Charge Point Statuses

Modified on Wed, 8 May, 2024 at 11:15 AM

States considered Operative are: Available, Preparing, Charging, SuspendedEVSE, SuspendedEV, Finishing, Reserved. 


States considered Inoperative are: Unavailable, Faulted


StatusCondition
Available
When a Connector becomes available for a new user (Operative)
Preparing
When a Connector becomes no longer available for a new user but there is no ongoing Transaction (yet). Typically a Connector is in preparing state when a user presents a tag, inserts a cable or a vehicle occupies the parking bay (Operative) 
Charging
When the contactor of a Connector closes, allowing the vehicle to charge (Operative)
SuspendedEVSE
When the EV is connected to the EVSE but the EVSE is not offering energy to the EV, e.g. due to a smart charging restriction, local supply power constraints, or as the result of StartTransaction.conf indicating that charging is not allowed etc. (Operative)
SuspendedEV
When the EV is connected to the EVSE and the EVSE is offering energy but the EV is not taking any energy. (Operative)
Finishing
When a Transaction 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 (Operative) 
Reserved
When a Connector becomes reserved as a result of a Reserve Now command (Operative)
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 (Inoperative) 
Faulted
When a Charge Point or connector has reported an error and is not available for energy delivery . (Inoperative).


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