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Siemens SiCharge Installation Guide

How to add and connect your Siemens charge point to Monta

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Written by Yana Yankova
Updated over a week ago

This is a guide that shows how to install Monta on your charge point. If you want to connect your charge point to your Monta account, please follow the steps in the end of the guide.

Please note that when you connect your charge point to Monta, we become the operator of the charge point. This means that you need to use Monta to control the charging process.

Overview

1. Prerequisites

During the integration process, please check the firmware version of your charge point. The charge point needs to have a firmware version 68 or newer. If your charge point has an older firmware version, please contact Siemens support for instructions how to update it.


2. Connect your computer to your charge point

You first need to connect your computer to the charge point. Plug the by device to the network connector of the charge point.

3. Open your browser and type 192.168.32.1

Open your browser and type in 192.168.32.1

Once you are there, you will be prompted to log into the web user interface. Please use the following credentials to login.

Username: admin

Password: *serial number of your charge point*

4. Adjust OCPP settings of the charge point

In the WebUI, select the "OCPP" section of the menu on the left side.

After this, from the "Operator" drop down menu, select "custom".

In the URL field, add the Monta address: wss://ocpp.monta.app

Make sure that "Protocol Version" states "OCPP-J 1.6"

After ensuring all settings are correct, click on "Save".

5. Reboot the charge point

In the top right corner, find the drop down admin menu and click on "Restart Deamon".

After your charge point has been restarted, it is ready to be connected to Monta.

6. Connecting the charge point to your Monta account

Now you need to add and connect your charge point to your Monta account.

You can do this through either the Monta app or Monta Portal.

Here is a guide for the Monta app.

Here is guide for Monta Portal.

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