surplus. The mode you set applies to every charging session on that charging station, no matter who charges or how the session is started (for example with unauthenticated charging or an RFID card).

Set the charging mode

  1. Open the Smappee app and go to your charging station. You can do this in two ways:
    on the Dashboard tab, tap your charging station under Charging stations, or
    go to Control > Devices and tap your charging station.
  2. At the top of the charging station screen, choose Standard, Smart or Solar.
  3. Selected Smart? Tap Set schedule to set when your car must be ready. Want to keep charging on solar surplus once your schedule is done? Tick Use solar after schedule.

 

Which mode to choose?

In the app What it does More info
Standard Charges immediately, up to the maximum charging speed you set with the slider. /
Smart Charges at the cheapest and greenest moments, so your car is ready by the end time of your schedule. How does smart charging - schedules work?
Smart + Use solar after schedule First follows your schedule. Once your car has the requested energy, it keeps charging only on solar surplus. How does smart charging - schedules work?
Solar Charges only on the surplus export of your solar production. Smart charging - Surplus only
Note: Smart and Solar only work when your installation is ready for it. For Smart, your electricity tariffs must be entered in the app. For Solar and Use solar after schedule, a grid measurement and the overload limit ("Maximum current") must be set up. This is normally done by your installer.

Shared or commercial charging stations

Is the charging station used by different people, for example at an office car park or a public location? Then leave it on Standard. Not every driver wants to charge smart, and the mode you set applies to everyone.

Drivers who use the Smappee app can still choose smart charging for their own session. Their choice overrides the setting of the charging station for that session. Drivers who start with an RFID card that is added to the Wallet in the app get a notification asking if they want to activate smart charging. See How can I activate Smart Charging when using "Swipe & Charge"?

See also: Session activation methods

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