13. Sched Box

For this function, you need to use Bluetooth to connect the charging station and Schedule Box respectively, and set them up separately so that the Schedule Box can take effect according to the correct schedule.

13.1. Charging pile side settings

On the ‘More’ page, you can click the ‘Sched Box’ tab to enter this feature page. You need to enable this feature and set the charging pile device’s slave address, phase (multiple selections), and the behavior of the charging pile device when the Sched Box is offline.

13.2. Sched Box Side Settings

13.2.1. Connect to Sched Box using Bluetooth

After connecting the Schedule Box, you can see the basic information and current curve of the Schedule Box. You can click the “More” icon button in the upper right corner to enter the Schedule Box function page.

Firmware Update:

Check and update the firmware version of the current Sched Box device. [1]

Status:

Check the current network status of the Sched Box device. [2]

Firmware Version:

Check the current firmware version of the Sched Box device. [3]

Signal Strength:

The Sched Box scans nearby Wi-Fi and displays the signal strength. [15]

Config Network:

Configure the network for the current Sched Box device. [4]

Configuration:

Configure parameters for the current Schedule Box device. [5]

[1]

To update the version information of the Sched Box device, please refer to the following page. You can choose two methods for firmware upgrade. The ‘Device downloads automatically’ method requires you to input the new firmware HTTP URL, and the device will download and upgrade itself. The ‘Bluetooth send firmware’ method does not require you to input the new firmware HTTP URL, but requires the maintenance engineer to manage the versions and push them to your Sched Box device, allowing you to detect the new firmware and perform the upgrade.

[2]

For the network status of the Sched Box device, refer to the following page.

[3]

For the firmware version of the Sched Box device, refer to the following page.

[4]

Sched Box device network configuration. The process is essentially the same as the charging pile device network configuration. Please refer to section 3.2 in Charging Pile Device Network Configuration. The difference is that the Sched Box device cannot use 4G for network configuration.

[15]

Sched Box scans nearby Wi-Fi and displays signal strength.

[5]

For Sched Box configuration, please refer to the following sections.

Role:

The roles currently required by Sched Box. [6]

Mode:

The current required mode of Sched Box. [7]

Current direction:

The direction of the current connected to the Sched Box. The options are “forward” and “reverse”.

Slave Manager:

Slave management of Sched Box. (Generally, the charging station is set as a slave.) [8]

Scheduling Group:

Dispatch group management. [9]

Max current:

The maximum current of the phase group can be set separately for L1, L2, and L3 phase groups. [10]

Adjust interval:

The time interval between each adjustment of the charging pile equipment current. [11]

Transformer type:

Transformer type. [12]

Mini charging current:

Minimum charging current. [13]

Closure Strategy:

Whether to use the shutdown strategy. [14]

13.2.2. Sched Box Configuration

[6]

Select the role of the Sched Box device. The options are: “Master”, “Slave”, and “Monitor”.

[7]

Sched Box device mode selection. The available options are: ‘Balance’, ‘Solar Energy - Boost Mode’, ‘Solar Energy - Lossless Mode’, and ‘Solar Energy - Power Save Mode’.

[8]

Sched Box device slave management. You can manually enter the slave address of the slave and the SN code of the charging pile device, or click the “Auto Search” button to search for charging pile devices in the network.

[9]

Dispatch group management.

[10]

Sched Box device phase group maximum current setting.

Range

1-400(A)

[11]

The Sched Box device adjusts the time interval of the charging pile device current.

Range

1-60(s)

[12]

The transformer type selection of the Sched Box device, the options are: “400A”, “100A”.

[13]

Controls the minimum starting charging current.

Range

7-16(A)

[14]

Set whether to use the shutdown strategy