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Octopus - smart meter problems
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MarzipanCrumble said:I have a pink mini which never connected. I am loathe to mess with my router which does bboth 2.4 and 5 GHz and pink mini only connects if 2.4 GHZ and no 5 GHZ0
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Qyburn said:MarzipanCrumble said:I have a pink mini which never connected. I am loathe to mess with my router which does bboth 2.4 and 5 GHz and pink mini only connects if 2.4 GHZ and no 5 GHZJust make sure your phone (or whatever device you use to set up the Mini) is using 2.4GHz when you do so.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.1 -
Update:
Given the number for Octopus meter problems and rang today. Octopus are getting expected data from elec SMETS2. They then remotely activated the HAN and asked me to press some buttons on the Gas SMETS2. After a min or two told me that was responding as well.
Told me may take 24-48 hours for data to come through DCC but it looks as though at last got working and communicating SMETS2s
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