In this article you will learn how to link a batch of payment terminals to existing Charge Points, instead of doing it per Charge Point.
What do you need to get started?
- System User account in EVC-net
- A list of charge points already setup and fully configured at EVC-net
- Payter Apollo payment terminals already activated at Payter and installed at the charge points
- See “How to activate and connect a Payter payment terminal to a Charge Point” for more information on how to activate the payment terminal
- Internet connection at the Payment Terminal
Step 1: Prepare the import file
- Download the EVC-net payment terminal bulk import file in the “Import files” section
- Each payment terminal to be linked to a charge point needs to be listed in a row at this spreadsheet
- For each row, enter in the first column the “Serial Number” of the Payter Payment terminal and in the second column the “Charge Point ID”, as displayed in EVC-net.
- The contents of the file should look like this:
| payment_terminal_id | recharge_spot_id |
|---|---|
| APO20224800006 | 999999 |
| APOxxxxxxxxxxxx | 999998 |
- Save the file as xls, xlsx or csv format.
- Send the file to support@lastmilesolutions.com
- After the terminals have been imported, Last Mile Solutions will send you a confirmation, or report any issue with the import file.
Important: please ensure that the payment terminals are correctly assigned to the charge points in the file and at EVC-net after importing. Failing to do so could result in failures in starting charging sessions up to financial losses to the driver.
Important: It is highly recommended that at the end of the process a test with a live card payment transaction is done to ensure proper binding between payment terminal and charging point.
Note: The import operation will fail if a payment terminal has already been previously assigned to a charge point whose record would be updated by a record in the import file.