Imports cleanup
[e-mobility-charging-stations-simulator.git] / src / charging-station / ChargingStation.ts
index 96d889ee48b7f2a9168ccc5737d554885e546bc9..c42ff2b9625b126cdfccf0ce9f5df145315d644d 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,42 @@
 // Partial Copyright Jerome Benoit. 2021. All Rights Reserved.
 
-import { ACElectricUtils, DCElectricUtils } from '../utils/ElectricUtils';
+import crypto from 'crypto';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import { URL } from 'url';
+import { parentPort } from 'worker_threads';
+
+import WebSocket, { Data, RawData } from 'ws';
+
+import BaseError from '../exception/BaseError';
+import OCPPError from '../exception/OCPPError';
+import PerformanceStatistics from '../performance/PerformanceStatistics';
+import type { AutomaticTransactionGeneratorConfiguration } from '../types/AutomaticTransactionGenerator';
+import type ChargingStationConfiguration from '../types/ChargingStationConfiguration';
+import type ChargingStationInfo from '../types/ChargingStationInfo';
+import type ChargingStationOcppConfiguration from '../types/ChargingStationOcppConfiguration';
+import ChargingStationTemplate, {
+  CurrentType,
+  PowerUnits,
+  WsOptions,
+} from '../types/ChargingStationTemplate';
+import { SupervisionUrlDistribution } from '../types/ConfigurationData';
+import type { ConnectorStatus } from '../types/ConnectorStatus';
+import { FileType } from '../types/FileType';
+import type { JsonType } from '../types/JsonType';
+import { ChargePointErrorCode } from '../types/ocpp/ChargePointErrorCode';
+import { ChargePointStatus } from '../types/ocpp/ChargePointStatus';
+import { ChargingProfile, ChargingRateUnitType } from '../types/ocpp/ChargingProfile';
+import {
+  ConnectorPhaseRotation,
+  StandardParametersKey,
+  SupportedFeatureProfiles,
+  VendorDefaultParametersKey,
+} from '../types/ocpp/Configuration';
+import { ErrorType } from '../types/ocpp/ErrorType';
+import { MessageType } from '../types/ocpp/MessageType';
+import { MeterValue, MeterValueMeasurand } from '../types/ocpp/MeterValues';
+import { OCPPVersion } from '../types/ocpp/OCPPVersion';
 import {
   AvailabilityType,
   BootNotificationRequest,
@@ -21,100 +57,75 @@ import {
   Response,
   StatusNotificationResponse,
 } from '../types/ocpp/Responses';
-import { ChargingProfile, ChargingRateUnitType } from '../types/ocpp/ChargingProfile';
-import ChargingStationConfiguration, { Section } from '../types/ChargingStationConfiguration';
-import ChargingStationTemplate, {
-  CurrentType,
-  PowerUnits,
-  WsOptions,
-} from '../types/ChargingStationTemplate';
-import {
-  ConnectorPhaseRotation,
-  StandardParametersKey,
-  SupportedFeatureProfiles,
-  VendorDefaultParametersKey,
-} from '../types/ocpp/Configuration';
-import { MeterValue, MeterValueMeasurand } from '../types/ocpp/MeterValues';
 import {
   StopTransactionReason,
   StopTransactionRequest,
   StopTransactionResponse,
 } from '../types/ocpp/Transaction';
 import { WSError, WebSocketCloseEventStatusCode } from '../types/WebSocket';
-import WebSocket, { Data, OPEN, RawData } from 'ws';
-
-import AutomaticTransactionGenerator from './AutomaticTransactionGenerator';
-import { AutomaticTransactionGeneratorConfiguration } from '../types/AutomaticTransactionGenerator';
-import BaseError from '../exception/BaseError';
-import { ChargePointErrorCode } from '../types/ocpp/ChargePointErrorCode';
-import { ChargePointStatus } from '../types/ocpp/ChargePointStatus';
-import { ChargingStationConfigurationUtils } from './ChargingStationConfigurationUtils';
-import ChargingStationInfo from '../types/ChargingStationInfo';
-import ChargingStationOcppConfiguration from '../types/ChargingStationOcppConfiguration';
-import { ChargingStationUtils } from './ChargingStationUtils';
-import { ChargingStationWorkerMessageEvents } from '../types/ChargingStationWorker';
 import Configuration from '../utils/Configuration';
-import { ConnectorStatus } from '../types/ConnectorStatus';
 import Constants from '../utils/Constants';
-import { ErrorType } from '../types/ocpp/ErrorType';
-import { FileType } from '../types/FileType';
+import { ACElectricUtils, DCElectricUtils } from '../utils/ElectricUtils';
 import FileUtils from '../utils/FileUtils';
-import { JsonType } from '../types/JsonType';
-import { MessageType } from '../types/ocpp/MessageType';
+import logger from '../utils/Logger';
+import Utils from '../utils/Utils';
+import AuthorizedTagsCache from './AuthorizedTagsCache';
+import AutomaticTransactionGenerator from './AutomaticTransactionGenerator';
+import { ChargingStationConfigurationUtils } from './ChargingStationConfigurationUtils';
+import { ChargingStationUtils } from './ChargingStationUtils';
+import ChargingStationWorkerBroadcastChannel from './ChargingStationWorkerBroadcastChannel';
+import { MessageChannelUtils } from './MessageChannelUtils';
 import OCPP16IncomingRequestService from './ocpp/1.6/OCPP16IncomingRequestService';
 import OCPP16RequestService from './ocpp/1.6/OCPP16RequestService';
 import OCPP16ResponseService from './ocpp/1.6/OCPP16ResponseService';
 import { OCPP16ServiceUtils } from './ocpp/1.6/OCPP16ServiceUtils';
-import OCPPError from '../exception/OCPPError';
-import OCPPIncomingRequestService from './ocpp/OCPPIncomingRequestService';
-import OCPPRequestService from './ocpp/OCPPRequestService';
-import { OCPPVersion } from '../types/ocpp/OCPPVersion';
-import PerformanceStatistics from '../performance/PerformanceStatistics';
-import { SupervisionUrlDistribution } from '../types/ConfigurationData';
-import { URL } from 'url';
-import Utils from '../utils/Utils';
-import crypto from 'crypto';
-import fs from 'fs';
-import logger from '../utils/Logger';
-import { parentPort } from 'worker_threads';
-import path from 'path';
+import type OCPPIncomingRequestService from './ocpp/OCPPIncomingRequestService';
+import type OCPPRequestService from './ocpp/OCPPRequestService';
+import SharedLRUCache from './SharedLRUCache';
 
