Supported Devices
Supported Protocols
- OCPP 1.6: Main form of communication to charge points.
- LMS-protocol: Communication with the backoffice, Management Interface and Ecotap controllers.
- Modbus RTU: Main form of communication with energy meters.
- Modbus TCP: Alternative form of communication with energy meters.
- Supervisor protocol: (deprecated!): Custom implemented protocol for the Ecotap-supervisor to control only the ecotap-master.
- EVBox g2 & g3 support (In development)
Load balancing Options
- Balance a grid based on Current (Default), Active Power or Apparent Power.
- Support multiple grids per Edge.
- Support for grids within grids.
- Support for grids to exist over multiple Edges (Multiple locations load balancing in real time).
- Support for energy meters in grids (or subgrids).
- Flexible real-time insight in the MI.
- Control Grids externally using the API.
- Support for Solar charging.
- Support for Flexible opening hours. (Dynamic limits)
Device Management
- Maximum number of Charging stations per Edge: 100.
- Maximum number of Connectors Per Edge: As many connectors as the 100 chargepoints have.
- Possibility to connect multiple Edge devices together for indefinite large grids.
- Edge will reconfigure chargepoints automatically for optimal use in load balancing. no manual reconfiguration needed
- Offline management / guaranteed uptime:
- Edge has its own card database for offline authorization of all connected charge points.
- Edge can manage transactions when offline and later sync them to the backoffice.
- Charge points remain manageable from the backoffice (Soft/hard reset, block/unblock, remote Start/stop transactions, retrieve status, Request and change Parameters, retrieve diagnostics, Upload new firmware)
- The previously mentioned control options on the charge points are accessible from within Edge using the management interface.