ClipperCreek, the popular maker of electric charging stations, unveiled a new expansion card for their HCS product line of charging stations. COSMOS is an option for the Level 2, 240V ClipperCreek HCS Series and can be added to any HCS Series charging station for just $184.
COSMOS was designed for developers, system operators, and system integrators; it features a simple digital load management interface, as well as UART Serial Communication interface for more advanced connection to third party monitoring and control systems. The ClipperCreek UART Serial Communications protocol document is available to any interested developer by contacting ClipperCreek for details.
Available UART Serial commands include:
Digital Load Management Interface features:
“With the acceleration of the electric vehicle market, there’s an increased need for charging infrastructure. Many companies desire integration of EV charging with existing building energy management systems”, said Jason France, President and Founder of ClipperCreek. “COSMOS ® is a comprehensive interface that can be utilized by a variety of systems, but is extremely affordable.”
ClipperCreek’s Director of Sales, Will Barrett, said, “COSMOS ® allows users to easily add EV charging to existing building and energy management or other control infrastructure, leveraging what they already have in place to get the features they need at the best value. The COSMOS ® digital and serial interfaces are both being successfully used by several companies and developers today.”
COSMOS ® –enabled HCS charging stations are delivered fully assembled with a communication conduit for external access to serial and digital load management interfaces. COSMOS ® is compatible with the ChargeGuard™ key-based access control, and “Ruggedized” HCS charging stations.
Features of the COSMOS ® HCS charging stations include:
