What is OpenEVSE ?

EVSE stands for Electrical Vehicle Supply Equipment. An EVSE is a charging station for electrical vehicles.

OpenEVSE is an Open Hardware EVSE, allowing people to build their own EVSEs.

OpenEVSE is not a finished product to be used by an end-user.

What is RAPI ?

RAPI stands for “Remote API”, allowing remote hardware to control the OpenEVSE board using a serial port, with the FTDI/UART pins on the board.

The default baudrate is 115200, according to OpenEVSE sources (open_evse.h).

How to install this library ?

pip install python-openevse

How to use this library ?

See the inline documentation:

>>> import openevse
>>> help(openevse)

License

MIT

Copyright (c) 2015 Sébastien Maccagnoni-Munch

In short : do what you want but keep my name in the resulting software.

Please, if you improve it, contribute back. Thanks ! :)

The low-level API

Documentation on the RAPI protocol v1.0.3, from rapi_proc.h:

 **** RAPI protocol ****

Fx - function
Sx - set parameter
Gx - get parameter

command formats
1. with XOR checksum (recommended)
$cc pp pp ...^xk\r
2. with additive checksum (legacy)
$cc pp pp ...*ck\r
3. no checksum (FOR TESTING ONLY! DON'T USE FOR APPS)
$cc pp pp ...\r

\r = carriage return = 13d = 0x0D
cc = 2-letter command
pp = parameters
xk = 2-hex-digit checksum - 8-bit XOR of all characters before '^'
ck = 2-hex-digit checksum - 8-bit sum of all characters before '*'


response format
$OK [optional parameters]\r - success

$NK [optional parameters]\r - failure

asynchronous messages
$ST state\r - EVSE state transition - sent whenever EVSE state changes
 state: EVSE_STATE_xxx

commands

FB color - set LCD backlight color
colors:
 OFF 0
 RED 1
 YELLOW 3
 GREEN 2
 TEAL 6
 BLUE 4
 VIOLET 5
 WHITE 7

 $FB 7*03 - set backlight to white
FD - disable EVSE
 $FD*AE
FE - enable EVSE
 $FE*AF
FP x y text - print text on lcd display
FR - reset EVSE
 $FR*BC
FS - sleep EVSE
 $FS*BD

S0 0|1 - set LCD type
 $S0 0*F7 = monochrome backlight
 $S0 1*F8 = RGB backlight
S1 yr mo day hr min sec - set clock (RTC) yr=2-digit year
S2 0|1 - disable/enable ammeter calibration mode - ammeter is read even when not charging
 $S2 0*F9
 $S2 1*FA
S3 cnt - set charge time limit to cnt*15 minutes (0=disable, max=255)
SA currentscalefactor currentoffset - set ammeter settings
SC amps - set current capacity
SD 0|1 - disable/enable diode check
 $SD 0*0B
 $SD 1*0C
SE 0|1 - disable/enable command echo
 $SE 0*0C
 $SE 1*0D
 use this for interactive terminal sessions with RAPI.
 RAPI will echo back characters as they are typed, and add a <LF> character
 after its replies
SF 0|1 - disable/enable GFI self test
 $SF 0*0D
 $SF 1*0E
SG 0|1 - disable/enable ground check
 $SG 0*0E
 $SG 1*0F
SH kWh - set cHarge limit to kWh
SK - set accumulated Wh (v1.0.3+)
 $SK 0*12 - set accumulated Wh to 0
SL 1|2|A  - set service level L1/L2/Auto
 $SL 1*14
 $SL 2*15
 $SL A*24
SM voltscalefactor voltoffset - set voltMeter settings
SR 0|1 - disable/enable stuck relay check
 $SR 0*19
 $SR 1*1A
SS 0|1 - disable/enable GFI self-test
 $SS 0*1A
 $SS 1*1B
ST starthr startmin endhr endmin - set timer
 $ST 0 0 0 0*0B - cancel timer
SV 0|1 - disable/enable vent required
 $SV 0*1D
 $SV 1*1E

G3 - get time limit
 response: OK cnt
 cnt*15 = minutes
        = 0 = no time limit
GA - get ammeter settings
 response: OK currentscalefactor currentoffset
 $GA*AC
GC - get current capacity range in amps
 response: OK minamps maxamps
 $GC*AE
GE - get settings
 response: OK amps(decimal) flags(hex)
 $GE*B0
GF - get fault counters
 response: OK gfitripcnt nogndtripcnt stuckrelaytripcnt (all values hex)
 $GF*B1
GG - get charging current and voltage
 response: OK milliamps millivolts
 AMMETER must be defined in order to get amps, otherwise returns 0 amps
 VOLTMETER must be defined in order to get voltage, otherwise returns 0 volts
 $GG*B2
GH - get cHarge limit
 response: OK kWh
 kWh = 0 = no charge limit
GM - get voltMeter settings
 response: OK voltcalefactor voltoffset
 $GM^2E
GP - get temPerature (v1.0.3+)
 $GP*BB
 response: OK ds3231temp mcp9808temp tmp007temp
 ds3231temp - temperature from DS3231 RTC
 mcp9808temp - temperature from MCP9808
 tmp007temp - temperature from TMP007
 all temperatures are in 10th's of a degree Celcius
 if any temperature sensor is not installed, its return value will be 0
GS - get state
 response: OK state elapsed
 state: EVSE_STATE_xxx
 elapsed: elapsed charge time in seconds (valid only when in state C)
 $GS*BE
GT - get time (RTC)
 response OK yr mo day hr min sec       yr=2-digit year
 $GT*BF
GU - get energy usage (v1.0.3+)
 $GU*C0
 response OK Wattseconds Whacc
 Wattseconds - Watt-seconds used this charging session, note you'll divide Wattseconds by 3600 to get Wh
 Whacc - total Wh accumulated over all charging sessions, note you'll divide Wh by 1000 to get kWh
GV - get version
 response: OK firmware_version protocol_version
 $GV*C1

Relation between low-level API commands and Python-OpenEVSE

• FB: lcd_backlight_color

• FD: status

• FE: status

• FP: display_text

• FR: reset

• FS: status

• S0: lcd_type

• S1: time

• S2: ammeter_calibration

• S3: time_limit

• SA: ammeter_settings

• SC: current_capacity

• SD: diode_check

• SE: echo

• SF: gfi_self_test

• SG: ground_check

• SH: charge_limit

• SK: accumulated_wh

• SL: service_level

• SM: voltmeter_settings

• SR: stuck_relay_check

• SS: gfi_self_test (it is the same as SF)

• ST: timer

• SV: vent_required

• G3: time_limit

• GA: ammeter_settings

• GC: current_capacity_range

• GE: current_capacity (1st field), see Flags class (2nd field)

• GF: fault_counters

• GG: charging_current_and_voltage

• GH: charge_limit

• GM: voltmeter_settings

• GP: temperature

• GS: status, elapsed

• GT: time

• GU: accumulated_wh, elapsed

• GV: version

Some links to OpenEVSE

• OpenEVSE project

• Firmware source code

• OpenEVSE store