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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:33:57 +0000
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Subject: Re: No internet and configuring OCPP
To: geraint@fastamps.com, 'FastAmps' <info@fastamps.com>
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From: Robert Ham <rah@settrans.net>
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Hi Geraint,

As discussed in our phone call, I'm looking for a charger which I can
configure and use without a proprietary phone app and which doesn't
require a connection to the Internet.


I want to control the charger locally with my own OCPP server and so as
far as I'm concerned there's no reason for any information to leave my
premises.  I want to connect the charger with either Wi-Fi or Ethernet
to one of my local networks which hosts my OCPP server and does not
route to the Internet.


I'm not prepared to use a proprietary phone app because without the
source code for the software, there's no way to know what it's doing and
so I can't trust it.  Also, in general, proprietary software works in
the interests of the software's developers and against the interests of
the software's users.  I'm not prepared to use such software.  For
further information see:

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html

or the talk here:

https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20140407-geneva-tedx-talk-free-software-free-society/


There are other charger manufacturers which have engineered their
chargers in such a way that neither an app nor an Internet connection is
required to configure the charger and set up OCPP.  It seems the most
common way of engineering this is to have the charger offer a web
interface for configuration over the local network, often coupled with a
Wi-Fi interface operating as an access point to provide a local network.


Regards,

Robert



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