Intro
A Connector can be in different states. They are also passed on via Roaming to Apps that EV Drivers use.
Overview of states
There is a set of states that are defined via OCPP and received from the Charge Station, another set of states defined in OCPI and shared via Roaming and finally what states GreenFlux supports and how they map.
GreenFlux | OCPP | OCPI |
Available | Available | Available |
Preparing | Preparing | Available* |
Charging | Charging | Charging |
SuspendedEVSE | SuspendedEVSE | Charging |
SuspendedEV | SuspendedEV | Charging |
Finishing | Finishing | Charging* |
Reserved | Reserved | Reserved |
Unavailable | Unavailable | OutOfOrder |
Faulted | Faulted | OutOfOrder |
Removed | ||
Planned | ||
Blocked | ||
Inoperative | ||
Unknown / Offline | Unknown |
*Preparing and Finishing are not mapped, but the previous state is remaining in effect.
Extra information:
Removed
When a Charging Station is moved or an EVSE is deleted, Greenflux sends a 'Removed' Connector status to the roaming networks, but in the EvPortal there is no 'Removed' status to be selected.
Blocked
Not supported by GreenFlux. Ideally Preparing would be mapped to Blocked, however these states can come quite quickly and in the wrong order, making it not usable unfortunately
OCPP and GreenFlux definitions
OCPP State | OCPP description |
Available | When a Connector becomes available for a new user |
Preparing* | Connector is occupied when a user presents a tag or inserts a cable |
Charging | When the contactor of a Connector closes, allowing the vehicle to charge |
SuspendedEVSE | When the EVSE stops the charging, i.e. when it could charge, but it got a command not to. Mainly due to local or GreenFlux Smart Charging restriction. |
SuspendedEV | When the EVSE is ready to charge but the EV doesn’t request energy |
Finishing | When a charging session has stopped at a Connector, but the Connector is not yet available for a new user, e.g. the cable has not been removed |
Reserved | When a Connector receives Reserve Now command |
Unavailable | When a Connector becomes unavailable as the result of a Change Availability command or an event upon which the Charge Point transitions to unavailable at its discretion. |
Faulted | When a Charge Point or connector has reported an error |
Unknown | No status information available. (Also used when offline) |
*Depending on the Charge Station, Preparing can be interpreted that it is blocked. For starting via an App this means that when inserting a cable and then starting a session, the CS might reject it as it is in a 'blocked' state. In this case, a User first needs to start a session and then insert a cable.
OCPI definitions
Status | Description |
Available | The EVSE/Connector is able to start a new charging session |
Charging | The EVSE/Connector is in use. |
Reserved | The EVSE/Connector is reserved for a particular EV driver and is unavailable for other drivers. |
OutofOrder | The EVSE/Connector is currently out of order. |
Removed | The EVSE/Connector/charge point is discontinued/removed |
Planned | The EVSE/Connector is planned, will be operating soon.Not supported by Greenflux, |
Blocked | The EVSE/Connector is not accessible because of a physical barrier, i.e. a car.Not supported by Greenflux, |
Inoperative | The EVSE/Connector is not yet active or it is no longer available (deleted).Not supported by Greenflux, |
unknown | No status information available. (Also used when offline) |