installation

Installation

1. Install HACS

• If you have not yet installed HACS, go get it at https://hacs.xyz/ and walk through the installation and configuration.

2. Install the OCPP Repository

• In Home Assistant, select HACS / Integrations / + Explore & add repositories.

• Search for 'OCPP' and install the repository.

3. Add the OCPP Integration

• In Home Assistant, select Configuration / Integrations / Add Integration.

• Search for 'OCPP' and add the integration.

4. Configure the Central System

• The default host address '0.0.0.0' will listen to all interfaces on your home assistant server.

• Select which measurands you would like to become available as sensor entities.
• Most chargers only support a subset of all possible measurands. This depends most on the Feature profiles that are supported by the charger.

5. Add the entities to your Dashboard

• On the OCPP integration, click on devices to navigate to your Charge Point device.

• At the bottom of the Entities panel, click on 'Add to Lovelace' to add the entities to your dashboard.

• An entity will have the value 'Unavailable' until the charger successfully connects.
• An entity will have the value 'Unknown' until its value has been read from the charger.

6. Configure your Charger

• Configure your charger to use the OCPP websocket of your Central System (e.g. ws://homeassistant.local:9000). This is charger specific, so consult your manual.
• Some chargers require the protocol section 'ws://' to be removed, or require the url to end with a '/'.
• Some chargers require the url to be specified as an IP address, i.e. '192.168.178.1:9000'
• You may need to reboot your charger before the changes become effective.

7. Start Charging

• Use the charge control switch to start the charging process.