louv
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[edited]I can guarantee you don't need the TIMERS for anything else other than specifying a specific charging time. You might want to do this if the electricity is cheaper at certain times of day, or if your fuses are too taxed at certain times - who knows. But for simply charging to X percent immediately and stopping the charge automatically, the regular profiles are quite sufficient.
In fact I recommend just using the default profile named "general" to do this. Simply set the percentage such as 85% and it'll work like you specified.
Note you'll want to make sure "Direct Charging" is NOT ACTIVATED. This will override the profiles and just charge to 100%. Direct Charging will switch back on every time you use a public DC charger, so you need to keep an eye on this occasionally. Luckily it's extremely easy to check it as the button is right there on the charging status screen and it's a big one.
Another reason you can screw this up is by using the timers in some weird way. So please disable any timers you might have unless you actually want the charging to happen at a specific time.
The only thing I need to touch is the "Direct Charging" button which conveniently allows me to bypass my general profile and charge to 100% when need be. Another fine way to charge to 100% is to have another profile which is set to 100% charge (and to switch to that one when 100% is needed). But personally I think the Direct Charging feature is most convenient for this. And indeed, I have not used timers, as I have no need for timed charging.
Note that some terms Porsche system uses might be misleading. If they talk about minimum charge or target charge or whatever - that may very well mean maximum as well (again unless using Direct Charging which bypasses everything).
Finally I'll have to say that the screenshot in the original post isn't very useful by itself. What I'd like to also see is the charging status screen which shows your charging progress. As on this screen it'll show what profile is actually active and if you have Direct Charging on or not.
If the user interface says “Target” it can be interpreted as Maximum. And Targets are only set via Timers. So if you want a maximum (other than 100%) you should use a Timer.
“Direct Charging” switch doesn’t turn on or off when you use a DC Fast charging station. It’s just ignored. DC Fast charging is ALWAYS “Direct Charging” (that is: it begins charging when plugged in, stops charging when full or unplugged)
“Direct Charging” switch ONLY applies to Level 2 charging. (Eg. Your home charger)
Timers are set for when you want the car to FINISH charging to a Target percentage. If it calculates it only needs 3 hours to reach your Target, but you plug in 10 hours before your Timer, it won’t start charging until approximately 7 hours from when you plugged in.
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