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Road Manual: Weidmüller

On this page you will find the steps to connect the Weidmüller AC SMART 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

  • Installation manual AC SMART ECO, VALUE & ADVANCED

  • Configuration device: laptop

  • Ethernet cable

Follow the steps

Step 1: Connect the charger to the local network via a LAN cable according to chapter 9.1 of the installation manual.

Step 2: Press the Win+R buttons on your laptop and enter ncpa.cpl in the execute window.

Step 3: Right click on Ethernet settings and select Properties.

Step 4: Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties.

Step 5: Select Use the following IP address and enter an IP address between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254 (192.168.0.8 is reserved by the charger). Configure the Subnet mask on 255.255.255.0 and press OK.

Step 6: Open a web browser and enter the following address: http://192.168.0.8. Enter the following login credentials to gain access to the web server:

  • Role: Admin

  • Password: zyVt45Nv0y

Step 7: Navigate to Network/Cloud and and enable OCPP 1.6J. Select the desired Interface and configure the network settings accordingly. Enter the following values to setup the connection with Road:

  • Portal address:

    • 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>

  • Portal port: 80

  • Portal path: 1.6/<provider-slug>/ChargeBoxSerialNumber → Replace ChargeBoxSerialNumber with the unique serial number of the charger

Note: When using a purple Road SIM card the APN name should be changed to: road.io. When using the white Road SIM card or another SIM card the APN name should be m2m.services.

Step 8: Click on Save and reboot the charger.

The charging station is now connected to the Road platform!

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