No longer able to set Powerwall to self_consumption mode

[HeraldCoupe]

I am no longer able to set the Powerwall to 'self_consumption' mode. I'm still able to set it to 'autonomous' mode.
I'm guessing something has changed at Tesla's end.

Anyone got any ideas?

[rob0101]

I'm new to teslaPy and not fluent in python.

I've had no luck getting a simple script to toggle between the two states. I was able to change the minimum reserve, so it may be I'm hitting a similar issue to HeraldCoupe.

Can someone share a simple code sample that changes the state as a starting point.

Thanks

[rob0101]

Got this working:

`
import sys
new_mode = sys.argv[1]
new_MRL = int(sys.argv[2])

import teslapy
from teslapy import Tesla, Battery
with teslapy.Tesla('[email protected]') as tesla:
batteries = tesla.battery_list()
batteries[0].command('BACKUP_RESERVE',backup_reserve_percent=new_MRL)
batteries[0].command('BATTERY_OPERATION_MODE',default_real_mode=new_mode)
`

but bizarrely it'll only set the mode if I also set the backup reserve. Remove that line and stop working.

[HeraldCoupe]

Thank you Rob0101. From my limited testing it seems that in addition, the backup reserve also needs to be different to that currently set otherwise it doesn't change modes.

[DaveTBlake]

Interesting experiences guys, I've not been setting mode since last winter (switching to autonomous to get the faster charge rate over the cheap electricity supply period that I am tricking the Powerwall into charging from the grid by changing the reserve percentage). I always set both reserve percentage and mode so maybe I would not notice this issue.

I wonder if this is another aspect of the Tesla API randomly deprecating the powerwalls endpoints in favour of energy_sites. The endpoints I use are:

  "OPERATION_MODE": {
    "TYPE": "POST",
    "URI": "api/1/energy_sites/{site_id}/operation",
    "AUTH": true
  },
  "BACKUP_RESERVE": {
    "TYPE": "POST",
    "URI": "api/1/energy_sites/{site_id}/backup",
    "AUTH": true
  },

Note I'm using energy_sites for both, and first I get api/1/energy_sites/{site_id}/site_info ("SITE_CONFIG" in endpoints.json) using a routine I added to the battery class (which maybe populates the {site_id} ?) .

@rob0101 in your example you use a mix of energy_sites and powerwalls since

"BATTERY_BACKUP_RESERVE": {
    "TYPE": "POST",
    "URI": "api/1/powerwalls/{battery_id}/backup",
    "AUTH": true
  },

Maybe that is significant? Of course it could all change tomorrow. Hope this could be of use to either of you.

[tdorssers]

Commit 50bdbfb removed the depricated powerwall API. Please use the energy site API.

[rob0101]

I've updated to the new teslapy code and my revised script (below) is working.

import sys
new_mode = ""
new_MRL = ""
if len(sys.argv)>1 : new_mode = sys.argv[1]
if len(sys.argv)>2 : new_MRL = int(sys.argv[2])

import teslapy
from teslapy import Tesla, Battery
with teslapy.Tesla('[email protected]') as tesla:
batteries = tesla.battery_list()
battery = batteries[0]
if new_MRL != '':
battery.set_backup_reserve_percent(new_MRL)
if new_mode != '':
battery.set_operation(new_mode)

battery.get_site_info()
print("Mode:" + battery["default_real_mode"])
print("Reserve:" + str(battery["backup_reserve_percent"]))