How to start a charge at home

There are many ways you can customize your charge at home with Monta! Here are the different ways you can start and control your charging on your personal charge point.

Before you can start charging you need to do is to add and connect your charge point to your Monta account. To do so, please check out the collection of integration guides we have available.

When your charge point is connected, you will see it under navigation Chargers as Available.

Charge now

1. Click to open the charge point
2. Select the Charge now tab
3. Select the car you are charging (optional)
   • If you have added your car, this will tell our system what is the battery capacity of your car
   • If you have also integrated your car, this will give the system a state of charge
4. Select the amount you are charging (optional)
   • You can select to charge a fixed amount of kWh, Continuous charging or by percentage
   • Your car is always able to stop the charge if the battery limit in the car settings is reached
5. Swipe to start charging!

Scheduled charge

1. Click to open the charge point
2. Select the Scheduled charge tab
3. Select the car you are charging (optional)
   • If you have added your car, this will tell our system what is the battery capacity of your car
   • If you have also integrated your car, this will give the system a state of charge
4. Select the time frame for charging
   • Set the start and stop time for the charge
   • Your car is always able to stop the charge if the battery limit in the car settings is reached
5. Swipe to set the scheduled charge
   • The charge will start at the set start time, even if you plug the car before that

Auto Start

You can also set your charge point to start charging automatically when the cable is plugged in the car. For this, you just need to enable the Auto Start function on your charge point.

If you cannot see Enable Auto Start, then you need to set up a Charge immediately Charging rule.

1. Click on the settings wheel of the charge point
2. Select Access Settings and select Private
3. Toggle on Enable Auto Start
4. Click on Save changes
5. Plug in the car and start charging!
   • Your car is always able to stop the charge if the battery limit in the car settings is reached

SmartCharge

You can set up to charge when the electricity price is cheapest, or using low CO2 or renewable energies.

Before you you can set up a SmartCharge, you first need to complete a quick set up to match your charging needs. It following steps, you will learn how to set a SmartCharge charging session.

1. Click to open the charge point
2. Select the SmartCharge tab
3. Select the car you are charging (optional)
4. Select the time frame for charging
   • Select when you want the car to be ready for pickup
   • You set a Delayed start, which will delay the start of the charge after that time point
   • Your car is always able to stop the charge if the battery limit in the car settings is reached
5. You can also adjust your SmartCharge preferences for the charge
6. Slide to set up the SmartCharge session
   • The charge will start according to the Monta’s SmartCharge algorithm calculation, even if you plug the car before that

Auto SmartCharge

With Auto SmartCharge, the SmartCharge charge session will be automatically set up after you plug in the car. You need to perform at least one SmartCharge session before you use Auto SmartCharge.

If you cannot see Enable Auto SmartCharge, then you need to set up a SmartCharge Charging rule.

1. Click on the settings wheel of the charge point
2. Select Access Settings and select Private
3. Toggle on Enable Auto SmartCharge
4. Click on Save changes