[HELP] How to add ocpp charger using thingsboard gateway

[Vaghulkumar95]

Describe the issue
I'm trying to connect an EV Charger using ocpp and I'm unable to connect, please help.
I mainly need to know how to configure the host and port in the charger. And how to set the endpoint?

Configuration (Attach your configuration file)
Notate: Remove Access token from file if you want to attach a tb_gateway.yaml
`thingsboard:
host: thingsboard.cloud
port: 1883
remoteShell: true
remoteConfiguration: false
maxPayloadSizeBytes: 1024
minPackSendDelayMS: 0
checkConnectorsConfigurationInSeconds: 60
handleDeviceRenaming: true
checkingDeviceActivity:
checkDeviceInactivity: false
inactivityTimeoutSeconds: 120
inactivityCheckPeriodSeconds: 10
security:
accessToken:
storage:

type: memory

read_records_count: 100

max_records_count: 100000

type: file
data_folder_path: ./data/
max_file_count: 10
max_read_records_count: 10
max_records_per_file: 10000
connectors:

-

name: MQTT Broker Connector

type: mqtt

configuration: mqtt.json

-

name: Modbus Connector

type: modbus

configuration: modbus.json

-

name: Modbus Connector

type: modbus

configuration: modbus_serial.json

-

name: OPC-UA Connector

type: opcua

configuration: opcua.json

-

name: BLE Connector

type: ble

configuration: ble.json

• name: OCPP Connector
  type: ocpp
  configuration: ocpp.json

-

name: Custom Serial Connector

type: serial

configuration: custom_serial.json

class: CustomSerialConnector`

Connector name (If you need help with some connector/converter):
[e.g. MQTT Connector]
ocpp.json
{ "centralSystem": { "name": "Central System", "host": "192.168.178.92", "port": 502, "connection": { "type": "insecure" }, "security": [] }, "chargePoints": [ { "idRegexpPattern": "charge_points/CP_1", "deviceNameExpression": "IoCharger PDF-22S", "deviceTypeExpression": "default", "attributes": [ { "messageTypeFilter": "MeterValues,", "key": "temp1", "value": "Energy.Active.Import.Register,Power.Active.Import" }, { "messageTypeFilter": "MeterValues,", "key": "vendorId", "value": "A10221013421" } ], "timeseries": [ { "messageTypeFilter": "DataTransfer,", "key": "temp", "value": "${data.temp}" } ], "attributeUpdates": [ { "attributeOnThingsBoard": "shared", "valueExpression": "{\"${attributeKey}\":\"${attributeValue}\"}" } ], "serverSideRpc": [ { "methodRPC": "rpc1", "withResponse": true, "valueExpression": "${params}" } ] } ] }

Error traceback (If it was raised):

'deviceName'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 2, in <module>
KeyError: 'deviceName'

Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: self.__loop.run_until_complete(self.start_server()) Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 649, in run_until_complete Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: return future.result() Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/thingsboard_gateway/connectors/ocpp/ocpp_connector.py", line 109, in start_server Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: self._server = await websockets.serve(self.on_connect, host, port, subprotocols=['ocpp1.6'], Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: File "/root/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websockets/legacy/server.py", line 1116, in __await_impl__ Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: server = await self._create_server() Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 1519, in create_server Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: raise OSError(err.errno, 'error while attempting ' Feb 05 15:59:58 rock-3c python3.10[2720]: OSError: [Errno 99] error while attempting to bind on address ('192.168.178.92', 502): cannot assign requested address

Versions (please complete the following information):

• OS: [e.g. Debian 11]
• Thingsboard IoT Gateway version [3.3]
• Python version[e.g. 3.10]

[github-actions]

Hi @Vaghulkumar95.
Thank you for your interest in ThingsBoard IoT Gateway.
Your issue was registered, please wait for response from engineer.

IOTGW-98

[imbeacon]

Hi @Vaghulkumar95,

Please try to use something like 0.0.0.0 as a host and port more that 502 (e.g. 5020), for your connector, because in linux you should have root access to bind ports in range 1-1024.

[Vaghulkumar95]

Hi @imbeacon,

Can you please confirm if I have set the properties correctly, still I'm not getting anything

[Vaghulkumar95]

Hi @imbeacon,

Just wanted to follow up on this? We are trying to get this EV Charger connected and client is waiting for the connection results. Any inputs on this is highly appreciated.

[Vaghulkumar95]

Hi @imbeacon,

I'm now able to communicate with the battery. I had to give the domain as the hub's IP address and port as 5020, and in json I did give 0.0.0.0 and port as 5020 and it was able to connect. Can you let me know how to get the status notification, and hearbeat in the json? What would be the message filter type for these?

[Vaghulkumar95]

HI @imbeacon @samson0v ,

Any updates on this?