EMS Controller
Turned on
Ultimate EMS
Intelligent energy management for solar, battery, EV and heat pump
Ultimate EMS turns your Homey Pro into a full-featured energy management system. It intelligently coordinates your solar panels, home battery, EV charger and heat pumps to maximise self-consumption and minimise energy costs.
Every evening the EMS calculates a detailed plan for the next day based on the weather forecast, expected solar production and your energy prices. During the day it follows this plan in real-time, adjusting automatically when clouds roll in or your energy use changes.
Key features:
- Works with your existing Homey apps — no custom drivers needed
- Multi-inverter support with per-phase surplus tracking (L1/L2/L3)
- EV charging via Zaptec, Easee, Tesla and other supported chargers
- EV departure planning with target SoC and solar-priority logic
- Heat pump and air conditioning control with seasonal heating/cooling switching
- PV curtailment for Growatt inverters (zero-export / export limit)
- Dynamic tariff support: Tibber, PBTH/Enever and other price providers
- Live dashboard widgets for EV status and PV fleet overview
Supported devices
Flow cards
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When...
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Turned off
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EMS mode changed
Triggers when the EMS switches to a different operating mode.
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Priority 1 not fully achievable tomorrow
Triggers when the forecast shows insufficient solar energy to cover all priority 1 loads.
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EV ready for departure
Triggers when the EV has reached the target SoC for a planned trip.
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Battery below minimum SoC
Triggers when the battery drops below the configured minimum state of charge.
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Dump load activated
Triggers when all priority 1 and 2 devices are satisfied and surplus energy is available.
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Dump load deactivated
Triggers when the solar surplus drops and dump loads are turned off.
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EMS wants to set EV charge current
Fires every time the EMS calculates a new target charge current. Connect this to the 'Set charge current' action of your EV app.
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EMS wants to start or stop EV charging
Fires when the EMS starts or stops charging. Connect to your EV app's start/stop action.
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EMS wants to start EV charging
Fires when the EMS wants to start charging. Connect to your EV app's start charging action.
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EMS wants to stop EV charging
Fires when the EMS wants to stop charging. Connect to your EV app's stop charging action.
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Heat pump switched mode
Triggers once per day when the EMS switches the heat pump between heating and cooling based on the weather forecast.
And...
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Is turned on
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EMS mode is Mode
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Battery SoC is above Threshold (%)%
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A trip is planned today
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Heat pump is in Mode mode
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Solar is producing
Then...
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Turn on
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Turn off
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Toggle on or off
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Set EMS mode to Mode
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Plan EV trip: depart Departure time at Target SoC (%)%
Use this action in a Shortcut or Flow to schedule an EV charging session before departure.
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Recalculate day plan now
Forces the EMS to recalculate tomorrow's energy plan immediately.
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Set EV charge profile to Profile
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Set EV fixed current to Current (A)A
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Set EV max current to Max current (A)A
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Set battery target SoC to Target SoC (%)%
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Set dump load to Enabled
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Postpone EV charging (load balance)
Temporarily stops EV charging for the duration set in app settings (ev_postpone_minutes, default 30 min). Use this in a flow that monitors per-phase current to prevent overload.
Widgets
Support
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What’s new
Version 1.7.2 — Fixed: on days with broadly high prices, the EMS could classify the "least bad" hours as cheap and start EV/grid charging even though the price source's own tile showed it as expensive (reported on the forum). isCheap is now gated with an absolute price ceiling on top of the existing relative rank/window methods, applied consistently regardless of price source (Power by the Hour, Tibber, or Elecz). Settings page: clarified several confusing labels and hints (EV solar start threshold, load-balancing sections), removed internal code references from user-facing text, and moved Zero export to the Grid connection section since it also involves the home battery, not just solar.
Ultimate EMS
This app can manage your entire Homey.
Ultimate EMS is not compatible with the selected Homey.
Ultimate EMS will install on Homey shortly.
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