{"id":49605,"date":"2023-05-24T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=49605"},"modified":"2023-05-16T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:32:56","slug":"beckhoff-twincat-iot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/beckhoff-twincat-iot\/","title":{"rendered":"Beckhoff’s TwinCAT IoT products now have support for Open Charge Point Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Combining the EL6761 EtherCAT Terminal with TwinCAT 3 IoT OCPP results in a complete communication system for charging infrastructure applications.
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Beckhoff has added the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) to the TwinCAT IoT product portfolio based on the WebSocket protocol which has recently been introduced for the IoT driver. OCPP standardizes the communication between charging stations for electric vehicles and the associated central management systems. This is combined with the new EL6761 EtherCAT Terminal, which serves as a communication interface in accordance with IEC 61851 and ISO 15118, to create a universal solution for charging infrastructure communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the new function TwinCAT 3 IoT OCPP (TF6771), OCPP was implemented as a C++ driver with the associated PLC library as a wrapper. Due to their high market relevance, OCPP versions 1.6 and 2.0.1 are being implemented first. The focus is on the following two use cases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n