The EVC-net allows for documents to be either retrieved from or sent to Charge Stations within your network. By doing so, Providers can either obtain data indicating a Charge Station’s performance (Get Diagnostics) or send updates to a Charge Station to alter its behavior, display or even its software as a whole.
Although these buttons will always be found in the same place, namely at the Station’s dashboard.
What matters, however, is the mode of communication by which a Charge Station is connected to the platform. We distinguish two different methods of communication:
- Internal network communication: this refers to Stations that are transmitting data to our platform via LMS-provided SIM cards
- External network Communication: this refers to all other methods of data transmission, which entails but is not limited to:
- LAN
- WLAN
- Third-Party SIM-cards
- Public Networks
- Etc.
Internal Network
As of April release, 2.42, FTPS server is available for secure file exchange between EVC-net and your Charging Station. Depending on your station’s settings you can choose either FTP or FTPS.
External Network
- Select the OCPP-Command that is relevant to your situation; either the Get Diagnostics and Update Firmware are applicable to this guide.
- Choose FTP or FTPS
- Please remember to take your charging station’s configuration into account when deciding which server to select.
- (Optional) Update FTP/FTPS end point
- If your Charger does not already contain the (correct) end point, please insert your own endpoint if the station is hosted on an external network. Reminder; this connection will be your own responsibility, LMS has no means of influencing the endpoint settings of the protocol.
- Verify whether you have correctly set up the charging station by checking the station’s status in the Service Report