FCS is a v1.6 OCPP charging station simulator based on Python OCPP's ChargePoint, which also exposes an API in order to control the behavior of the charging station.
I created this to help me test a CSMS system. My focus was to make it easy to use, control and force weird behaviors in order to test edge cases.
For running the simulator, only Docker is required. For development, Poetry is required.
Create an .env file which is a copy of the template.env file, and override charging station configurations as you see fit:
CS_ID=cs_001
VENDOR=Foo
MODEL=Bar-42
WS_URL=ws://host.docker.internal:9000/cpo-url
PASSWORD=12341234
CONNECTORS=1
Some settings are available to quickly start a charging session, which can be done by setting
QUICK_START=true # Activates the feature
QUICK_START_RFID=1234 # Configures the RFID used to authenticate the driver
QUICK_START_CONNECTOR=1 # Configures in which connector to plug to
Additionally, if you also want it to start charging immediatelly, set:
QUICK_START_CHARGING=500 # Configures how many Watts to be used per meter value message tick
There's a 3 second interval in between quick start commands.
Don't forget to setup the charging station/driver on the CSMS, otherwise it will reject the WebSocket connection and/or the driver authentication.
Start the simulator with make run. The charging station will automatically send BootNotification and StatusNotification on startup
Access http://localhost:8081/docs to send API requests to the simulator to control its behavior