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Charging Station Configuration

1. Online Portal Configuration

The charging stations must belong to an electrical zone. Generally, a zone is limited by a 63A circuit breaker to which one or more stations are connected.

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Under Electrical Zones, first create a zone with a maximum current and associate one or more DLM meters (Dynamic Load Management).

It is possible to create one or more zones depending on the parking configuration.

The association of one or more DLM meters to a zone aims to limit the current of that zone based on other uncontrollable loads. For example, if the zone is connected behind the common area meter, add a DLM meter on the common area. See connection diagram.

If a meter is installed at the start of the zone and only measures the zone, do not select it as a DLM meter.

Select the nearest meter to the zone as the consumption meter (for example, meter Meter 11 in the above diagram).

It is necessary to define the amperage of the selected DLM meter in the meter settings under Meters and associate them with the Gateway Climkit, which will read and control the stations.

Next, create the charging stations in Charging Stations and assign them to the Gateway Climkit and the zone to which they are connected.

Under the Name field, enter its unique OCPP identifier, which is its serial number for ABB Terra (e.g., TACW1142021G1XYZ).

Select the ABB Terra model for ABB stations or standard OCPP for other models (Schneider, etc.).

2. Charging Station Configuration

The Climkit system is compatible with charging stations equipped with the OCPP communication protocol.

Depending on the manufacturers, the stations are configured via their internal web server (accessible with the station's IP address) or through a mobile application (iOS or Android), as is the case with ABB Terra AC or Schneider stations.

Configure the OCPP station with the URL of the Climkit OCPP server corresponding to the Gateway Climkit's IP address (static IP to be defined in the router) and port 9000:

ws://192.168.2.10:9000

Then insert the unique OCPP identifier of the station, with which it connects to the OCPP server, into the Climkit online portal under the station's name. ABB Terra stations have identifiers like "TACW2242920G0720".

Here is an example with identifier "A22113020017":

See the Advanced Configuration section of this documentation for configurations of certain station models: ABB, Schneider, Zaptec...

3. Climkit OCPP Remote Server

When no Climkit Gateway is installed, it is possible to connect a station directly to the Climkit online portal via the OCPP remote server.

This configuration allows for managing counting, user authentication via RFID badges, and billing, but not dynamic load management for which a Gateway is essential.

Insert into the station's configuration the URL of the OCPP remote server:

ws://ocpp.climkit.io:9000

Create a Gateway of type ocpp-remote in the online portal, create the station with its unique identifier under the Name field and associate it with this Gateway.

This configuration is mandatory for charging stations of type Easee or Zaptec that cannot be connected locally to a Climkit gateway.

4. Troubleshooting

Connect to the Gateway's internal web server.

Check the internet connection of the gateway and the connection of the station to the Gateway.

Users Cannot Badge

Search for the keyword Authorizing request and the station's serial number in the logs under Charge Points.

If the badge is still rejected, manually update the badge list on the Gateway by clicking on Update configuration.

DLM Meters Reading Problem

The DLM meters are not being read. Error message:

DLM meters can't be read: "Last Main meter continuous reading: last reading older than ... seconds"

The DLM meters (for example, the Introduction) must periodically communicate with the service managing the charging stations so that the zones can regulate their power accordingly. To check:

  • The service that continuously read the DLM meters may have crashed. Restart the service and check if it remains activated (green indicator in the top right of Charge points).
  • The DLM meter cannot be read. Check the bus connection by trying to manually read this meter under the Meters tab via its unique Modbus address.

Users Can Charge, But Slowly (6A)

This is a fail-safe behavior: when the zone does not know the state of the DLM meters, it sets the charging current to 6A.

  • Check the amperage set for the meter in the online portal.
  • Ensure the meter(s) are being read (see above).

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