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Hi all,
I'm in the UK and have a Cerbo GX (firmware v2.92) configured with a timezone of GMT Standard Time. The UK has just moved over to BST and you can see from the screenshot that the correct local time is shown.
However, the ESS schedules appear to be using UTC time which is an hour off. Is this a known issue or could I be missing a setting somewhere?
It would be so much easier if I could set the ESS schedule based on the current local time.
Cheers
Tom
GMT and UTC are pretty much the same/similar standard
http://www.differencebetween.net/language/words-language/difference-between-gmt-and-bst/
It the charge not starting at the correct time or not ending at the correct time?
And by correct time if you set for example 8am it does not start then but later by one hour or earlier by one hour?
I had a feeling GMT and UTC were pretty much the same. If I try to change the timezone, I move into the Europe submenu and then choose GMT (Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London)
It's the charge start time that's incorrect. If I want to charge for 1 hour starting at 08:00 BST, I need to set the schedule to 07:00 with a duration of 01:00.
Oh hah, so you did.
The problem has been resolved! Installing the latest firmware v2.93 has resolved this problem for me. The ESS schedule start time now matches local time (BST).
Thanks everyone for your help.
I had this issue last year, but for some reason my scheduled charging now uses local time correctly. Is your assistant up to date? As i think that's the only thing i have updated. I don't think i've updated the actual firmware version.
Ah yes, I should have mentioned this earlier. It's a 3 month old install and Cerbo GX firmware is v2.92. I've updated the initial post with this. Were you referring to the Cerbo GX when you mentioned "assistant"? I know there are assistants in the MultiPlus II but I don't think these have anything to do with the schedules.
Have you downloaded the config file in VRM and updated the actual ESS assistantin VEConfig ?
Yes, when the system was installed the MultiPlus II was updated to the latest firmware 498 and the ESS assistant was setup.
Oh! I've just noticed this listed in the Venus OS 2.93 update. I'll find a time to update the Cerbo soon and report back, fingers crossed this does the trick!
Hi,
Asked the very same question here earlier today...
https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/195708/ess-scheduled-charge-utc-bst-issue.html
... conspicuous silence from the experts on here. Would seem it's an example of flaky Victron software we're supposed to just accept.
