Slots are not accurate

[nickidw]

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1.0.7

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According to the sensor my next loadshedding slot is only tomorrow 4 Oct at 08:00, but it's actually at 00:00, with nothing at 08:00

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[tinuva]

Hi @nickidw

From looking at the screenshot, it looks like the upcoming loadshedding slots are based on the current stage, stage 2, where as the loadshedding slot you mention is for stage3.

I haven't had time to have the upcoming slots take into account the stage changes and that would be the reason for what you observe here. It is definitely on a todo list to fix in the future.

[nickidw]

ok cool, thanks. I'm busy with my own project to determine these, it uses outputs from https://github.com/beyarkay/eskom-calendar. Have not tested it yet, that's next on my list, but have proof of concept code that processes the outputs with some todo left. Welcome to look here, but dont judge :-D https://github.com/nickidw/ha-coct-loadshedding

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[tinuva]

Well in honesty, I am using EskomSePush's API for private individuals.

See: https://github.com/tinuva/home-assistant-config/blob/master/packages/energy/eskomsepush.yaml

This give me the most accurate upcoming loadshedding slots:

[nickidw]

Cool, thanks!

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On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 2:03 PM David Bezuidenhout ***@***.***> wrote: Well in honesty, I am using EskomSePush's API for private individuals. See: https://github.com/tinuva/home-assistant-config/blob/master/packages/energy/eskomsepush.yaml This give me the most accurate upcoming loadshedding slots: [image: Screenshot 2022-10-04 at 14 03 05] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5417682/193814593-c42b4873-cebd-436a-afe9-d7c5f97fc273.png> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AC3VXAXRAEJYM5ONLH4U3UTWBQMJRANCNFSM6AAAAAAQ34LPZI> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Zodiac-69]

I have also seen discrepancies.
The Stage is correct, i am on CoCT, but the time-slot is not.
I compared yours with dalehumby/Eskom-Loadshedding-NodeRED, and his time-slot calculation are spot-on.

Not sure if it is https://d42sspn7yra3u.cloudfront.net// that is not reporting the correct time-slot for CoCT.

[tinuva]

Yeah unfortunately sometimes City of Cape town doesnt update the endpoint. The same issue then happen in the CoCT loadshedding app.

[Zodiac-69]

Is there a way to notify the CoCT that their portal has errors? It would be fantastic to get hold of a person that is responsible for this and see if we can assist in automating the process as far as possible.
It is a pain to use multiple apps to get the correct schedule.

With more people using "automation" to automate due to load shedding, the quality of the data is getting more and more important.

[geeneo]

Seems we are suck, no updates since the 17th :(