Energy calculation based on 5 min interval instead of 15 min

Problems
#1

My status interval is 15 min. Every 15 min I send a power value to v8. In v9 I calculate the energy value (calculated as Energy of v8). But that value seems to be based on a 5 min. interval.

F.e.
Column V9 shows the value calculated by PVOutput. Column V9_1 shows the value as I think it should be when using a 15 min. interval.

Row 01:30 show a power of 2945 in v8. That’s 245 Wh in 5 min, so it adds 245 to the previous value. But it should be 736 Wh in 15 minutes, so it should add 736 to the previous value.

Should I always send 5 minutes updates when using extended parameters or do I have to change a interval setting to 15 min. somewhere?

#2

Click on your system settings and change the Live Settings Status Interval to 15 mins.

In general, go through all the many settings there and set them appropriately for your system.

#3

Thank you for your reply. But I have this question because my status interval is already set to 15 mins (see first line of my post) and still the calculation is based on 5 mins.

#4

Your first sentence was vague. Your statement “do I have to change a interval setting to 15 min. somewhere?” implied, at least to me, that you had not yet changed the configuration setting.

#5

I apologize for the vagueness. What I meant to ask is whether there is another interval setting somewhere else.

#6

Note the calculation of Extended Data from V8 to V9 occurs before the data is rounded to the nearest status interval.

If v8 data is uploaded in 5-minute intervals, v9 will be calculated based on the 5-minute interval or the interval between the last reading.

#7

My upload interval and also my status interval setting is 15mins. The calculation of power to energy must therefore be based on 15 mins. But it is based on 5 mins. So the calculated energy for a day is about a third of what should be.
Maybe I don’t understand, but does the fact that the calculation is done before rounding to nearest status interval have anything to do with that?

#8

The raw data that is being uploaded does it have a 15-minute interval or a 5-minute interval?

The calculation is based on this interval.

#9

Sorry - you are right looks like a bug - will be fixed soon.

#10

This issue has been fixed.

Energy calculations are now based on elapsed time period, maximum is 30 minutes.

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