Channels

Edit Channel configuration

Channel rules and conditions

The channel rules and conditions define whether the channel is up or down. The channels are controlling electric loads - typically indirectly - by switching relays on or off depending on the channel values. Currently, a channel can control load with an internal relay, called GPIO relay or a relay port in the Shelly 3EM energy meter.

For each channel, the system checks periodically - by default once in a minute - whether the channel should be up or down. It checks the rules in order starting from the first rule and continues until it finds a matching rule or there are no more rules for the channel. If a matching rule is found, the target state of the rule defines whether the channel should be up or down. If there are no matching rules the channel will be down.

Each rule has one or more conditions related to the current values of the variables. Variable values are generated based on price information, date and time, solar forecast, and measured energy and sensor (if attached) values. There are numeric and logical variables. The numeric variables are checked against constant values (e.g., price < 15 ). Logical variables are checked if they are true or not true (e.g., not day). By checking the box "Show variable details" at the top of the page you will get current variable values.

Press 💾 Save to save channel and channel rule settings.

Channel attributes

Basic settings

• Channel Id - Short (max 19) label of the channel, e.g., "CARCHARGE"
• Channel Color - Color used in dashboard time-series.

Relay settings

• Type - Relay type:
  • GPIO , internal GPIO relay module
  • Shelly Gen 1, Shelly Gen 1 external WiFi relays
  • Shelly Gen 2, Shelly Gen 2 external WiFi relays
  • Tasmota, open source Tasmota external WiFi relays
  • GPIO, inversed, internal GPIO relay module with inversed output. Can be used in failsafe setups.
  • Undefined type is not shown on the dashboard or processed.
  • Read more about connecting GPIO relays and external WiFI-relays
• GPIO - IP address of a network connected relay
• ID - Relay id of a network connected relay

Channel control settings

• Minimum uptime - Minimum uptime is the shortest duration to keep the channel up, even if conditions are changed. Giving long minimum uptime can give the channel more uptime (better "priority") than another channel with a shorter minimum uptime, even if they both depend on the same volatile parameter. For example, if 2 channels are up only if there is extra production (net sales), a channel with longer minimum uptime gets more cumulative uptime, because it stays longer up (on average) when local consumption exceeds local production (net purchase)
• Priority - Channel priority effects the order channels are switched up and down. For example, the channel with the lowest priority value is switched up first and down last, if the conditions of more than one channel change at the same time. Does not effect manual schduling.
• Load (W) - Channel load is used to estimate total load of channels, see variable 160.

Channel control rules

• Rule mode
  • Rule mode Template: Select a predefined rule template for the channel and enter template parameters. Press ⚙️ to re-enter template parameters for currently selected template.
  • Rule mode Advanced: Enter rules and conditions freely. You can use an earlier selected template as a skeleton.

Rule attributes

• Target state: Channel state if all the rule conditions are matching.

Rule conditions

• Select a variable from the list. If you want to delete an existing condition, select "delete condition".
• Select comparison operator/function. All numeric variables have operators =, >, >=, <=, <>.
• Some variables ("(7) 8 h block id", "(110) month", "(112) weekday", and "(115) hour") have also select operator to select one or more values (from version 1.1) in one condition row.

• Logical variables have operators "is and "not".
• All variables have additional functions "defined" and "undefined" show if a variable has a defined value (defined) or not (undefined or null in the variable list).
• Enter a constant value for comparison(numeric variable)

A simple condition for example: price < 15 is true if the current energy price is below 15c/kWh.

Default state

If none of rule conditions match, channel is set to default state. In version 1.1 or later you can specify default state (up or down). In earlier versions default state was always down.

