INCH Brain Configuration

INCH Brain is an additional piece of equipment used to extend the load management capabilities of the Etrel INCH charging station. With INCH, the Load management service can run directly on one of the charging stations selected as a master. However, running it directly on a charger has some drawbacks: processing power on a charger is limited, and it can process only up to 36 connectors (EVSE) in the power management cluster. INCH Brain is running on industrial PC thus capable of running power management for up to 300 chargers.

Connecting and using is same as regular INCH charger without setting up any of the basic charging functions. To access web interface of the INCH Brain enter brain.local to your favorite web browser.

After that you will be presented with standard login screen, known from other INCH products. Username and password are same across all devices and is root@etrel.com for username, password is t o o r.

You will land on dashboard view of the INCH Brain. On the right side you will see other chargers connected to this brain. Here we have only one for the demonstration purposes. By clicking on connector we can see usefull data, of how much current is currently consumed on each phase, when charging started, etc.

Basic interface is same as on any INCH Pro or Duo charger. You will notice there are missing features, like setting up maximum charging currents for connectors.

On the top left corner we can find menu icon. Under Device configuration we can set up device mode. Under web interface access we can manage who has access to the MyINCH web interface. Time and regional settings is intended for selecting user interface language and time on the INCH Brain.

Local users can also be added in local users menu, and how can EV drivers authorize can be selected under charging authorization menu. All four options are available, plug and charge, local users and central system.

Brain can be only connected with ethernet cable, but we can select if we want static or dynamic IP address. We can connect INCH Brain also to the backend same as every other charger, and we can set up modbus in Smart home/building connectivity.

Power managment is the most important part of using INCH Brain, but setting up cluster and powers for the connectors is the same as for the INCH Pro or INCH Duo, so we recommend that you refer to the clustering manual video, where setting up cluster is explained into more detail.