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Road Manual: eNovates

On this page you will find the steps to connect the eNovates charger to the Road platform.

Written by Thom Bosveld
Updated over a year ago

Configuration Requirements

  • Road Sim card (optional), EVSE ID, configuration manual for the installer and registration manual for the owner of the charging station

  • Laptop equipped with a Windows operating system

  • UTP cable (RJ45)

Follow the steps:

Step 1: connect the laptop to the chargingstation with the UTP cable by connecting the cable on the Ethernet port on the left side of the motherboard.

Step 2: Go to the Network settings on your laptop. Select Change adapter settings.

Step 3: Right mouse click on the ethernet connection and select Properties

Step 4: Double click on Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

Step 5: Change the network settings as listed in the screenshot below and click OK to proceed.

Step 6: Open your browser and enter the following URL: http://192.168.10.42:12800/admin/admin.html you will now enter the chargepoint homepage.

Step 7: Fill in the following information:

  • ChargePointID: Serialnumber of the charger or EVSE-id as on the sticker from Road.

  • ChargepointModel: Type of charging station

  • ChargeBoxSerialNumber: Box Serial of the chargestation (view grey sticker on the chargestation)

  • ChargepointVendor: eNovates

Step 8: Fill in the OCPP settings

  • OCPP type: OCPP 1.6

  • Endpoint: Other

  • Endpoint URL:

    • When using a white Road SIM card or another connection method: ws://ocpp.road.io/<provider-slug>

    • When using a purple Road SIM card: ws://ocpp-internal.road.io/<provider-slug>

If you want to connect the charger to the Road backoffice with a simcard proceed to step 9, if you want to connect using a Ethernet cable proceed to step 10

Step 9: Click on Network settings. Fill in the following:

  • Preset: Simcard

  • Type: Modem

  • APN:

    • When using a white Road SIM card or another connection method: m2m.services

    • When using a purple Road SIM card: road.io

  • Username: *Leave empty*

  • Password: *Leave empty*

Press Apply and restart the charger

Step 10: Click on Network settings and fill in the following settings:

Steps to take with a charging station wich is able to set up his own IP-address:

  • Preset: Ethernet DHCP connection

  • Type: eth0 dhcp

  • ETH0 DHCP: No additional settings

Steps to take with a charging station wich is not able to set up his own IP-address

  • Type: eth0 static

  • Change the settings as shown below

Press Apply and restart the charger

Step 11: Go to BackendLink Status. Here you can check if the charger is connected to the Road backoffice. You can see this if the status says Online=true.

The charging station is now connected to the Road platform!


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