Support for enable/disable Zaptec Eco Mode

[peterlindqnet]

Zaptec seems to offer a charge optimization service called EcoMode that can be enabled via API or via the Zaptec portal, which can be useful for some users.

To override the EcoMode one needs to disable it, it would be very useful to be able to do this via HomeAssistent.

To enable/disable, it seems one uses the API calls:

curl 'https://api.zaptec.com/api/installation/000000000-1111-2222-333333333333333' -X PUT

with data like:
"EnabledFeatures": 12,
"Feature_PowerManagement_EcoMode_DepartureTime": 360,
"Feature_PowerManagement_EcoMode_MinEnergy": 10,
"Feature_PowerManagement_EcoMode_DeliveryArea": 8,

It would be super to have this feature in the integration.

[sveinse]

How would you envision using this from HA? There are a few additional parameters here, like DepatureTime, MinEnergy and DeliveryArea. Any suggestions on how to adjust those? Do you know what they represent?

The parameters could be entity number dials and the Eco mode could be a binary switch that enable and disable the function. If these additional parameters are not intuitively added as entities, it is possible to offer this as a service call. Then you need to use automation to activate/deactivate Eco mode.

Any thoughts?

[peterlindqnet]

I envision this would be used as a simple binary toggle only.

When Zaptec Eco mode is enabled you would need to disable it if you want to recharge the car. You could do this from the Zaptec App but it would be much nicer to have it in Homeassistant.

I don't really see the need to modfy the other dials and settings of Eco mode from HomeAssistant, it seems more like a one time config that can be done directly via Zaptec.

Using automation to trigger this would work well.

[zarilion]

I second this, a simple toggle is a good solution for this.

The other parameters are for the Eco mode to know when to start charging, departure time for when you normally leave and need the car to be charged. MinEnergy is the minimum charged amount it has to be by that time. And the DeliveryArea is what pool you are part of for pricing. With those parameters the charger knows when to start charging to charge the needed amount, by the time you normally leave in the cheapest hours possible.

I have mine set to 8:00 departure, NO1 zone, and 45kWh(I drive a lot every day). That way I can always just put it in the charger when I get home, and know that the charger starts charging when it is cheapest, and that I get enough charge.