Meters are used for dynamic Power Management:
Dynamic Load Balancing
Solar Balancing
Peak Shaving
Dynamic Power Sharing
We do this via internet. No physical connection to the charger is required. These functions need the Smart license.
Connecting a meter to your location
You can add a meter to the location's main fuse in the app. For larger and complex installations, where metering of sub-groups is needed, you should turn to the web portal.
App
App
Go to Overview, press the gear icon (Location settings), then Main fuse, and press Connect a meter. Without a meter, you can also press Connect a meter on Overview. The app opens Plugchoice Link to add the meter.
Web portal
Web portal
Go to Locations, open the location and go to Energy > Power management. Press on a group and then press Add a meter.
After the meter is added to the location's Power Management, everything on the Plugchoice side is ready. You may still need to do some setup separately for the meter itself, depending on the meter used, such as connecting it to the internet.
Link shows which meters you can connect, such as the Chargee Sparky and Flint or a Reduxi P1 reader. This article describes the Sparky.
Supported meters
Sparky P1 Dongle (by Chargee)
Sparky is a dongle that you can plug into your Smart Meter's P1 port.
Requirements
Your Smart Meter must be (D)SMR4.0 or higher.
Sparky must connect to a 2.4GHz WiFi network. The maximum range is about 10-20 meters uninterrupted.
Sometimes, you must connect Sparky to the included USB-C power adapter.
Installation
Trouble shooting
See this article.