Time slot - not working ??

[UsiuO]

i have marstek venu e3 - connected by modbus.


i have configured time slot - to charge from 5:30 to 5:55 monday till friday - to have power in morning - till charging delay is staring from solar

and .... nothing is happening
i have checked and time slot is not on from 5:30 to 5:55

on screen ther are only on and off when i click the button :/

any idea ??

about why I use it ??
Solar is starting to produce about 8:00 - my magazine about 2 am is empty - from 6 to 15 i have expensive grid so i want to charge in the night about 20-30 % to use power from magazine from 6 to 8 - when produce is started

[ffunes]

Please keep in mind that if you define a time slot, the battery will NOT operate outside the timeslot, this is described in the configuration flow and in the documentation: https://ffunes.github.io/Omnibattery/configuration/time-slots/

[UsiuO]

i understand that but should i do automatic to turn it on and off ?? it is not turnunig on automaticly ??
i thought that when i am turning on time slot from 5:30 to 5:55, then in 5:30 it is automaticlly turning on and 5:55 turning off ... I'snt it ??

[ffunes]

Thanks for the screenshots — I see two things:

1. The "Slot 1" switch is an enable/disable toggle, not an "active now" indicator. It doesn't turn on at 5:30 by itself; it's what makes the slot exist at all. In your screenshot it's off, and the history shows it was only toggled manually, so at 5:30 the slot was disabled and nothing was applied.
2. In Manual mode, tick only "Allow charge". With both charge and discharge ticked, the direction is ambiguous, so the slot falls back to PD (you'll find a "Manual slot has both charge and discharge allowed — falling back to PD" warning in the log). PD follows your home load; it won't charge from the grid. After you press "Zatwierdź", the next step shows the power slider. In Manual mode, "max charge power" is the power it will charge at.

Keep in mind that a slot that only allows charge also blocks charging outside the slot, solar included. For your case (charge from grid 5:30–5:55, then normal operation), the simplest setup is to keep the slot disabled and use a small automation that turns Slot 1 on at 5:30 and off at 5:55. You could also add PD slots that cover the rest of the day.

The next release will reject Manual mode with both directions ticked in the form, so this can't happen silently again.

[UsiuO]

Ad 1 - after activate Time Slot i have now SLOT 1

and i was thinking that it is activate automaticlly

Ok so for now - i thick only allow charge - and make automatisation to turn on slot 1 at 5:30 and turn off at 5:55.

I have PD at rest of day but i it says that i need for example 12 kwh - from solar it will be 20 - so i dont need to charge.... but 20 will be from 8 am and from 6 to 8 am i must buying from grid in exxpensive hours. magazine is empty after night

[UsiuO]

i also made automatization to turn on and off time slot.
and..... not working.... i checked why - in omnibattery menu i have info WAITING FOR SOLAR ( probably PD is blocking ??? )

should i turn off pd from 5am to 6 am ?? i thinkg that this should do automaticly ....