GARO ENTITY PRO, Installation And Operations

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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
This document describes installation and use of the
Entity Pro product, which is a member of the Entity
family. Also, the Entity Balance Load Interface
installation is described.
1.2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
This product is a GARO charging station for electrical
vehicles.
1.2.1 FEATURE DESCRIPTION
Entity is a series of charging stations and load interfaces
that can operate together. They are based on the
versatile open protocol OCPP, that also makes it
possible to integrate them in other systems as well as to
include third party OCPP based charging stations in the
same systems. Entity Pro is a wallbox that is easy to use,
install, and enables advanced functionality.
Configuration and operation are supported by the
GARO Connect app, available for android and Apple
devices.
1.2.2 DEFINITIONS
In the installation, setup and operation of the Entity Pro
charging stations, there are several terms and
expressions that is important to understand. Read about
the most common terms and expressions below.
Charger groups: A charger group contains several
charging stations at the same location. The charger
group manages the access rights to the charging
stations within the charger group.
Charging station: A charging station is used for
charging EVs. The charging station is connected to a
location and an owner. The charging station can be
installed and monitored through the GARO Connect
app and be part of a charger group.
Connection group: A group of charging station(s) and
other devices that shares the same resource, such as a
fuse. The connection group is set up to protect fuses
from overload and is controlled by one device (either a
charging station or a load interface) to act as a master
device. Normally, the Connection group also defines
how the internet is connected to the units, trough a
master. For more information about connection groups,
refer to 4.14.1 Dynamic Load Management (DLM)
functionality, page 62 .
DLM system: DLM stands for Dynamic Load
Management and is a software-based solution that is
meant to manage the loads of the system of several
charging stations in an installation. DLM can be defined
as the current limiting logic applied to a connection
group.
EV: Electrical vehicle.
EV driver: An EV driver is a person that has access to
the charging station(s). The EV driver can be part of an
EV driver group and gain access to the charging station
(s) with an RFID tag or an app. The EV driver can use the
GARO Connect app to monitor charging of an EV.
EV driver group: An EV driver group is a group of EV
drivers with the same access rights within the
organization. The access rights are managed on an
organizational level, which means that the EV driver
group can be used at several locations within the
organization.
GARO Connect app: The application from which it is
possible to install, manage and operate Entity charging
stations. For more information about the GARO
Connect application, refer to 4.13 GARO Connect,
page 39 .
Installer: An installer is a certified installer or acts on
behalf of a certified installer. The installer is hired by the
owner to do the electrical steps of the installation of the
charging station(s) and/or a load interface. The installer
can see and change settings of the units in the location.
The installer provided access to a location with the
installation code, just like a key.. The installer can
during the first setup act as a temporary owner to assist
with the installation.
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Introduction