As India accelerates toward a cleaner mobility future, one technology quietly sits at the heart of every efficient EV charging experience: OCPP — the Open Charge Point Protocol.
Though rarely spoken about outside industry circles, OCPP is the invisible bridge that connects chargers, networks, and operators, ensuring that every charging session is smooth, reliable, and future-ready. And as charging infrastructure expands across homes, offices, malls, hotels, corporate fleets, and highways, understanding OCPP has become essential for anyone serious about building or managing EV charging networks.
At its core, OCPP is a universal language that allows EV chargers and central management systems (CMS) to talk to each other seamlessly. Without OCPP, every charger would function in isolation, tied to its own software, incapable of being monitored, updated, or managed remotely. With OCPP, operators can oversee hundreds — or even thousands — of chargers from a single dashboard. They can track energy consumption, control billing, detect faults instantly, update firmware over the air, optimize load distribution, and integrate chargers into larger business systems.
What makes OCPP so powerful is that it’s open and flexible. Unlike closed systems that lock you into one company’s technology, OCPP lets any brand or operator work freely without restrictions. It means you’re never stuck with one vendor, your chargers can work smoothly with different software. A charger installed today can work with evolving technologies in the future. This open approach is driving India’s new wave of EV infrastructure — reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient EV charging network for the long run.
As an EV charging solutions provider committed to building India’s next-generation charging ecosystem, ChargET ensures that every AC and DC charger deployed under its network is fully OCPP compliant, secure, and seamlessly integrated with its robust CMS. By doing so, businesses — whether malls, offices, corporates, hotels, or fleet operators — gain absolute control over their charging assets. They can monitor real-time performance, detect idle chargers, optimise utilisation, and ensure a consistent charging experience across all locations. A mall can view charger usage trends by the hour, a fleet manager can identify peak charging times, a hotel can track energy output per guest, and a corporate office can optimize load management. Every insight becomes a business decision. Every session becomes revenue. And every charger becomes a smart asset.
India’s path to electrification will depend not just on installing chargers, but on connecting them intelligently. OCPP is the protocol that makes this possible. ChargET is the partner that makes it practical, profitable, and scalable. As the EV landscape continues to evolve, the organisations that adopt open, secure, future-proof charging systems today will be the ones leading tomorrow.
OCPP may operate silently in the background, but its impact shapes the entire EV charging experience. And with ChargET enabling this protocol across diverse sectors, India is not just charging vehicles — it is charging ahead into a smarter, cleaner future.
1. What is an OCPP protocol tutorial?
A simple guide that explains how chargers communicate with a central system using OCPP in the following steps:
- Connect the charger to a central management system (CMS).
- Authenticate the user (RFID, app, or plug-and-charge).
- Start the charging session as the charger sends live updates to the CMS.
- Monitor energy use and charger status in real time.
- Stop the session and send final transaction data to the CMS.
This helps anyone understand the basic flow of smart EV charging using OCPP.
2. What is OCPP 1.6 software?
OCPP 1.6 software is the widely used version of the OCPP standard that enables smart charging features like remote monitoring, billing, fault detection, and load management. It makes chargers “smart” by allowing them to connect to a central management system securely and reliably.