 export default class ChargingStation {
-  public hashId!: string;
   public readonly templateFile: string;
-  public authorizedTags: string[];
   public stationInfo!: ChargingStationInfo;
-  public readonly connectors: Map<number, ConnectorStatus>;
+  public started: boolean;
+  public authorizedTagsCache: AuthorizedTagsCache;
+  public automaticTransactionGenerator!: AutomaticTransactionGenerator;
   public ocppConfiguration!: ChargingStationOcppConfiguration;
   public wsConnection!: WebSocket;
+  public readonly connectors: Map<number, ConnectorStatus>;
   public readonly requests: Map<string, CachedRequest>;
   public performanceStatistics!: PerformanceStatistics;
   public heartbeatSetInterval!: NodeJS.Timeout;
   public ocppRequestService!: OCPPRequestService;
+  public bootNotificationRequest!: BootNotificationRequest;
   public bootNotificationResponse!: BootNotificationResponse | null;
   public powerDivider!: number;
   private readonly index: number;
   private configurationFile!: string;
-  private bootNotificationRequest!: BootNotificationRequest;
+  private configurationFileHash!: string;
   private connectorsConfigurationHash!: string;
   private ocppIncomingRequestService!: OCPPIncomingRequestService;
   private readonly messageBuffer: Set<string>;
   private configuredSupervisionUrl!: URL;
   private wsConnectionRestarted: boolean;
   private autoReconnectRetryCount: number;
-  private stopped: boolean;
-  private automaticTransactionGenerator!: AutomaticTransactionGenerator;
+  private templateFileWatcher!: fs.FSWatcher;
+  private readonly sharedLRUCache: SharedLRUCache;
   private webSocketPingSetInterval!: NodeJS.Timeout;
+  private readonly chargingStationWorkerBroadcastChannel: ChargingStationWorkerBroadcastChannel;
 
   constructor(index: number, templateFile: string) {
     this.index = index;
     this.templateFile = templateFile;
-    this.stopped = false;
-    this.wsConnectionRestarted = false;
-    this.autoReconnectRetryCount = 0;
     this.connectors = new Map<number, ConnectorStatus>();
     this.requests = new Map<string, CachedRequest>();
     this.messageBuffer = new Set<string>();
+    this.sharedLRUCache = SharedLRUCache.getInstance();
+    this.authorizedTagsCache = AuthorizedTagsCache.getInstance();
+    this.chargingStationWorkerBroadcastChannel = new ChargingStationWorkerBroadcastChannel(this);
+    this.started = false;
+    this.wsConnectionRestarted = false;
+    this.autoReconnectRetryCount = 0;
+
     this.initialize();
   }
 
@@ -140,17 +151,20 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     );
   }
 
-  public getBootNotificationRequest(): BootNotificationRequest {
-    return this.bootNotificationRequest;
-  }
-
   public getRandomIdTag(): string {
-    const index = Math.floor(Utils.secureRandom() * this.authorizedTags.length);
-    return this.authorizedTags[index];
+    const authorizationFile = ChargingStationUtils.getAuthorizationFile(this.stationInfo);
+    const index = Math.floor(
+      Utils.secureRandom() * this.authorizedTagsCache.getAuthorizedTags(authorizationFile).length
+    );
+    return this.authorizedTagsCache.getAuthorizedTags(authorizationFile)[index];
   }
 
   public hasAuthorizedTags(): boolean {
-    return !Utils.isEmptyArray(this.authorizedTags);
+    return !Utils.isEmptyArray(
+      this.authorizedTagsCache.getAuthorizedTags(
+        ChargingStationUtils.getAuthorizationFile(this.stationInfo)
+      )
+    );
   }
 
   public getEnableStatistics(): boolean | undefined {
@@ -159,8 +173,12 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       : true;
   }
 
-  public getMayAuthorizeAtRemoteStart(): boolean | undefined {
-    return this.stationInfo.mayAuthorizeAtRemoteStart ?? true;
+  public getMustAuthorizeAtRemoteStart(): boolean | undefined {
+    return this.stationInfo.mustAuthorizeAtRemoteStart ?? true;
+  }
+
+  public getPayloadSchemaValidation(): boolean | undefined {
+    return this.stationInfo.payloadSchemaValidation ?? true;
   }
 
   public getNumberOfPhases(stationInfo?: ChargingStationInfo): number | undefined {
@@ -176,7 +194,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
   }
 
   public isWebSocketConnectionOpened(): boolean {
-    return this?.wsConnection?.readyState === OPEN;
+    return this?.wsConnection?.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN;
   }
 
   public getRegistrationStatus(): RegistrationStatus {
@@ -313,22 +331,18 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     }
   }
 
