Creating a New Site

1. Choose the site type

Residential

Choose Residential for a private home or another location where the charging stations are intended for personal use.

• Designed for smaller, private charging installations.
• Supports up to five charging stations.
• Does not support complex electrical structures.

Commercial

Choose Commercial for a business, apartment building, public charging location or another commercially managed installation.

• Designed for larger installations and locations used by multiple users.
• Suitable for sites managed through Synleap or another supported OCPP operator.

2. Set the site name and address

Enter a clear site name and the complete installation address. The name should make the site easy to identify in the site list, especially when the same company manages multiple locations.

3. Select the grounding type

Select the grounding system used at the installation:

• TN/TT: the common wye/star-connected grounding system.
• IT: an ungrounded or high-impedance-grounded system.

You can skip this setting if the grounding type is not yet known. When a charging station at the site comes online for the first time, it will automatically detect the grounding type and synchronise this setting. You can also set or change it manually.

4. Set the time zone

Select the time zone of the physical installation. The time zone is used for site data, charging records and scheduled operations, so it should match the location of the site.

Daylight saving time

If your time zone observes daylight saving time, keep the charging stations online so they can update to the latest local time. Otherwise, scheduled charging and other time-dependent functions may become inaccurate.

5. Select the operator

An operator is required when the site type is Commercial.

• Select Synleap to use the Synleap platform and app to control the charging stations.
• Select another supported OCPP operator if the site will be managed through that operator's platform.

If the operator you need is not in the supported list, contact Synleap support and ask us to add it.

6. Configure the main fuse

The Main Fuse represents the site's main circuit breaker and defines the total electrical capacity available to the configured site structure.

Enter:

• The rated current of the main circuit breaker, in amperes (A).
• The percentage of that rating that the system is allowed to use.

For example, if the main circuit breaker is rated at 100 A and the usage limit is set to 80%, the configured current limit is 80 A.

7. Configure the electrical structure

The electrical structure describes how the charging stations and load-management devices are connected below the site's main circuit breaker.

Circuit

A Circuit is a dedicated charging circuit. Charging stations can only be added under a Circuit, and a Circuit must not contain other electrical loads.

Use a Circuit when the branch supplies charging stations only:

Main Fuse
└── Circuit
    └── Charger

Multiple charging stations may be placed on the same Circuit when the physical installation supports it. Chargers on the same Circuit must be compatible with the same circuit configuration and charger category.

Fuse

A Fuse represents an additional circuit breaker or protected distribution branch below the Main Fuse. It is used to reproduce a more complex physical power distribution structure in the app.

A Fuse can contain:

• Another Fuse.
• A Circuit for charging stations.

Use a Fuse when the same electrical branch also supplies other electrical loads. Do not place those loads inside the charger Circuit. Instead, represent the shared branch with a Fuse and add the charger Circuit below it.

Load balancing can be configured for a Fuse. When load balancing is enabled, the system dynamically adjusts the current used by the charging stations to protect the Fuse from overload.

Main Fuse
└── Fuse (load balancing enabled)
    ├── Other electrical loads
    └── Circuit
        └── Charger

The rating of a Fuse or Circuit must not exceed the rating of the Fuse above it.

Charger

A Charger must always be added under a Circuit. It cannot be added directly under the Main Fuse or another Fuse.

Load Balancer

A Load Balancer is installed under a Fuse, not under a Circuit. Because a Circuit can contain only charging stations, the system can calculate the current used by that Circuit directly and does not require a Load Balancer there.

The Load Balancer measures the total current at the Fuse, including other electrical loads. When load balancing is enabled, the system uses this measurement to dynamically adjust the current available to the charging stations and protect the Fuse from overload. See Load Balancing for more information.