Station and connector statuses

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Station status definitions:

  Status  Condition   Notes
Available Station is available for use  
Charging A vehicle is charging on all ports  
Offline Station is not connected to Chargefox This may be a power or comms issue
Out of Order Connectors are unavailable for use Usually faulted
Inoperative The station may be connected, but is not enabled for use on the Chargefox platform  
Removed The station has been removed from the Chargefox platform  
Reserved  Station is unavailable for use Unplugging the vehicle may return the status to available
Unknown Station is unavailable for use Unplugging the vehicle may return the status to available
Unavailable Station is unavailable for use Unplugging the vehicle may return the status to available

 

Simplified connector status definitions:

Status Condition Notes

Available

 Connector is available for use  
Faulted Connector is unavailable for use  
Occupied Connector is occupied  A driver is plugged in or charging
Unavailable Connector is unavailable for use   

 

OCPP connector status definitions:

Status OCPP condition Notes
Available When a Connector becomes available for a new user.  
Preparing

When a Connector becomes no longer available for a new user but no charging session is active.

Typically a Connector is occupied when a user presents a tag, inserts a cable or a vehicle occupies the parking bay.

  
Charging When the contactor of a Connector closes,
allowing the vehicle to charge.		  
SuspendedEVSE

When the contactor of a Connector opens upon request of the EVSE.

e.g. due to a smart charging
restriction or as the result of
StartTransaction.conf indicating that charging is not allowed.

 The session has been stopped/denied by the charge station.
SuspendedEV When the EVSE is ready to deliver energy but contactor is open, e.g. the EV is not ready. The session has been stopped/denied by the vehicle.
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 or the vehicle has not left the parking
bay.

  
Reserved When a Connector becomes reserved as a result of a Reserve Now command.

Chargefox doesn't use the reservation command anywhere, the status pops up occasionally due to activity on the station - usually a fault code.


Typically the Station will show a status of Reserved if the connector is still plugged into the vehicle and the driver has finished charging (ie. after finishing status notification)

It's generally a fault code and we translate this status, it's not actually a status notification sent by the station in our use case.
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.

Upon receipt of a Change Availability command, the status MAY change immediately or the change MAY be scheduled. When scheduled, the Status Notification shall be send when the availability change becomes effective.

 Chargefox has the ability to set stations as unavailable should the require maintenance or be unavailable for use for any reason, typically there'll be a public note explaining the reason.  
Faulted When a Charge Point or connector has reported an error and is not available for energy delivery.  

 

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