-  public getEnergyActiveImportRegisterByTransactionId(transactionId: number): number | undefined {
-    const transactionConnectorStatus = this.getConnectorStatus(
-      this.getConnectorIdByTransactionId(transactionId)
+  public getEnergyActiveImportRegisterByTransactionId(
+    transactionId: number,
+    meterStop = false
+  ): number {
+    return this.getEnergyActiveImportRegister(
+      this.getConnectorStatus(this.getConnectorIdByTransactionId(transactionId)),
+      meterStop
     );
-    if (this.getMeteringPerTransaction()) {
-      return transactionConnectorStatus?.transactionEnergyActiveImportRegisterValue;
-    }
-    return transactionConnectorStatus?.energyActiveImportRegisterValue;
   }
 
-  public getEnergyActiveImportRegisterByConnectorId(connectorId: number): number | undefined {
-    const connectorStatus = this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId);
-    if (this.getMeteringPerTransaction()) {
-      return connectorStatus?.transactionEnergyActiveImportRegisterValue;
-    }
-    return connectorStatus?.energyActiveImportRegisterValue;
+  public getEnergyActiveImportRegisterByConnectorId(connectorId: number): number {
+    return this.getEnergyActiveImportRegister(this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId));
   }
 
   public getAuthorizeRemoteTxRequests(): boolean {
@@ -411,13 +425,13 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       );
       return;
     }
-    if (!this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted) {
+    if (this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted === false) {
       logger.error(
         `${this.logPrefix()} Trying to start MeterValues on connector Id ${connectorId} with no transaction started`
       );
       return;
     } else if (
-      this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted &&
+      this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted === true &&
       !this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionId
     ) {
       logger.error(
@@ -465,36 +479,8 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       this.performanceStatistics.start();
     }
     this.openWSConnection();
-    // Handle WebSocket message
-    this.wsConnection.on(
-      'message',
-      this.onMessage.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, data: RawData, isBinary: boolean) => void
-    );
-    // Handle WebSocket error
-    this.wsConnection.on(
-      'error',
-      this.onError.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, error: Error) => void
-    );
-    // Handle WebSocket close
-    this.wsConnection.on(
-      'close',
-      this.onClose.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, code: number, reason: Buffer) => void
-    );
-    // Handle WebSocket open
-    this.wsConnection.on('open', this.onOpen.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket) => void);
-    // Handle WebSocket ping
-    this.wsConnection.on('ping', this.onPing.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, data: Buffer) => void);
-    // Handle WebSocket pong
-    this.wsConnection.on('pong', this.onPong.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, data: Buffer) => void);
-    // Monitor authorization file
-    FileUtils.watchJsonFile<string[]>(
-      this.logPrefix(),
-      FileType.Authorization,
-      ChargingStationUtils.getAuthorizationFile(this.stationInfo),
-      this.authorizedTags
-    );
     // Monitor charging station template file
-    FileUtils.watchJsonFile(
+    this.templateFileWatcher = FileUtils.watchJsonFile(
       this.logPrefix(),
       FileType.ChargingStationTemplate,
       this.templateFile,
@@ -507,11 +493,14 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
                 this.templateFile
               } file have changed, reload`
             );
+            this.sharedLRUCache.deleteChargingStationTemplate(this.stationInfo?.templateHash);
             // Initialize
             this.initialize();
             // Restart the ATG
             this.stopAutomaticTransactionGenerator();
-            this.startAutomaticTransactionGenerator();
+            if (this.getAutomaticTransactionGeneratorConfigurationFromTemplate()?.enable) {
+              this.startAutomaticTransactionGenerator();
+            }
             if (this.getEnableStatistics()) {
               this.performanceStatistics.restart();
             } else {
@@ -520,22 +509,17 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
             // FIXME?: restart heartbeat and WebSocket ping when their interval values have changed
           } catch (error) {
             logger.error(
-              `${this.logPrefix()} ${FileType.ChargingStationTemplate} file monitoring error: %j`,
+              `${this.logPrefix()} ${FileType.ChargingStationTemplate} file monitoring error:`,
               error
             );
           }
         }
       }
     );
-    parentPort.postMessage({
-      id: ChargingStationWorkerMessageEvents.STARTED,
-      data: { id: this.stationInfo.chargingStationId },
-    });
+    parentPort.postMessage(MessageChannelUtils.buildStartedMessage(this));
   }
 
-  public async stop(reason: StopTransactionReason = StopTransactionReason.NONE): Promise<void> {
-    // Stop message sequence
-    await this.stopMessageSequence(reason);
+  public async stop(): Promise<void> {
     for (const connectorId of this.connectors.keys()) {
       if (connectorId > 0) {
         await this.ocppRequestService.requestHandler<
@@ -549,22 +533,20 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
         this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).status = ChargePointStatus.UNAVAILABLE;
       }
     }
-    if (this.isWebSocketConnectionOpened()) {
-      this.wsConnection.close();
-    }
+    this.closeWSConnection();
     if (this.getEnableStatistics()) {
       this.performanceStatistics.stop();
     }
+    this.sharedLRUCache.deleteChargingStationConfiguration(this.configurationFileHash);
+    this.templateFileWatcher.close();
+    this.sharedLRUCache.deleteChargingStationTemplate(this.stationInfo?.templateHash);
     this.bootNotificationResponse = null;
-    parentPort.postMessage({
-      id: ChargingStationWorkerMessageEvents.STOPPED,
-      data: { id: this.stationInfo.chargingStationId },
-    });
-    this.stopped = true;
+    this.started = false;
+    parentPort.postMessage(MessageChannelUtils.buildStoppedMessage(this));
   }
 
-  public async reset(reason?: StopTransactionReason): Promise<void> {
-    await this.stop(reason);
+  public async reset(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.stop();
     await Utils.sleep(this.stationInfo.resetTime);
     this.initialize();
     this.start();
@@ -572,7 +554,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
 
   public saveOcppConfiguration(): void {
     if (this.getOcppPersistentConfiguration()) {
-      this.saveConfiguration(Section.ocppConfiguration);
+      this.saveConfiguration();
     }
   }
 
@@ -592,7 +574,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     if (!Utils.isEmptyArray(chargingProfiles)) {
       const result = ChargingStationUtils.getLimitFromChargingProfiles(
         chargingProfiles,
-        Utils.logPrefix()
+        this.logPrefix()
       );
       if (!Utils.isNullOrUndefined(result)) {
         limit = result.limit;
@@ -612,7 +594,6 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
                 ? limit
                 : DCElectricUtils.power(this.getVoltageOut(), limit);
         }
-
         const connectorMaximumPower = this.getMaximumPower() / this.powerDivider;
         if (limit > connectorMaximumPower) {
           logger.error(
@@ -635,7 +616,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       );
       this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).chargingProfiles = [];
     }
-    if (!Array.isArray(this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).chargingProfiles)) {
+    if (Array.isArray(this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).chargingProfiles) === false) {
       logger.error(
         `${this.logPrefix()} Trying to set a charging profile on connectorId ${connectorId} with an improper attribute type for the charging profiles array, applying proper type initialization`
       );
@@ -684,7 +665,165 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     this.messageBuffer.add(message);
   }
 
-  private flushMessageBuffer() {
+  public openWSConnection(
+    options: WsOptions = this.stationInfo?.wsOptions ?? {},
+    params: { closeOpened?: boolean; terminateOpened?: boolean } = {
+      closeOpened: false,
+      terminateOpened: false,
+    }
+  ): void {
+    options.handshakeTimeout = options?.handshakeTimeout ?? this.getConnectionTimeout() * 1000;
+    params.closeOpened = params?.closeOpened ?? false;
+    params.terminateOpened = params?.terminateOpened ?? false;
+    if (
+      !Utils.isNullOrUndefined(this.stationInfo.supervisionUser) &&
+      !Utils.isNullOrUndefined(this.stationInfo.supervisionPassword)
+    ) {
+      options.auth = `${this.stationInfo.supervisionUser}:${this.stationInfo.supervisionPassword}`;
+    }
+    if (params?.closeOpened) {
+      this.closeWSConnection();
+    }
+    if (params?.terminateOpened) {
+      this.terminateWSConnection();
+    }
+    let protocol: string;
+    switch (this.getOcppVersion()) {
+      case OCPPVersion.VERSION_16:
+        protocol = 'ocpp' + OCPPVersion.VERSION_16;
+        break;
+      default:
+        this.handleUnsupportedVersion(this.getOcppVersion());
+        break;
+    }
+
+    if (this.isWebSocketConnectionOpened()) {
+      logger.warn(
+        `${this.logPrefix()} OCPP connection to URL ${this.wsConnectionUrl.toString()} is already opened`
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    logger.info(
+      `${this.logPrefix()} Open OCPP connection to URL ${this.wsConnectionUrl.toString()}`
+    );
+
+    this.wsConnection = new WebSocket(this.wsConnectionUrl, protocol, options);
+
+    // Handle WebSocket message
+    this.wsConnection.on(
+      'message',
+      this.onMessage.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, data: RawData, isBinary: boolean) => void
+    );
+    // Handle WebSocket error
+    this.wsConnection.on(
+      'error',
+      this.onError.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, error: Error) => void
+    );
+    // Handle WebSocket close
+    this.wsConnection.on(
+      'close',
+      this.onClose.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, code: number, reason: Buffer) => void
+    );
+    // Handle WebSocket open
+    this.wsConnection.on('open', this.onOpen.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket) => void);
+    // Handle WebSocket ping
+    this.wsConnection.on('ping', this.onPing.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, data: Buffer) => void);
+    // Handle WebSocket pong
+    this.wsConnection.on('pong', this.onPong.bind(this) as (this: WebSocket, data: Buffer) => void);
+  }
+
+  public closeWSConnection(): void {
+    if (this.isWebSocketConnectionOpened()) {
+      this.wsConnection.close();
+      this.wsConnection = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public startAutomaticTransactionGenerator(connectorIds?: number[]): void {
+    if (!this.automaticTransactionGenerator) {
+      this.automaticTransactionGenerator = AutomaticTransactionGenerator.getInstance(
+        this.getAutomaticTransactionGeneratorConfigurationFromTemplate(),
+        this
+      );
+    }
+    if (!Utils.isEmptyArray(connectorIds)) {
+      for (const connectorId of connectorIds) {
+        this.automaticTransactionGenerator.startConnector(connectorId);
+      }
+    } else {
+      this.automaticTransactionGenerator.start();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public stopAutomaticTransactionGenerator(connectorIds?: number[]): void {
+    if (!Utils.isEmptyArray(connectorIds)) {
+      for (const connectorId of connectorIds) {
+        this.automaticTransactionGenerator?.stopConnector(connectorId);
+      }
+    } else {
+      this.automaticTransactionGenerator?.stop();
+      this.automaticTransactionGenerator = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public getNumberOfRunningTransactions(): number {
+    let trxCount = 0;
+    for (const connectorId of this.connectors.keys()) {
+      if (connectorId > 0 && this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted === true) {
+        trxCount++;
+      }
+    }
+    return trxCount;
+  }
+
+  public async stopRunningTransactions(reason = StopTransactionReason.NONE): Promise<void> {
+    for (const connectorId of this.connectors.keys()) {
+      if (connectorId > 0 && this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted === true) {
+        await this.stopTransactionOnConnector(connectorId, reason);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public async stopTransactionOnConnector(
+    connectorId: number,
+    reason = StopTransactionReason.NONE
+  ): Promise<StopTransactionResponse> {
+    const transactionId = this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).transactionId;
+    if (
+      this.getBeginEndMeterValues() &&
+      this.getOcppStrictCompliance() &&
+      !this.getOutOfOrderEndMeterValues()
+    ) {
+      // FIXME: Implement OCPP version agnostic helpers
+      const transactionEndMeterValue = OCPP16ServiceUtils.buildTransactionEndMeterValue(
+        this,
+        connectorId,
+        this.getEnergyActiveImportRegisterByTransactionId(transactionId)
+      );
+      await this.ocppRequestService.requestHandler<MeterValuesRequest, MeterValuesResponse>(
+        this,
+        RequestCommand.METER_VALUES,
+        {
+          connectorId,
+          transactionId,
+          meterValue: [transactionEndMeterValue],
+        }
+      );
+    }
+    return this.ocppRequestService.requestHandler<StopTransactionRequest, StopTransactionResponse>(
+      this,
+      RequestCommand.STOP_TRANSACTION,
+      {
+        transactionId,
+        meterStop: this.getEnergyActiveImportRegisterByTransactionId(transactionId, true),
+        idTag: this.getTransactionIdTag(transactionId),
+        reason,
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  private flushMessageBuffer(): void {
     if (this.messageBuffer.size > 0) {
       this.messageBuffer.forEach((message) => {
         // TODO: evaluate the need to track performance
@@ -705,14 +844,21 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
   private getTemplateFromFile(): ChargingStationTemplate | null {
     let template: ChargingStationTemplate = null;
     try {
-      const measureId = `${FileType.ChargingStationTemplate} read`;
-      const beginId = PerformanceStatistics.beginMeasure(measureId);
-      template = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(this.templateFile, 'utf8')) as ChargingStationTemplate;
-      PerformanceStatistics.endMeasure(measureId, beginId);
-      template.templateHash = crypto
-        .createHash(Constants.DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM)
-        .update(JSON.stringify(template))
-        .digest('hex');
+      if (this.sharedLRUCache.hasChargingStationTemplate(this.stationInfo?.templateHash)) {
+        template = this.sharedLRUCache.getChargingStationTemplate(this.stationInfo.templateHash);
+      } else {
+        const measureId = `${FileType.ChargingStationTemplate} read`;
+        const beginId = PerformanceStatistics.beginMeasure(measureId);
+        template = JSON.parse(
+          fs.readFileSync(this.templateFile, 'utf8')
+        ) as ChargingStationTemplate;
+        PerformanceStatistics.endMeasure(measureId, beginId);
+        template.templateHash = crypto
+          .createHash(Constants.DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM)
+          .update(JSON.stringify(template))
+          .digest('hex');
+        this.sharedLRUCache.setChargingStationTemplate(template);
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       FileUtils.handleFileException(
         this.logPrefix(),
@@ -751,6 +897,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     );
     const stationInfo: ChargingStationInfo =
       ChargingStationUtils.stationTemplateToStationInfo(stationTemplate);
+    stationInfo.hashId = ChargingStationUtils.getHashId(this.index, stationTemplate);
     stationInfo.chargingStationId = ChargingStationUtils.getChargingStationId(
       this.index,
       stationTemplate
@@ -780,14 +927,14 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     ChargingStationUtils.checkConfiguredMaxConnectors(
       configuredMaxConnectors,
       this.templateFile,
-      Utils.logPrefix()
+      this.logPrefix()
     );
     const templateMaxConnectors =
       ChargingStationUtils.getTemplateMaxNumberOfConnectors(stationTemplate);
     ChargingStationUtils.checkTemplateMaxConnectors(
       templateMaxConnectors,
       this.templateFile,
-      Utils.logPrefix()
+      this.logPrefix()
     );
     if (
       configuredMaxConnectors >
@@ -826,13 +973,18 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       }
       return stationInfoFromFile;
     }
-    ChargingStationUtils.createSerialNumber(this.getTemplateFromFile(), stationInfoFromFile);
+    stationInfoFromFile &&
+      ChargingStationUtils.propagateSerialNumber(
+        this.getTemplateFromFile(),
+        stationInfoFromFile,
+        stationInfoFromTemplate
+      );
     return stationInfoFromTemplate;
   }
 
