How does a partner, add a non-public charging card or tag as a 'whitelist' charging card for a customer?
As a partner allow a non-public charging card or RFID tag to charge free of charge at one or more of a customer's charging stations.
Non-public charging cards or tags can be easily added by partners as ‘whitelisted’ cards for a customer by following the steps below:
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Log in to MEC.
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Navigate to ‘Organizations’ in the left-hand menu and select the relevant customer by clicking on their tile.
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Navigate to ‘Assets’ in the left-hand menu and select the specific charging station where the non-public card or tag will be tested by clicking on its row.
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Hold the non-public charging card or tag against the RFID reader of the charging station, note the time the card/tag was held, and wait for the acoustic confirmation that it has been read by the station.
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Navigate to the ‘Logs’ tab in the right-hand menu.
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In the ‘Filter selection’ dropdown, select the message type ‘Authorize’, so that only authorization messages are shown in the logs.
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Find the ‘Authorize’ message that matches the timestamp of when the card or tag was scanned and click on it to open the message.
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Copy the string of letters and numbers from the 'idTag' field, which represents the ‘Hidden ID’ of the non-public charging card or tag.
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Navigate to ‘Users’ in the left-hand menu and add the user as either a cardholder or administrator, depending on their role within the organization. Fill in the first name, last name, and email address, then save.
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Navigate to ‘Cards’ in the left-hand menu and add the non-public charging card or tag by first selecting the correct user. Then, under the option ‘Hidden ID’, paste the copied Charging Card UID, give the card a nickname, and save.
The non-public charging card or tag is now added and can be used as a ‘whitelisted’ card for the organization's charging stations, provided that the access mode supports whitelisting.