smokie
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I have an old OHME charger which I like as it worked well with the Octopus Agile tariff. Then it stopped working, around the time I replaced he MG5 PFL with the MG5 FL. It would get a spinning wheel and not connect, or on the few occasions when it did connect it would appear to take my updated requirements (e.g. 20% by 10am) then forget them and either charge right away, or not charge, and or would reset the charge parameters to whatever they were before.
So I called it into OHME who, considering the age of the unit, have been very good at providing assistance, albeit somewhat slow. The last thing was a firmware upgrade which appeared to fix the problem, but then it returned.
So today I couldn't get my setting to stick. I went into the iSmart app just t see something and it still seemed to be bound to the car - I thought I'd previously unbinded it because it kept preventing me charging beyond a certain percentage, and that change wouldn't stick either. So I unbound it, whereupon it aqwnt through a screen or two I don't recall from last time (i.e. maybe I hadn't done it after all) - and the OHME sprung back into life.
I hope it's not coincidence, but it might be. As the app was slow and only of very limited use to me I am going to leave it unbound and see what happens. But if anyone else has a problem with OHME scheduling it might be worth unbinding iSmart.
Of course the thing which has just crossed my mind is that the problem probably started around the time I changed the car - and the old pre-FL one doesn't have the app! Not being a very frequent charger means long periods between charges and plenty of opportunity to forget exactly what has happened and when!!
So I called it into OHME who, considering the age of the unit, have been very good at providing assistance, albeit somewhat slow. The last thing was a firmware upgrade which appeared to fix the problem, but then it returned.
So today I couldn't get my setting to stick. I went into the iSmart app just t see something and it still seemed to be bound to the car - I thought I'd previously unbinded it because it kept preventing me charging beyond a certain percentage, and that change wouldn't stick either. So I unbound it, whereupon it aqwnt through a screen or two I don't recall from last time (i.e. maybe I hadn't done it after all) - and the OHME sprung back into life.
I hope it's not coincidence, but it might be. As the app was slow and only of very limited use to me I am going to leave it unbound and see what happens. But if anyone else has a problem with OHME scheduling it might be worth unbinding iSmart.
Of course the thing which has just crossed my mind is that the problem probably started around the time I changed the car - and the old pre-FL one doesn't have the app! Not being a very frequent charger means long periods between charges and plenty of opportunity to forget exactly what has happened and when!!
