The following is the list of supported OCPP commands
In certain cases, Zaptec have simplified the process of some of the commands, these changes are mentioned below where applicable.
OCPP 1.6 specification referenced below relates to 'Open Charge Point Protocol 1.6 edition 2 Final' documentation.
Operations Initiated by Charge Point
Authorize
This process is described in chapter 4.1 Authorize of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
BootNotification
This process is described in chapter 4.2 Boot Notification of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
Heartbeat
This process is described in chapter 4.6 Heartbeat of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
MeterValues
This process is described in chapter 4.7 Meter Values of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
By default, meter values are sent every 2 minutes when charger has an active transaction.
Interval can be changed using configuration key.
Supported Meter Value Measurements
measurand: Power.Active.Import
unit: W
measurand: Energy.Active.Import.Register
unit: kWh
measurand: Power.Offered
unit: W
measurand": "Current.Import",
phase: L1-N
unit: A
measurand: Current.Import
phase: L2-N
unit: A
measurand: Current.Import,
phase: L3-N
unit: A
MeterValueSampleInterval
This process is described in chapter 4.7 Meter Values of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
Set to 0 to disable meter values.
StartTransaction
This process is described in chapter 4.8 Start Transaction of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
StopTransaction
This process is described in chapter 4.10 Stop Transaction of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
StatusNotification
This process is described in chapter 4.9 Status Notification of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
Operations Initiated by Central System
ChangeAvailability
This process is described in chapter 5.2 Change Availability of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
ChangeConfiguration
This process is described in chapter 5.3 Change Configuration of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
ClearCache
This process is described in chapter 5.4 Clear Cache of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
GetConfiguration
This process is described in chapter 5.8 Get Configuration of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
RemoteStartTransaction
This process is described in chapter 5.11 Remote Start Transaction of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
IdTag set using this method will time out after 120s
RemoteStopTransaction
This process is described in chapter 5.12 Remote Stop Transaction of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
Reset
This process is described in chapter 5.14 Reset of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
UnlockConnector
This process is described in chapter 5.18 Unlock Connector of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
This is provided but non-functional (returns UnlockStatus.NotSupported)
GetDiagnostics
This process is described in chapter 5.9 Get Diagnostics of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
Charger will upload a set of pre-defined observation values to the provided FTP or HTTP POST location
UpdateFirmware
This process is described in chapter 5.19 Update Firmware of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
Location is ignored and firmware will always be downloaded from ZapCloud. RetrieveDate and Retries are ignored, and firmware update will be instantly triggered
SendLocalList
This process is described in chapter 5.15 Send Local List of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
GetLocalListVersion
This process is described in chapter 5.10 Get Local List Version of the OCPP 1.6 specification.
ReserveNow
This process is described in chapter 5.13 Reserve Now of the OCPP 1.6 specification. Further details of the Zaptec implementation of this can be found here
Custom Configuration Keys
Zaptec charger’s support the following custom OCPP configuration keys:
FreeCharging
If this config option is set to true, the charger will skip Authorize-call before starting a transaction and will go directly to StartTransaction. When free charging is enabled, the StartTransaction’s idTag will be populated with an empty string, or the configured default idTag.
The default idTag can be set from Zaptec Portal, or through the FreeChargingIdTag configuration key.
Authorization needs to be enabled in the Zaptec Portal to use this feature. The FreeCharging config value will be read only if authorization is not enabled.
FreeChargingIdTag
The idTag to use in free charging mode. See more in the FreeCharging custom configuration key.
Configuration Keys Returned by GetConfiguration
The following are a list of Configuration Keys returned related to Zaptec Chargers. Note: Some of these values will be read only.
- NumberOfConnectors
- SupportedFeatureProfiles
- WebSocketPingInterval
- AuthorizeRemoteTxRequests
- StopTransactionOnEVSideDisconnect
- StopTransactionOnInvalidId
- MeterValueSampleInterval
- HeartbeatInterval
- ChargeProfileMaxStackLevel
- ChargingScheduleAllowedChargingRateUnit
- ChargingScheduleMaxPeriods
- MaxChargingProfilesInstalled
- LocalPreAuthorize
- LocalAuthorizeOffline
- SendLocalListMaxLength
- FreeCharging
- FreeChargingIdTag
- LockCablePermanently