IEC 63584:2024
(Main)Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP)
Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP)
IEC 63584:2024 The Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) provides the communication between a Charging Station and a Charging Station Management System (CSMS) and is designed to accommodate any type of charging technique. It is based on OCPP 2.0.1 and was submitted as a Fast-Track document.
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IEC 63584 ®
Edition 1.0 2024-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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inside
Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP)
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 43.120 ISBN 978-2-8327-0109-6
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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OPEN CHARGE POINT PROTOCOL (OCPP)
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IEC 63584 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 69: Electrical power/energy transfer
systems for electrically propelled road vehicles and industrial trucks. It is an International
Standard.
The text of this document is based on OCPP 2.0.1 Edition 3 FINAL, 2024-05-06. It was
submitted to the National Committees for voting under the Fast Track Procedure. It is used with
permission of the copyright holder: Open Charge Alliance.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
69/964/CDV 69/1028/RVC
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OCPP 2.0.1
Part 0 - Introduction
Edition 3 FINAL, 2024-05-06
Table of Contents
Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Version History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. OCPP version 2.0.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Terms and abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. New functionalities in OCPP2.0.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Device Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2. Improvements for better handling of large amounts of transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.3. Improvements regarding cyber security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.4. Extended Smart Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.5. Support for ISO 15118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.6. Improvements for customer experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.7. Transport Protocols: OCPP-J Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.8. Minor changes/extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3. OCPP 2.0.1 Documentation Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1. Overview of Specification Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2. Functional Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.3. All Functional Blocks and use cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Basic implementation of OCPP 2.0.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Disclaimer
The OCA hereby grants to IEC a license to fully exploit the OCPP for commercial and non-commercial purposes and to permit IEC
National Committees to nationally adopt and translate OCPP under the applicable IEC policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, IEC is
not entitled to share adapted, altered, transformed or otherwise modified versions of the OCPP. Such license includes the right of IEC
to grant sub-licenses to its members for purposes of national adoption, distribution and reproduction in any format including
electronic for purposes of distribution on a commercial or non-commercial basis.
1/13 Part 0 - Introduction
Version History
Version Date Description
2024-05-06 OCPP 2.0.1 Edition 3. All errata from OCPP 2.0.1 Part 0 until and including Errata
2.0.1 Edition 3
2024-04 have been merged into this version of the specification.
2020-03-31 Final version of OCPP 2.0.1
2.0.1
2018-04-11
2.0 OCPP 2.0 April 2018
First release of this Introduction document
2/13 Part 0 - Introduction
1. Introduction
Electric Vehicles (EVs) are becoming the new standard for mobility all over the world. This development is only possible with a
good coverage of Charging Stations. To advance the roll out of charging infrastructure, open communication standards play a key
role: to enable switching from charging network without necessarily replacing all the Charging Stations, to encourage innovation
and cost effectiveness and to allow many and diverse players participate in this new industry.
Additionally, the EV charging infrastructure is part of the Smart Grid, a larger and still evolving ecosystem of actors, devices and
protocols. In this Smart Grid ecosystem, open communications standards are key enablers for two-way power flows, real time
information exchange, demand control and eMobility services.
The Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) is the
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