   private saveStationInfo(): void {
     if (this.getStationInfoPersistentConfiguration()) {
-      this.saveConfiguration(Section.stationInfo);
+      this.saveConfiguration();
     }
   }
 
@@ -849,30 +1001,25 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
   }
 
   private handleUnsupportedVersion(version: OCPPVersion) {
-    const errMsg = `${this.logPrefix()} Unsupported protocol version '${version}' configured in template file ${
-      this.templateFile
-    }`;
-    logger.error(errMsg);
-    throw new Error(errMsg);
+    const errMsg = `Unsupported protocol version '${version}' configured in template file ${this.templateFile}`;
+    logger.error(`${this.logPrefix()} ${errMsg}`);
+    throw new BaseError(errMsg);
   }
 
   private initialize(): void {
-    this.hashId = ChargingStationUtils.getHashId(this.index, this.getTemplateFromFile());
-    logger.info(`${this.logPrefix()} Charging station hashId '${this.hashId}'`);
     this.configurationFile = path.join(
-      path.resolve(__dirname, '../'),
-      'assets',
-      'configurations',
-      this.hashId + '.json'
+      path.dirname(this.templateFile.replace('station-templates', 'configurations')),
+      ChargingStationUtils.getHashId(this.index, this.getTemplateFromFile()) + '.json'
     );
     this.stationInfo = this.getStationInfo();
     this.saveStationInfo();
+    logger.info(`${this.logPrefix()} Charging station hashId '${this.stationInfo.hashId}'`);
     // Avoid duplication of connectors related information in RAM
     this.stationInfo?.Connectors && delete this.stationInfo.Connectors;
     this.configuredSupervisionUrl = this.getConfiguredSupervisionUrl();
     if (this.getEnableStatistics()) {
       this.performanceStatistics = PerformanceStatistics.getInstance(
-        this.hashId,
+        this.stationInfo.hashId,
         this.stationInfo.chargingStationId,
         this.configuredSupervisionUrl
       );
@@ -880,11 +1027,6 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     this.bootNotificationRequest = ChargingStationUtils.createBootNotificationRequest(
       this.stationInfo
     );
-    this.authorizedTags = ChargingStationUtils.getAuthorizedTags(
-      this.stationInfo,
-      this.templateFile,
-      this.logPrefix()
-    );
     this.powerDivider = this.getPowerDivider();
     // OCPP configuration
     this.ocppConfiguration = this.getOcppConfiguration();
@@ -901,7 +1043,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
         this.handleUnsupportedVersion(this.getOcppVersion());
         break;
     }
-    if (this.stationInfo.autoRegister) {
+    if (this.stationInfo?.autoRegister) {
       this.bootNotificationResponse = {
         currentTime: new Date().toISOString(),
         interval: this.getHeartbeatInterval() / 1000,
@@ -1078,10 +1220,8 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     templateMaxConnectors: number
   ): void {
     if (!stationInfo?.Connectors && this.connectors.size === 0) {
-      const logMsg = `${this.logPrefix()} No already defined connectors and charging station information from template ${
-        this.templateFile
-      } with no connectors configuration defined`;
-      logger.error(logMsg);
+      const logMsg = `No already defined connectors and charging station information from template ${this.templateFile} with no connectors configuration defined`;
+      logger.error(`${this.logPrefix()} ${logMsg}`);
       throw new BaseError(logMsg);
     }
     if (!stationInfo?.Connectors[0]) {
@@ -1146,7 +1286,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     }
     // Initialize transaction attributes on connectors
     for (const connectorId of this.connectors.keys()) {
-      if (connectorId > 0 && !this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted) {
+      if (connectorId > 0 && this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted === false) {
         this.initializeConnectorStatus(connectorId);
       }
     }
@@ -1156,12 +1296,20 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     let configuration: ChargingStationConfiguration = null;
     if (this.configurationFile && fs.existsSync(this.configurationFile)) {
       try {
-        const measureId = `${FileType.ChargingStationConfiguration} read`;
-        const beginId = PerformanceStatistics.beginMeasure(measureId);
-        configuration = JSON.parse(
-          fs.readFileSync(this.configurationFile, 'utf8')
-        ) as ChargingStationConfiguration;
-        PerformanceStatistics.endMeasure(measureId, beginId);
+        if (this.sharedLRUCache.hasChargingStationConfiguration(this.configurationFileHash)) {
+          configuration = this.sharedLRUCache.getChargingStationConfiguration(
+            this.configurationFileHash
+          );
+        } else {
+          const measureId = `${FileType.ChargingStationConfiguration} read`;
+          const beginId = PerformanceStatistics.beginMeasure(measureId);
+          configuration = JSON.parse(
+            fs.readFileSync(this.configurationFile, 'utf8')
+          ) as ChargingStationConfiguration;
+          PerformanceStatistics.endMeasure(measureId, beginId);
+          this.configurationFileHash = configuration.configurationHash;
+          this.sharedLRUCache.setChargingStationConfiguration(configuration);
+        }
       } catch (error) {
