We are currently working hard on bringing our tariff engine to Connect, but in the meanwhile we have been able to do a couple of small improvements. New features for this release are listed below.
From now on we support OCPI version 2.2.1 for new OCPI integrations! OCPI 2.2.1 is available for new integrations if that is supported by the OCPI partner. If you are currently our OCPI partner and want to move into using OCPI 2.2.1 with us, please open a service ticket and we will handle the rest.
We are introducing further improvements on the operational side of Connect with the new session page and DLM. With the new session page you have better view of what has actually happened during the session based on different metrics. The same timeline which you have seen on the ongoing sessions is also available in finished sessions now.
DLM is now also available in Connect. Currently the functionalities match the exisiting one from eMabler UI, but we are actively working on bringing new feature to DLM. In Connect the DLM page has received some new features like for example better visibility of how much currents are the subsites using and the history of the charging profiles sent to the chargers. Read more below!
New session page is now available under Charging sessions > View on the individual charging session row. On the new session page you can see session details, session cost development, different metrics and the timeline of the session. Cost development contains the energy consumption and the cost development during the session. Metrics show energy consumed, power, state of charge, amperage and voltage changes during the session if charger has provided that information. Timeline shows the different events during the session, which makes it easier to troubleshoot finished sessions if need be.
You can now manage your DLM setup from Connect! You can add, edit and remove DLM configurations to your sites to start using our cloud-based load management. In Connect you can see metrics for the used amperage between different phases and also how current is being used between the parent and subsites. External meters, subsites and chargers are all now grouped in the "Circuit" view, so you can more easily see the whole picture where the current is being used at currently. We have also brought the charging profile history to Connect, so you will have more visibility of the decisions the DLM has made when assigning currents to different chargers.
Please note that we are actively developing DLM further, so you can expect to see new functionality for that in the near future, so stay tuned!
eMabler has provided Push API for a long time, but before now it wasn't possible to set it up yourself. With Connect you can now setup Push API using Webhook, Kafka or Azure ServiceBus and start receiving different messages directly to your backend without the need to contact our customer support.
We have also heard your feedback regarding the difficulties on finding relevant information about ongoing sessions, so we wanted to address that. In this release we removed the "Ongoing sessions" under "Activity" from Charger page and moved it under a new Socket page. You can now easily see which sockets have ongoing sessions, click on the "View more" and get a more detailed view of the session. Try it out!
You can find new settings for Push API under More > Settings > Developers. You can configure Push API to use Webhooks, Kafka or Azure ServiceBus. We support lots of different messages you can receive to your endpoints, for example ChargerState, ChargerBoot or Measurements messages. Instructions on how to take Push API into use can be found here.
Ongoing sessions are now available under Socket page (click "View more" on the socket). You can now see an overview of the session with session type (Regular/Roaming/Express), start time, duration, RFID used for authorization, estimated consumption, latest amperage/voltage readings, last state of charge information (if charger provides one) and a chart of total energy consumption during the session. In addition to this you have the timeline of the session available with all status changes and messages from charger during the session. This will hugely improve the visibility of different events during the session, which will make it easier to troubleshoot possible problems.
Charger Details page with Sockets now shows ongoing sessions directly. No need to go to a separate page anymore. Click View more for further details about the socket.
New ongoing session view contains overview of the session and the complete timeline. Timeline contains all charger events that occured during the session with details provided by the charger.
Activity page under Charger to Events which now only contains Charger events. Ongoing sessions can be found under Socket > View moreCharger and driver imports via Excel are here! No more need to manually add chargers and drivers one by one for larger sites, which improves the operations efficiency even further. This and other improvements with this release are found below
New bulk imports for chargers and drivers with Excel are now available! Please find corresponding Excel templates for importing data in bulk under More > Import. Charger and driver imports work on a site level, so if there is a need for importing data to multiple sites, you need multiple Excel files.
Following our previous release which contained comment fields, we are further improving the operational workflows with sites and chargers with this release. Find everything for this release from below:
New fields available for chargers: "installation date", "parking place", "service company", "service contact person", "service email", "service phone number" and "notes"! By using these fields it is easier to keep track of the age of the charger and service company information.
We are also introducing new "parking place" field for sockets. Some charger setups are configured to report chargers as separate sockets, so this new field can be used to identify the physical location of that charger.
All of the new fields are also available through APIv2.
You don't want to keep track of service company information on the charger level? No worries, you can also do that on the site level. We are also introducing new fields for sites: "service company", "service contact person", "service email", "service phone number" and "notes".
All of the new fields are also available through APIv2.
You can now add labels to chargers. These labels are visible under charger information and can also be viewed on Chargers list. Labels support a handful of different colors, so you they provide a versatile way of adding new information to chargers.
Note for our API users: labels use the "custom properties" field of the charger under the hood, so they are available through there.
We are introducing personal preferences under Settings. You can save your personal preferences such as language, time zone, country and currency which will be used to customize the user interface accordingly. Corresponding fields will also show your preference as the first option to make things extra easy!
Thank you everyone for the feedback regarding Connect beta release! The reception has been greater than we could have even anticipated, which is awesome to see.
Next we are releasing a new commenting feature to Connect, which makes internal communication much easier when doing operational work. We are also releasing success rate metric to dashboard and other small improvements on the platform.
You can now leave comments under sites, chargers and drivers. Comments allow you to document made changes in an easy way. Comment fields are available under sites, chargers and drivers.
Our first step towards bringing better tooling to monitor your charger infrastructure performance is the success rate. Success rate is the key metric to see the percentage of successful charging sessions. We will be working on bringing you better tools to compare success rates between different manufacturers and charger models in the future.
DLM user experience enhancements:
We are happy to announce that eMabler Connect and API version 2 are out in beta! Connect is eMabler's next-gen charge point management system which has been built from the ground up to match the complex requirements from our customers. Connect is built on top of the new API version 2 which is more performant and scalable than the previous version.
You can learn more from both Connect and API v2 from the links below