Terminals

The Terminals module in Tridens EV Charge manages physical payment terminals linked to the charging infrastructure. It allows operators to view, assign, and unassign terminals to specific areas or connectors.

A Terminal represents a physical unit (for example, a payment terminal) that can be assigned to the charging infrastructure.

In the context of Tridens EV Charge, terminals enable seamless interaction between the charging environment and payment systems, ensuring secure transactions and operational efficiency.

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Terminals

A Terminal consists of the following attributes:

  • Identification (id, code): Unique identifiers used to distinguish the terminal.
  • Naming (name, description): Human-readable name and additional descriptive information.
  • Type (payment): Defines the terminal type, such as a payment terminal.
  • Address (address, city, zip, state, country): Specifies the official physical location of the terminal.
  • Geolocation (latitude, longitude): Indicates the terminal’s exact geographical coordinates.
  • Roaming (platform, roaming id, roaming reference): Indicates whether the terminal belongs to a third-party roaming platform (Payment Terminal Provider — PTP) and provides its roaming identification details.
  • Operator: Optional site operator associated with the terminal. When present, the terminal configuration applies to the operator context; otherwise, it applies to the general site environment.

Payment Terminals Integration

Terminals can be stored through roaming integrations with Payment Terminal Providers (PTPs), where the integrating party is the Charge Point Operator (CPO) managing the charging infrastructure in Tridens EV Charge.

To set up the roaming integration, see Roaming - Roaming Platforms.

Tridens EV Charge automatically persists payment terminals received from an integrated PTP roaming platform either:

  • on pull demand, or
  • through automatic push updates.

Once integrated, the charge point operator can assign payment terminals to Areas or Connectors, ensuring accurate terminal association within the charging network.

View Terminals

Operators can view all integrated terminals through a filterable table view, allowing quick access to terminal details and management actions.

Assign Terminal to Charging Infrastructure

A charging infrastructure operator can connect a terminal by assigning it to a specific Area or Connector.
When roaming integration with Payment Terminal Provider is active, the assigned terminal will reflect as assigned on the charging infrastructure in roaming to ensure data consistency across platforms.

Unassign Terminal from the Charging Infrastructure

A charging infrastructure operator can disconnect a terminal by unassigning it from an Area or Connector.
When roaming integration with Payment Terminal Provider is enabled, such Terminal will reflect as unassigned from the charging infrastructure in roaming to ensure data consistency across platforms.