         FileUtils.handleFileException(
           this.logPrefix(),
@@ -1174,7 +1322,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     return configuration;
   }
 
-  private saveConfiguration(section?: Section): void {
+  private saveConfiguration(): void {
     if (this.configurationFile) {
       try {
         if (!fs.existsSync(path.dirname(this.configurationFile))) {
@@ -1182,34 +1330,32 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
         }
         const configurationData: ChargingStationConfiguration =
           this.getConfigurationFromFile() ?? {};
-        switch (section) {
-          case Section.ocppConfiguration:
-            configurationData.configurationKey = this.ocppConfiguration.configurationKey;
-            break;
-          case Section.stationInfo:
-            if (configurationData?.stationInfo?.infoHash === this.stationInfo?.infoHash) {
-              logger.debug(
-                `${this.logPrefix()} Not saving unchanged charging station information to configuration file ${
-                  this.configurationFile
-                }`
-              );
-              return;
-            }
-            configurationData.stationInfo = this.stationInfo;
-            break;
-          default:
-            configurationData.configurationKey = this.ocppConfiguration.configurationKey;
-            if (configurationData?.stationInfo?.infoHash !== this.stationInfo?.infoHash) {
-              configurationData.stationInfo = this.stationInfo;
-            }
-            break;
+        this.ocppConfiguration?.configurationKey &&
+          (configurationData.configurationKey = this.ocppConfiguration.configurationKey);
+        this.stationInfo && (configurationData.stationInfo = this.stationInfo);
+        delete configurationData.configurationHash;
+        const configurationHash = crypto
+          .createHash(Constants.DEFAULT_HASH_ALGORITHM)
+          .update(JSON.stringify(configurationData))
+          .digest('hex');
+        if (this.configurationFileHash !== configurationHash) {
+          configurationData.configurationHash = configurationHash;
+          const measureId = `${FileType.ChargingStationConfiguration} write`;
+          const beginId = PerformanceStatistics.beginMeasure(measureId);
+          const fileDescriptor = fs.openSync(this.configurationFile, 'w');
+          fs.writeFileSync(fileDescriptor, JSON.stringify(configurationData, null, 2), 'utf8');
+          fs.closeSync(fileDescriptor);
+          PerformanceStatistics.endMeasure(measureId, beginId);
+          this.sharedLRUCache.deleteChargingStationConfiguration(this.configurationFileHash);
+          this.configurationFileHash = configurationHash;
+          this.sharedLRUCache.setChargingStationConfiguration(configurationData);
+        } else {
+          logger.debug(
+            `${this.logPrefix()} Not saving unchanged charging station configuration file ${
+              this.configurationFile
+            }`
+          );
         }
-        const measureId = `${FileType.ChargingStationConfiguration} write`;
-        const beginId = PerformanceStatistics.beginMeasure(measureId);
-        const fileDescriptor = fs.openSync(this.configurationFile, 'w');
-        fs.writeFileSync(fileDescriptor, JSON.stringify(configurationData, null, 2), 'utf8');
-        fs.closeSync(fileDescriptor);
-        PerformanceStatistics.endMeasure(measureId, beginId);
       } catch (error) {
         FileUtils.handleFileException(
           this.logPrefix(),
@@ -1299,9 +1445,10 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
           `${this.logPrefix()} Registration failure: max retries reached (${this.getRegistrationMaxRetries()}) or retry disabled (${this.getRegistrationMaxRetries()})`
         );
       }
-      this.stopped && (this.stopped = false);
+      this.started === false && (this.started = true);
       this.autoReconnectRetryCount = 0;
       this.wsConnectionRestarted = false;
+      parentPort.postMessage(MessageChannelUtils.buildUpdatedMessage(this));
     } else {
       logger.warn(
         `${this.logPrefix()} Connection to OCPP server through ${this.wsConnectionUrl.toString()} failed`
@@ -1315,22 +1462,24 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       case WebSocketCloseEventStatusCode.CLOSE_NORMAL:
       case WebSocketCloseEventStatusCode.CLOSE_NO_STATUS:
         logger.info(
-          `${this.logPrefix()} WebSocket normally closed with status '${ChargingStationUtils.getWebSocketCloseEventStatusString(
+          `${this.logPrefix()} WebSocket normally closed with status '${Utils.getWebSocketCloseEventStatusString(
             code
           )}' and reason '${reason}'`
         );
         this.autoReconnectRetryCount = 0;
+        await this.stopMessageSequence(StopTransactionReason.OTHER);
         break;
       // Abnormal close
       default:
         logger.error(
-          `${this.logPrefix()} WebSocket abnormally closed with status '${ChargingStationUtils.getWebSocketCloseEventStatusString(
+          `${this.logPrefix()} WebSocket abnormally closed with status '${Utils.getWebSocketCloseEventStatusString(
             code
           )}' and reason '${reason}'`
         );
         await this.reconnect(code);
         break;
     }
+    parentPort.postMessage(MessageChannelUtils.buildUpdatedMessage(this));
   }
 