Variables

#	Id	Description	Description (FI)
0	price	Current NordPool electricity price, tax/margin excluded, ¢/kWh	Tämänhetkinen NordPool-sähköpörssin tuntihinta, ei sisällä veroja tai marginaaleja, ¢/kWh
1	price rank 9h	Price rank in 9 hours, sliding windows, 1 if now lowest price, 9 highest	Hintasijoitus 9 tunnin liukuvassa aikaikkunassa, 1-9, jossa 1 edullisin ja 9 kallein tunti.
2	price rank 24h	Price rank in 24 hours, sliding window, 1 if now lowest price, 24 highest	Hintasijoitus 24 tunnin liukuvassa aikaikkunassa, 1-24.
3	price rank fix 24h	Price rank in 24 hours, fixed nychthemeron 00:00-23:59, 1 if now lowest price, 24 if highest	Hintasijoitus tämän vuorokauden (00-23:59) aikaikkunassa, 1-24.
4	rank in 8 h block	Price rank in fixed 8 hour block	Hintasijoitus kiinteän 8 tunnin jakson aikana, 1-8.
5	price avg 9h	Average price in 9 hours sliding window, ¢/kWh	9 tunnin liukuvan aikaikkunan keskihinta, ¢/kWh.
6	price avg 24h	Average price in 24 hours sliding window, ¢/kWh	24 tunnin liukuvan aikaikkunan keskihinta, ¢/kWh.
7	8 h block id	Current 8 hour block id, 1) 23:00-06:59 , 2) 07:00-14:59, 3) 15:00-22:59	Nykyisen 8 tunnin jakson numero: 1) 23:00-06:59 , 2) 07:00-14:59, 3) 15:00-22:59
9	p diff to avg 9h	Price difference to 9 hours average, ¢/kWh	Nykyhinnan hintaero 9 tunnin liukuvan aikaikkunan keskiarvoon, ¢/kWh
10	p diff to avg 24h	Price difference to 24 hours average, ¢/kWh	Nykyhinnan hintaero 24 tunnin liukuvan aikaikkunan keskiarvoon, ¢/kWh
13	p ratio to avg 9h	Price ratio % to sliding 9 hours average	Nykyhinnan suhde 9 tunnin liukuvan aikaikkunan keskiarvoon, %
14	p ratio to avg 24h	Price ratio % to sliding 24 hours average	Nykyhinnan suhde 24 tunnin liukuvan aikaikkunan keskiarvoon, %
15	p ratio fixed 24h	Price ratio % to fixed nychthemeron 24h	Nykyhinnan suhde tämän vuorokauden (00-23:59) keskiarvoon, %
20	pv forecast 24 h	Solar power forecast for local panels, next 24 hours, kWh	Aurinkoenergian tuotantoennuste seuraavaksi 24 tunniksi. Riippuu Ilmatieteen laitoksen paikallisesta aurinkosääennusteesta ja antamastasi paneelitehosta, kWh
21	pv value 24 h	Value of future solar power, next 24 h, €	Ennustettu tulevan 24 tunnin aurinkotuotannon arvo, €
22	pv price avg 24 h	Average price of future solar power, next 24 h, ¢/kWh	Tulevan 24 tunnin aikana tuotetun aurinkosähkön keskihinta, ¢/kWh
23	future pv higher	Future average solar power price is higher than current price, ¢/kWh	Hintaero nykyhinnan ja tulevan 24 h aurinkosähkön hinnan (muuttuja 22) välillä, ¢/kWh
100	overproduction	True if there is extra production, measured from grid or inverter production or estimated from solar forecast. See current source from variable 700.	Tosi, jos 'ylituotantoa' eli oma tuotanto ylittää kulutuksen. Saadaan joko mittaustuloksista tai arvioimalla. Katso tiedon lähde muuttujasta 700.
101	production (per) W	Average production during this period, measured W	Mitattu keskikulutus tämän periodin (tunnin) aikana, W
102	selling W	Average power exported to the grid during this period, measured W. Negative value indicate net consumption.	Mitattu verkkoon myyty energia tämän periodin aikana, W. Negatiivinen arvo osoittaa, että netto-ostoa.
103	selling Wh	Energy exported to the grid during this period, measured Wh	Verkkoon viety energia tämän periodin aikana, mitattu, Wh
104	selling now W	Energy exported to the grid now, measured W	Verkkoon viety teho tällä hetkellä, mitattu, W
105	production Wh	Production in current period, Wh	Tuotanto periodin aikana, Wh
