Connect a Deye battery to Amber Electric (Deye Copilot)

Amber Electric passes the live spot-market price straight through to the customer. Paired with DeyeCloud’s Copilot, the battery can charge when prices are low (even negative) and discharge or export when they spike — automatically, without anyone touching a schedule. Here’s the end-to-end setup.

Before you start: the customer needs an active Amber plan, and the inverter must be online and added to the plant with the battery installed.

1. Generate an Amber API token

In the Amber app:

1. Open For Developers in the side menu.
2. Turn on Developer Mode.
3. Tap Generate a new Token and give it a recognisable name (e.g. deye-app).
4. Copy the token — you’ll paste it into DeyeCloud in the next step.

2. Set a dynamic tariff in DeyeCloud

1. Open the plant → ”…” menu → Set Up / Edit information → Edit Rate Plan.
2. On the Rate Plan screen:
   • Import Tariff Type → Dynamic Tariff (price based on hourly spot market).
   • Feed-In Type → Dynamic Tariff.
   • Dynamic Tariff Source → Electric Provider (automatically syncs the live price with the provider) → Next.
3. On Dynamic Tariff Detail:
   • Electric Provider → Amber.
   • Token → paste the token from step 1.
   • Tap Confirm.

If the customer’s retailer isn’t Amber, the same dynamic-tariff flow works for other supported providers — pick the provider in the Electric Provider list.

3. Apply for Deye Copilot

1. From the plant, open the ”…” menu → Apply For Deye Copilot.
2. Fill in the application form:
   • Min solar export energy limit / Max solar export power limit (optional) — leave blank unless the DNSP caps export.
   • Min battery SoC (optional) — a reserve floor so Copilot always keeps some backup charge.
   • Operating time of the solar battery — 0–3 / 3–5 / 5 years+ (battery age).
   • Inverter Coupling Mode — AC or DC coupling (and Grid / Load / Gen AC couple).
   • Electricity Tariff — Dynamic for Amber.
   • Whether the customer is open to expanding the battery for higher yields.
3. Tap Submit.

4. Activate Copilot

Once the application is approved, the plant gains a Control Mode:

1. Open Control Access on the plant.
2. Choose Deye Copilot (rather than Manual Mode).
3. Swipe to activate.

The battery now optimises charge, discharge and export against Amber’s live prices. You can switch back to Manual Mode at any time to take direct control.

Tips

• Always set a Min battery SoC so the home keeps a backup reserve — Copilot won’t trade below it.
• The token is per site. Generate a fresh token for each customer; don’t reuse one across plants.
• Prefer to schedule it yourself against a fixed peak/off-peak plan instead? Use Time-of-Use setup.