   private async onMessage(data: Data): Promise<void> {
@@ -1349,7 +1498,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     let errMsg: string;
     try {
       const request = JSON.parse(data.toString()) as IncomingRequest | Response | ErrorResponse;
-      if (Utils.isIterable(request)) {
+      if (Array.isArray(request) === true) {
         [messageType, messageId] = request;
         // Check the type of message
         switch (messageType) {
@@ -1386,19 +1535,19 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
             }
             // Respond
             cachedRequest = this.requests.get(messageId);
-            if (Utils.isIterable(cachedRequest)) {
+            if (Array.isArray(cachedRequest) === true) {
               [responseCallback, , requestCommandName, requestPayload] = cachedRequest;
             } else {
               throw new OCPPError(
                 ErrorType.PROTOCOL_ERROR,
-                `Cached request for message id ${messageId} response is not iterable`,
+                `Cached request for message id ${messageId} response is not an array`,
                 null,
                 cachedRequest as unknown as JsonType
               );
             }
             logger.debug(
               `${this.logPrefix()} << Command '${
-                requestCommandName ?? ''
+                requestCommandName ?? 'unknown'
               }' received response payload: ${JSON.stringify(request)}`
             );
             responseCallback(commandPayload, requestPayload);
@@ -1416,19 +1565,19 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
               );
             }
             cachedRequest = this.requests.get(messageId);
-            if (Utils.isIterable(cachedRequest)) {
+            if (Array.isArray(cachedRequest) === true) {
               [, errorCallback, requestCommandName] = cachedRequest;
             } else {
               throw new OCPPError(
                 ErrorType.PROTOCOL_ERROR,
-                `Cached request for message id ${messageId} error response is not iterable`,
+                `Cached request for message id ${messageId} error response is not an array`,
                 null,
                 cachedRequest as unknown as JsonType
               );
             }
             logger.debug(
               `${this.logPrefix()} << Command '${
-                requestCommandName ?? ''
+                requestCommandName ?? 'unknown'
               }' received error payload: ${JSON.stringify(request)}`
             );
             errorCallback(new OCPPError(errorType, errorMessage, requestCommandName, errorDetails));
@@ -1436,24 +1585,34 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
           // Error
           default:
             // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
-            errMsg = `${this.logPrefix()} Wrong message type ${messageType}`;
-            logger.error(errMsg);
+            errMsg = `Wrong message type ${messageType}`;
+            logger.error(`${this.logPrefix()} ${errMsg}`);
             throw new OCPPError(ErrorType.PROTOCOL_ERROR, errMsg);
         }
+        parentPort.postMessage(MessageChannelUtils.buildUpdatedMessage(this));
       } else {
-        throw new OCPPError(ErrorType.PROTOCOL_ERROR, 'Incoming message is not iterable', null, {
+        throw new OCPPError(ErrorType.PROTOCOL_ERROR, 'Incoming message is not an array', null, {
           payload: request,
         });
       }
     } catch (error) {
       // Log
       logger.error(
-        '%s Incoming OCPP message %j matching cached request %j processing error %j',
-        this.logPrefix(),
-        data.toString(),
-        this.requests.get(messageId),
+        `${this.logPrefix()} Incoming OCPP command '${
+          commandName ?? requestCommandName ?? null
+        }' message '${data.toString()}' matching cached request '${JSON.stringify(
+          this.requests.get(messageId)
+        )}' processing error:`,
         error
       );
+      if (!(error instanceof OCPPError)) {
+        logger.warn(
+          `${this.logPrefix()} Error thrown at incoming OCPP command '${
+            commandName ?? requestCommandName ?? null
+          }' message '${data.toString()}' handling is not an OCPPError:`,
+          error
+        );
+      }
       // Send error
       messageType === MessageType.CALL_MESSAGE &&
         (await this.ocppRequestService.sendError(
@@ -1474,7 +1633,26 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
   }
 