110	mm, month	Current month, 1-12	Kuluva kuukausi, 1-12
111	mmdd	Current month and day, e.g. 501 first of May	Kuluva kuukausi ja päivä, esim 501 on 1 toukokuuta (Vappu, Valborg)
112	weekday (1-7)	Weekday, 1-Monday...7-Sunday	Viikonpäivä, 1-Maanantai...7-Sunnuntai
115	hh, hour	10	Kuluva tunti, 00-23
116	hhmm	Current hour and minute, e.g. 1200 - noon	Kuluva tunti ja minuutti, esim. 1200 keskipäivä
117	minutes 0-59	Current minutes, 0-59	Kuluva minuutti, 0-59
130	day	True if day tariff (Finnish tariff, 0700-2200) effective.	Tosi, jos Suomen päivätariffi voimassa (0700-2200).
140	winterday	True if winter day tariff (Finnish) effective	Tosi, jos Suomen talvipäivän tariffi voimassa.
150	ch up period, min	[Channel uptime (minutes) during this period	Kanavan päälläoloaika tämän periodin aikana, minuuttia.
152	ch up in 8 h, min	[Channel uptime (minutes) during last 8 h	Kanavan päälläoloaika viimeisimmän 8 tunnin aikana, minuuttia.
153	ch up in 24 h, min	Channel uptime (minutes) during last 24 h	Kanavan päälläoloaika viimeisimmän 24 tunnin aikana, minuuttia.
160	consumption estim.	Estimated (load*uptime) total consumption of channels during this period, Wh.	Arvioitu kanavien kokonaiskulutus (load*uptime) tämän periodin aikana, Wh.
201	sensor 1	Sensor 1 temperature, C	Anturi 1 lämpötila, C
202	sensor 2	Sensor 2 temperature, C	Anturi 2 lämpötila, C
203	sensor 3	Sensor 3 temperature, C	Anturi 3 lämpötila, C
401	virtual solar count	Solar forecast based counter for load profile. Counts from 0 to M during this period, where M = (60*day forecasted solar/period forecasted solar).	Solar forecast based counter for load profile. Counts from 0 to M during this period, where M = (60*day forecasted solar/period forecasted solar).
402	solar prod. estim.	Solar forecast based counter for load profile. Counts from 0 to M during this period, where M = (60*day forecasted solar/period forecasted solar).	Ennusteen mukainen tuotettu aurinkoenergian määrä nykyisen periodin aikana tähän mennessä.
411	FI wind d+1, MW	Average wind power in Finland tomorrow (d+1), MW	Keskimääräinen ennustettu tuulituotannon teho huomenna (d+1) Suomessa, MW
412	FI wind d+2, MW	Average wind power in Finland the day after tomorrow (d+2) MW	Keskimääräinen ennustettu tuulituotannon teho ylihuomenna (d+2) Suomessa, MW
421	FI wind d+1 bl, MW	Average wind power in Finland in the same 8 h block tomorrow (d+1) MW	Keskimääräinen ennustettu tuulituotannon teho huomenna (d+1) Suomessa saman 8 tunnin jakson aikana, MW
422	FI wind d+2 bl, MW	Average wind power in Finland in the same 8 h block the day after tomorrow (d+2) MW	Keskimääräinen ennustettu tuulituotannon teho ylihuomenna (d+2) Suomessa saman 8 tunnin jakson aikana, MW
430	solar rank fix 24h	Solar volume rank of current period within day (24 h) based on solar forecast.	Tunnin aurinkotuotannon voluumisijoitus tämän vuorokauden (00:00-23:59) aikana. 1 jos ennusteen mukaan tuottoisin tunti, 24 jos ei tuotantoa.
701	Netting source	Netting info source: 0) no estimate, 1) grid measurement (103) 2) production MEASUREMENT (105) - (estimated channel consumption (160) + baseload) 3) production FORECAST (402) - (estimated channel consumption (160) + baseload)	Netotustiedon lähde, 0) ei tietoa käytössä 1) mittaus verkosta(103) 2) tuotannon mittaus invertteriltä (105) - (arvioitu kanavien kulutus (160) + peruskuorma) 3) tuotantoennuste (402) - (arvioitu kanavien kulutus (160) + peruskuorma)