Live Dashboard (iOS)

The Dashboard tab is the first thing you see when you open Grid Getter. It shows live data from your Tesla Powerwall and solar system, updated every few seconds.

Power Flow

The power flow card shows where energy is moving right now:

Solar — current solar generation in kW
Grid — power drawn from or exported to the grid (negative = exporting)
Battery — current charge or discharge rate
Home — total home consumption

Values update automatically. If the card shows dashes (—), your Tesla connection may need attention — look for the reconnect banner at the top of the screen.

Battery

The battery card shows your Powerwall’s current state of charge as a percentage and an estimated time remaining at the current discharge rate.

The reserve level is shown alongside the current charge. Tap the card or look for the reserve control to adjust your backup reserve percentage.

Adjusting the reserve

Tap the battery reserve control to open the reserve settings panel. Drag the slider to set a new reserve percentage, then confirm. Changes take effect immediately via the Tesla API.

Energy Charts

Energy charts are embedded directly in the Live Dashboard — no separate tab required on iOS. Scroll down past the power flow cards to find them.

Charts available:

Battery chart — state of charge over time
Power chart — solar, grid, and home power over time

Use the time range selector to switch between 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, and 1 month views.

Weather Forecast

The weather section shows current conditions and an hourly forecast for your site, pulled from the National Weather Service every 30 minutes.

Location badge — city and state (e.g. “Phoenix, AZ”) based on your site coordinates. Falls back to raw coordinates if a city name isn’t available.
Current conditions — temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, cloud cover, and recent precipitation
Temperature trend — a chart of the temperature curve and precipitation probability over the next 12 hours
Hourly forecast — scrollable timeline with temperature, weather icon, and precipitation chance for each hour
Solar impact — tells you how current cloud cover and precipitation are likely to affect solar production (e.g. “Clear skies — ideal for solar production”)

If data is older than 45 minutes, a “Stale” badge appears so you know the reading may be outdated.

Paid subscribers who haven’t set a location yet will see a banner prompting them to add one in Settings.

Storm Watch

The Storm Watch card shows whether Tesla’s Storm Watch is currently active. When it’s on, your Powerwall charges to 100% and holds a high reserve to prepare for severe weather. Tesla decides when to activate Storm Watch based on conditions in your area — Grid Getter can toggle it on or off, but doesn’t control the charging behavior directly.

If you have a DemandGuard automation with Respect Storm Watch enabled, DemandGuard pauses until Storm Watch clears.

See Weather & Stormwatch for more detail.

Today’s Automations

A summary card below the charts shows which automations are active today and any recent actions taken. Tap an automation to go directly to the Automations tab.

DemandGuard Status

If you have a DemandGuard automation active, a countdown card appears showing time remaining in the current demand period and your current peak demand against the target threshold.

See Automations for full DemandGuard documentation.

Data pause

The app pauses live polling when it’s been in the background for a while to preserve battery life. When you return to the Dashboard tab, you’ll see a Data Refresh Paused overlay — tap Resume Data to restart polling.

Pull to refresh

Pull down on the Dashboard to force an immediate data refresh outside the normal polling interval.

If your Tesla connection has expired, a banner appears at the top of the screen. Tap Reconnect to re-authorize. See Tesla Connection.