Onboard your first chargers
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      How to onboard a charger

      How to add a charger to your charging infrastructure in the vaylens portal

      When an installer sets up the physical charger and configures it on site, the Charging Station Connectivity Tester can be used to test in advance whether the charger can be connected to vaylens. If connectivity is successful, you will receive a "claiming code" that you need to onboard the charger to vaylens. Therefore, inform the installer about the Charging Station Connectivity Tester!

      Create a charger

      Please note that only chargers with OCPP 1.6 protocol can be created. For chargers with other protocols, please contact help@emobility.software.

      Please navigate to Monitor in the navigation bar on the left-hand side and select Charging Infrastructure. This is where you will find a list of all your operating and planned charge points.
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       To add the first charge point, click on Create charging station in the top right corner. A wizard will open and guide you through the process step by step.

      Please note that you need some technical data of the hardware used, i.e. the physical charger, to hand.

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      First, select the manufacturer and model of your hardware. A drop-down menu will help you make your selection. The number of charge points is filled automatically after selecting the model.

      Do you have a claiming code? Please toggle the switch and enter the code if you do.

      Yes. If an installer has configured your hardware and tested the connectivity via the Charging Station Connectivity Tester, you will be provided with a claiming code that you can enter here. In this case, the OCPP Chargebox ID and HTTP Basic password will be filled in automatically. No. If the hardware has not yet been installed and you do not have a claiming code, you can freely choose the OCPP Chargebox ID and the HTTP Basic password to use them when configuring the hardware later.

      The OCPP Chargebox ID is an identifier that is used for OCPP chargers. In this context, it is equal to charging station ID described later.

      Make sure that the OCPP Chargebox ID and HTTP Basic password match both in the hardware and vaylens portal.

      In case your charger has already been configured with OCPP Chargebox ID and HTTP Basic password and you haven't been given the HTTP Basic password, enter any password here to complete the process. After successful creation, select your charger from your charging infrastructure to be directed to the Charging Station Details page. Go to Device details and toggle Accept any password. The vaylens portal will retrieve the password from the charger and save it as new HTTP Basic password.

       

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      Next, the charger’s charge points need to be defined. Please choose a charge port name for your charge point. If the charge point already has a name or label at the physical charger, use the same name here. If there is no name yet, please create a unique one or have it generated. The charge point name is also referred to later as the charge port ID.

      Appropriately configured charge point stickers can be ordered in out webshop.

      The EVSE ID is used for the internationally standardized identification of charge points and is therefore to be regarded as the equivalent of the charge port ID. An EVSE ID must be assigned if you wish to add your charger to eMarketplace.

      The charging mode, connector type and format can be found in the device details of your hardware. However, this information should already be pre-filled based on your selection of a hardware model.

      If your charger has several charge points, repeat the step for each charge point.

      04_create-station-3Lastly, you can check your entries before confirming the creation of the charger. 

      Please check all values carefully. The values marked with an exclamation mark cannot be changed later.

      You can Print the summary in the next step. 

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      If you need to configure your vaylens SIM card, essential information can be found in the PDF summary as well.

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      You can order a vaylens SIM card in our webshop. You can also use SIM cards from other providers.

      The charger has now been added to the list in your Charging infrastructure. To view the charger, please click on Go to details.
      The charger is still in status "planned" and must now be put into operation so it can be used to its full extent.To do so, please just proceed with the process by clicking on Put into operation. 

      You can also start the process of putting a charger into operation manually. Please refer to How to put a charger into operation.