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FatOldSun
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February 25, 2023
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How do Indra app and OVO Charge Anytime app work together?

  • February 25, 2023
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I have an Indra Smart Pro charger which I can control using the Indra Web app. I recently installed the Charge Anytime app and connected it to my car. Both are based on Kaluza but are seemingly different, although they both claim to charge at the times electricity is more renewable.

If I set a different "ready by" time in each, which one wins?

I've also plugged in my car this evening, and the Indra app says it's plugged in but not yet charging, and the Charge Anytime app says the car is unplugged! I need the car to be charged by the morning so I'll have to keep my eye on that. I've also noticed that I've not had any data from the smart meter since Thursday morning so perhaps that has something to do with it?

    Best answer by Tim_OVO

    Updated on 25/02/25 by Abby_OVO

    Hi @stead @FatOldSun and thanks for posting about this. 

     

    The Charge Anytime app is used for direct to vehicle (D2V) control. Where a customer has an eligible vehicle but does not have an eligible charger, they should use the D2V app.

     

    Where a customer has an eligible charger (regardless of whether or not their vehicle is eligible), they should use the charger app, so in this case the Indra App.


    The difference between the two at the moment is that the D2V customer will see savings in their D2V app, whilst the charger customer can see savings in a page called “Your EV” in the My OVO account.


    If a customer has an eligible charger and has downloaded the D2V app, they are likely to be setting schedules in multiple apps which will cause a conflict in commands being sent to charge the battery. As a result they may miss their ready by times and will probably not be able to reconcile their Charge Anytime credits.

     

    For anyone else wondering about Charge Anytime, look no further:

     

     

    Hope this helps.

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    GJ1
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    September 28, 2023

    Today I finally got the Indra LUX installed.  All is working fine, and here is a step-by-step list of what I did:

    1. Do NOT install the Ovo Charge Anytime app.
    2. Do NOT install the Indra app.
    3. Call Indra customer service and they setup my account in the Indra web app.  When the account was setup I received the welcome email from Indra.
    4. Follow the link in the welcome email and setup a new password.
    5. Log into Ovo and setup the Charge Anytime add-on selecting the Indra charger.
    6. Follow the link to Kaluza and enter the same email and password used in the Indra web app (step 4).
    7. Log into the Indra web app (https://app.indra.co.uk/login) to setup the car make and model and time when I want the car charged.
    8. That’s it!!!

    The car is already charging and I will check tomorrow that everything is OK

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      GJ1
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      September 29, 2023

      All worked fine, this morning the car was at the charge level specified by the time I set.  Happy customer!

        Abby_OVO
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        Abby_OVO
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        September 29, 2023

        Hey @GJ1 

         

        Glad to hear everything’s working well.😃 Feel free to pop back anytime, and if you’ve got any helpful hints and tips for others on their new charger journey, they’ll always be welcome!

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          MikeyB
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          August 30, 2025

          I'm looking for a way to control the charging of my Peugeot e208. Annoyingly, it doesn't have the ability to set a % limit, and a 'normal' charge on Charge Anytime results in it charging to 100,%. I'd rather not do that - I'd ideally like to charge to 80%. 

          I may have found a workaround...

          I can see in the Indra app that I can set a 'schedule' to make it automatically stop charging after it's delivered a user-selectable number of kWh, and this can be set to 'amytime' - so it's not a schedule in time, just in amount.

          Would this work with Charge Anytime? I know timed schedules are not ok, but this isn't time dependent.

          Anyone tried it?

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          MikeyB
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          August 30, 2025

          Hah! I tried to create a test schedule, and it failed with an error message. So it looks like this won't work, sadly 

          Blastoise186
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          Blastoise186Super User
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          August 31, 2025

          Hi ​@MikeyB ,

          You should only set schedules via the CA app - everything else will be blocked.

          The feature you’re after would only work if set in the vehicle. I can think of only two options in your case:

          1. Lobby Peugeot to enable the charge limit for your vehicle
          2. “Hack” the vehicle config directly to enable what is almost certainly in the firmware - at your OWN RISK
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          MikeyB
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          September 1, 2025

          Hi ​@Blastoise186 

          You forgot one option - lobby Charge Anytime to include this feature in their app 😃 

          Blastoise186
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          Blastoise186Super User
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          September 1, 2025

          Not possible when used in Charger Mode I’m afraid - the Charger almost never knows the State of Charge that the EV has at any given time.

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          MikeyB
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          September 1, 2025

          Yes, I appreciate that.

          But it could have a simple 'add xx kWh if possible' setting. That would be sufficient for me to have at least a measure of control, and with a little maths keep the Peugeot in the ballpark of an 80% charge.

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