Atmoce actions: force charge, dispatch and return to local mode

In Link’nX, an Atmoce action prepares a command for an Atmoce PV and storage gateway: forced charge or discharge of the battery, dispatch setpoint, or switching between remote control and local mode. Forcing exists only in this form; the KNX table does not offer it.

Intended for administrators and installers who prepare the control of a PV and storage installation. To map KNX group addresses to the gateway’s setpoints and measurements, follow the Atmoce KNX gateway guide instead.

Before you start

• The Atmoce gateway is declared in Link’nX.
• The installer has confirmed the powers, the battery limits and the authorized use on the installation.
• Support has confirmed the path for saving and running Atmoce actions for your version. This guide describes the visible commands and parameters so that you can prepare this request: until this path is confirmed, treat a filled-in action as neither saved nor run.

Create the action and choose the command

1. Check the Link’nX project and gateway.
2. Open Actions → Add, then choose Atmoce in Select an action type.
3. Fill in Name: required, 64 characters maximum, not only spaces.
4. In Atmoce gateway(s) to control, select the gateways concerned. After Select all, review all the targets.
5. In Command, choose the operation using the table below.

Command	Parameters	Requested effect
Force charge	Positive power and stop condition	Charges the battery; can draw from the grid even if grid charging is disabled
Force discharge	Positive power and stop condition	Discharges the battery; can export to the grid
Exit forced mode	No power or duration field	Stops forcing, without giving control back to the local mode
Set dispatch power	Dispatch power (W), signed	Negative to charge, positive to discharge, 0 to request that dispatch stop
Set remote mode	Remote mode ON box	Ticked: remote control; unticked: return to the local self-consumption or time-of-use (TOU) mode

Set a forced charge or discharge

1. Fill in Forced power (W) with a strictly positive value confirmed for the installation. The chosen command sets the direction; the sign of the power does not change it.
2. In Stop condition, choose Target SOC (%) or Duration (minutes).
3. For a target, fill in Target SOC (%) between 0 and 100. For a duration, fill in Duration (min) between 0 and 1440. These ranges are those of the form: choose values suited to your battery with the installer.

Only one condition is used: the target SOC or the duration. Forcing therefore does not stop “at whichever threshold is reached first”. Fictitious examples: 1000 W up to a target of 80%, or 1000 W for 30 min.

Stop forcing or return to local mode

Stopping a setpoint and giving control back to the local mode are two separate requests.

Goal	Command to use	Requested result
Stop a forced charge or discharge	Exit forced mode	Forcing stops; the gateway stays in remote control
Stop dispatch	Set dispatch power at 0	Dispatch stops; the local mode is not restored
Return to the local self-consumption or time-of-use (TOU) mode	Set remote mode with Remote mode ON unticked	Return to local operation

The return to local mode is requested with this command, in the path confirmed for your version, or with the Remote control mode KNX association set to OFF, described in the KNX gateway guide.

Check the result

Check the effect of a command on the gateway itself, for example with the Operating mode KNX feedback: 1 self-consumption, 2 time-of-use (TOU), 10 remote control. After a request to return to local mode, give the gateway time to change mode before drawing conclusions.

Troubleshooting

• The floppy disk produces no result: check the name, the targets, the command and its parameters, then have support confirm the path suited to your version. If these fields have already been checked, tell support directly rather than re-entering them.
• Force charge is missing from the KNX table: this is expected, because forcing combines several parameters and is prepared only in this form. Do not replace it with a series of KNX associations assumed to be equivalent.
• Operating mode stays at 10 after exiting forcing: the value 10 corresponds to remote control, and exiting forcing does not restore the local mode. Send the request to return to local mode, then read the feedback again.
• You are considering System reset to unblock charging: this is not an ordinary troubleshooting step, because it restarts the whole PV, battery and gateway system. See its scope and prerequisites in the Atmoce KNX gateway guide and have support establish the need.

If the problem persists, contact support@can-nx.com with Link’nX, the project and gateway, the gateway model, the command, the power, the chosen stop condition, the observed result and the tests already carried out. Do not send any password or key.

French labels: Passerelle(s) Atmoce à piloter, Charge forcée, Décharge forcée, Puissance du forçage (W), Condition d’arrêt, Cible SOC (%), Durée (min), Sortir du mode forcé, Consigne de dispatch, Mode distant, Mode distant ON.