Learning mode and RFID codes

To add a charge card you need its RFID code. If it is not printed on the card, there are two ways to find it: the learning mode of your charge point, or an Android phone with NFC.

• Learning mode on the charge point
• Reading the code with your phone
• Which cards work

#Learning mode on the charge point

With learning mode the charge point registers every card you hold against it for one hour, and puts them in the portal automatically. Handy to read in all the cards of your staff or residents in one go.

1. Connect a car to the charge point. Without a car the charge point goes to rest and does not listen.
2. Open the charge point in the portal and click Turning on learning mode at the top. Confirm.
3. Hold the cards against the charge point one by one. The charge point gives no confirmation; the cards appear in the portal under Charge cards.
4. Click Turning off learning mode as soon as you are done. If you do not, learning mode stops by itself after one hour. Always switch it off, otherwise a passer-by registers their card later that day.

A card that has been read in gets an automatic name with the code and the time. Open it, give it a recognisable name, the name of the employee or the car, and complete the type and the details as described in Adding and managing a charge card.

With split billing the cards that are read in end up with the employee who owns the charge point; the sessions made with them are registered but not charged. Intended for the employee's own card in their company car.

#Reading the code with your phone

If you do not have a charge point at hand, you read the code with an Android phone.

1. Install the NFC Tools app from the Google Play Store.
2. Open the app and hold the card against the back of your phone, where the NFC antenna sits.
3. The app shows the data of the card. Note the serial number; it is shown in hexadecimal form, for example 04:A2:FB:12:34:56:78.
4. Enter that serial number in the RFID field in the portal. You may leave the colons in place; Wattify removes them itself.

This does not work on an iPhone: iOS does not let apps read the code of a card, even though NFC Tools exists for the iPhone. In that case use learning mode or an Android device.

#Which cards work

Every RFID card with a unique code works: a card from Wattify, an existing public charge card (Shell Recharge, Plugsurfing, Mobiflow, Eneco eMobility, and so on) that you want to use on your own charge point, or a key fob you buy online. If you add an existing public card as a private charge card, it is not charged to its issuer on your own charge point.