Station and connector statuses – Chargefox Pty Ltd

Definitions of station, connector and OCPP statuses.

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.