Common integration use cases

Authorization and Payment

• Use OCPP-J 1.6 Core for full session lifecycle management.

Dynamic Load Balancing

A charging station’s charging current and phase is dynamically controlled by ZapCloud. The optimal charge configuration is calculated based on the charger’s installation properties and runtime state of other charger’s is the installation. This is done transparently, always ensuring that as many chargers as possible is providing as much charging power as possible.
In some scenarios 3rd parties may want to limit the charge power available for an installation. E.g. to limit EV-charge power during costly peak hours, or prevent circuit breakers tripping in other high load scenarios. This can be done through setting AvailableCurrent using the installation update API method. More information on Dynamic load balancing can be found here: Dynamic Load balancing

Dashboards

Build live dashboards using Message Subscriptions and the Charger State API.