Provide a single “Stop Auto Charge” method.

[emirkmo]

Recommend a single golden path

Integration docs should provide clear guidance on the recommended way of stopping auto charge. (Achieving charging paused state in zaptec app).

Currently the README lists 2 quite disparate ways and a search in the issues finds even a few more. But they all seem to have downsides.

Q: What is the least harmful way to stop automatic charge on plugging in?

Build recommendation into a state toggle/config.

I would expect that I can toggle an “auto charge” toggle. When turned off, it would use the answer to the question above to prevent auto charging. And if on, it would allow auto charging by default.

outcomes

• Clear guidance for users building their own automations.
• Golden path toggle for charger entity to enable basic users to prevent auto charge.
• Side effect: currently this plugin uses some unauthorized endpoints as one of the ways to prevent auto charging. Plugin could recommend and support a single golden path for this task, which hopefully uses official Zaptec public API. We could even ask Zaptec devs themselves or just recommend one ourselves, and create impetus for bringing that one method to the public API, if the best method for prevent autocharge isn’t currently available.

[emirkmo]

Note. This is useful for getting grid rewards with Greenely via Zaptec for instance :). And other energy optimization use cases, while just plugging the damn car in when coming home..

[sveinse]

Hi @emirkmo

Thank you for your input. This is a community driven project with contributions from individuals. Unfortunately documentation is not always up to date or prioritized. This is especially true since this integration is only reflecting the data and behavior provided by Zaptec centrally. We are very grateful for any contributions to improve the documentation, and I would encourage to provide it.

Thanks