{"id":1860,"date":"2022-07-10T11:23:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T10:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monta.com\/uk\/?post_type=help-center&#038;p=1860"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:51:42","slug":"enable-and-set-up-smartcharge","status":"publish","type":"help-center","link":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/help-center\/enable-and-set-up-smartcharge\/","title":{"rendered":"Set up and use smart charging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set up smart charging on your charge point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the settings wheel of the charge point<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Access settings <\/strong>and click on <strong>Private<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toggle on <strong>Enable smart charging<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the changes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set up the electricity cost of your charge point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You are able to smart charge, following your electricity cost, including dynamic electricity tariffs. To do this, you can set up your electricity costs in Monta Charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the settings wheel of your charge point<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Electricity costs<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select between Spot and Fixed kWh price\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For Spot price, you can choose between 60- or 15-minute intervals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose your Distribution System Operator (DSO)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The DSO is suggested based on the location of the charge point<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add other electricity fees in the <strong>Advanced settings<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can add additional fees per kWh or %, based on your utility agreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out the electricity cost and <strong>Save<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perform a smart charge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This explains how to perform a regular smart charge. To set up smart charging automatically, you need to create a <a href=\"https:\/\/monta.com\/uk\/help-center\/create-charging-rules\/\" data-type=\"help-center\" data-id=\"14522\">smart charging rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click to open the charge point<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the <strong>smart charging<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the car you are charging (optional)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have added your car, this will tell our system what is the battery capacity of your car<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have also integrated your car, this will give the system a state of charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the time frame for charging\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select when you want the car to be ready for pickup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You set a <strong>Delayed start<\/strong>, which will delay the start of the charge after that time point<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your car is always able to stop the charge if the battery limit in the car settings is reached<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust your preferences for the charge\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Move the dot in the triangle to indicate how you want to balance your charging preference between low electricity cost, reduced CO2 emissions and use of renewable energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slide to set up the smart charge session\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The charge will start according to the Monta&#8217;s smart charging algorithm calculation, even if you plug the car before that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to set up and perform a SmartCharge on your personal charge point at home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4177,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"help_cat":[326],"help_tags":[413],"class_list":["post-1860","help-center","type-help-center","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","help_cat-charge-home","help_tags-charge"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-center\/1860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-center"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/help-center"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"help_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help_cat?post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"help_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help_tags?post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}