Priorities

Assigning priorities

You can assign priorities to individual controllable devices. You can access this through the "Devices" tab -> "Change Settings" (per device).

Order of planning and priorities

The scheduler follows an order of planning in devices, in a two stage system.

In the first stage, the scheduler plans everything except for solar production with no active curtailment setpoint via API and unoccupied EV chargers. This stage has three layers:

1. Device priorities are the top layer. First, all the highest-priority devices are scheduled, then all high-priority devices, and so on. You can assign a priority to each device in its settings.
2. The type of device is the second layer. For all devices with the same priority, the devices are scheduled in the following order according to their type:
   1. Heat pumps, boilers & devices switched on/off by relay. These devices are the least flexible to control.
   2. EV charging infrastructure. It is more efficient to consume your own energy immediately than to store it.
   3. Storage.
   4. Solar production with an active setpoint through control via API. (Note, if there is an external signal configured for solar production, but it is not presently active and local control is used, then solar production will be planned in during the second stage)
3. The control mode is the third layer. For all devices with the same priority, of the same type, they are scheduled in the following order according to their control mode:
   1. Control not active, device always off and device always on.