Requirements
Project workspace
Simulators live inside a project. If you haven’t made one yet, head to the top right corner, click over your avatar and select New Project.
Protocol choice
Decide which standard (OCPP 1.6, OCPP 2.0.1, OCPP 2.1) you want this simulator to speak (and, of course, your CSMS should support it too).
CSMS Endpoint
The simulator can't live without the management system, so you need to ask your DEV team about the endpoint which you will configure for the first simulator.
Tip: Not sure which protocol or model you need? Start with Generic AC 22 kW / OCPP 1.6 — it works for 90 % of first-time tests and you can edit it later
Steps
System creation
Navigate to
SystemssectionCreate the new system (please, enter your endpoint URI). For example:
wss://my-server.com/ocpp. That means, that the connection URI for the simulator with the nameSIM-NAMEwill be:wss://my-server.com/ocpp/SIM-NAME
Simulator Model creation
Navigate to
ModelssectionCreate the new simulator model - the analog for the real model. Feel free to use the real specifications or be creative to create your own one. For example: ABB Terra 54. In that case I will do the following:
Tip: Use Default Configurations, so you don't need to dive into details now
Simulator creation
Navigate to
SimulatorssectionCreate the new simulator - the analog for the real charger. Please, choose the model that you've created before & configurate the simulator.
Simulator Namemeans its ID for the CSMS. Please, do not forget to add it to your system, if you have the whitelist on your CSMSSystem Namerefers to the System, that we've already createdNumber Of Simulatorsallows you to multiple simulators creation with just one click. But for the first time, I suggest to create the only 1 simulator.
Select the default configuration and push the
Create Simulatorbutton
Cool! Now you know how to setup the environment & create the first simulator.