New predbat error exception: 'Battery_pause_start_time_slot'

2026-02-16 08:03:16.284456: Warn: record_status Error: Exception raised 'Battery_pause_start_time_slot'
2026-02-16 08:03:16.284698: Error: timer_tick caught exception: 'Battery_pause_start_time_slot'

This has just started occurring and I can't for the life of me figure out why. I've updated everything to the latest versions, but it's not resolved the issue can I can't find anything online about this error.

In the logs on GivTCP I see
2026-02-16 08:03:16,602 - GivTCP - write - [INFO ] - Setting Pause Slot to: 00:00 - 23:59 was a success
2026-02-16 08:05:05,138 - GivTCP - write - [INFO ] - Setting Pause Slot to: 00:00 - 23:59 was a success
2026-02-16 08:10:05,434 - GivTCP - write - [INFO ] - Setting Pause Slot to: 00:00 - 23:59 was a success

Any ideas? Log file attached.

I've commented out the pause modes in the apps.yaml for now, which seems to have resolved the issue. Why has this suddenly started occurring?

  # Pause mode is not supported by all firmware's and will be ignored if not present
  # pause_mode:
  #  - select.givtcp_{geserial}_battery_pause_mode

  # Not all firmwares support pause start/end time, delete these if not supported
  # to avoid spurious writes/warnings
  # pause_start_time:
  #  - select.givtcp_{geserial}_battery_pause_start_time_slot
  # pause_end_time:
  #  - select.givtcp_{geserial}_battery_pause_end_time_slot

it depends on your inverter firmware as to whether it supports battery pause mode at all, and whether it supports battery pause start/end time. The older inverters didn't have pause mode, but firmware upgrades brought this feature in, but only the mode not the start/end times.

Have you done a firmware upgrade recently?

I did a firmware update today to try and resolve the issue. I've not done one for many months before that. I just noticed that the battery didn't charge last night, which is why I looked into it.

In the inverter remote control I have:

No sign of pause slots however, which I guess might be the issue. I only noticed the error today, but I guess it might have been occurring for a while and it charge failure last night could be unrelated - it just caused me to check the logs.

WillC you have pause mode but not the time slots. Just comment out the pause start and end time entries in apps.yaml and predbat will work fine with the pause mode. That’s what I have