   private onError(error: WSError): void {
-    logger.error(this.logPrefix() + ' WebSocket error: %j', error);
+    this.closeWSConnection();
+    logger.error(this.logPrefix() + ' WebSocket error:', error);
+  }
+
+  private getEnergyActiveImportRegister(
+    connectorStatus: ConnectorStatus,
+    meterStop = false
+  ): number {
+    if (this.getMeteringPerTransaction()) {
+      return (
+        (meterStop === true
+          ? Math.round(connectorStatus?.transactionEnergyActiveImportRegisterValue)
+          : connectorStatus?.transactionEnergyActiveImportRegisterValue) ?? 0
+      );
+    }
+    return (
+      (meterStop === true
+        ? Math.round(connectorStatus?.energyActiveImportRegisterValue)
+        : connectorStatus?.energyActiveImportRegisterValue) ?? 0
+    );
   }
 
   private getUseConnectorId0(stationInfo?: ChargingStationInfo): boolean | undefined {
@@ -1484,16 +1662,6 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       : true;
   }
 
-  private getNumberOfRunningTransactions(): number {
-    let trxCount = 0;
-    for (const connectorId of this.connectors.keys()) {
-      if (connectorId > 0 && this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted) {
-        trxCount++;
-      }
-    }
-    return trxCount;
-  }
-
   // 0 for disabling
   private getConnectionTimeout(): number | undefined {
     if (
@@ -1580,7 +1748,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
   }
 
   private async startMessageSequence(): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.stationInfo.autoRegister) {
+    if (this.stationInfo?.autoRegister) {
       await this.ocppRequestService.requestHandler<
         BootNotificationRequest,
         BootNotificationResponse
@@ -1610,7 +1778,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       if (connectorId === 0) {
         continue;
       } else if (
-        !this.stopped &&
+        this.started === true &&
         !this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.status &&
         this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.bootStatus
       ) {
@@ -1626,7 +1794,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
         this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).status =
           this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).bootStatus;
       } else if (
-        this.stopped &&
+        this.started === false &&
         this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.status &&
         this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.bootStatus
       ) {
@@ -1641,7 +1809,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
         });
         this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).status =
           this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).bootStatus;
-      } else if (!this.stopped && this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.status) {
+      } else if (this.started === true && this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.status) {
         // Send previous status at template reload
         await this.ocppRequestService.requestHandler<
           StatusNotificationRequest,
@@ -1665,27 +1833,8 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       }
     }
     // Start the ATG
-    this.startAutomaticTransactionGenerator();
-  }
-
-  private startAutomaticTransactionGenerator() {
     if (this.getAutomaticTransactionGeneratorConfigurationFromTemplate()?.enable) {
-      if (!this.automaticTransactionGenerator) {
-        this.automaticTransactionGenerator = AutomaticTransactionGenerator.getInstance(
-          this.getAutomaticTransactionGeneratorConfigurationFromTemplate(),
-          this
-        );
-      }
-      if (!this.automaticTransactionGenerator.started) {
-        this.automaticTransactionGenerator.start();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private stopAutomaticTransactionGenerator(): void {
-    if (this.automaticTransactionGenerator?.started) {
-      this.automaticTransactionGenerator.stop();
-      this.automaticTransactionGenerator = null;
+      this.startAutomaticTransactionGenerator();
     }
   }
 
@@ -1697,43 +1846,11 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     // Stop heartbeat
     this.stopHeartbeat();
     // Stop ongoing transactions
-    if (this.automaticTransactionGenerator?.configuration?.enable) {
-      this.stopAutomaticTransactionGenerator();
-    } else {
-      for (const connectorId of this.connectors.keys()) {
-        if (connectorId > 0 && this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId)?.transactionStarted) {
-          const transactionId = this.getConnectorStatus(connectorId).transactionId;
-          if (
-            this.getBeginEndMeterValues() &&
-            this.getOcppStrictCompliance() &&
-            !this.getOutOfOrderEndMeterValues()
-          ) {
-            // FIXME: Implement OCPP version agnostic helpers
-            const transactionEndMeterValue = OCPP16ServiceUtils.buildTransactionEndMeterValue(
-              this,
-              connectorId,
-              this.getEnergyActiveImportRegisterByTransactionId(transactionId)
-            );
-            await this.ocppRequestService.requestHandler<MeterValuesRequest, MeterValuesResponse>(
-              this,
-              RequestCommand.METER_VALUES,
-              {
-                connectorId,
-                transactionId,
-                meterValue: transactionEndMeterValue,
-              }
-            );
-          }
-          await this.ocppRequestService.requestHandler<
-            StopTransactionRequest,
-            StopTransactionResponse
-          >(this, RequestCommand.STOP_TRANSACTION, {
-            transactionId,
-            meterStop: this.getEnergyActiveImportRegisterByTransactionId(transactionId),
-            idTag: this.getTransactionIdTag(transactionId),
-            reason,
-          });
-        }
+    if (this.getNumberOfRunningTransactions() > 0) {
+      if (this.automaticTransactionGenerator?.started) {
+        this.stopAutomaticTransactionGenerator();
+      } else {
+        await this.stopRunningTransactions(reason);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1839,7 +1956,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     if (HeartBeatInterval) {
       return Utils.convertToInt(HeartBeatInterval.value) * 1000;
     }
-    !this.stationInfo.autoRegister &&
+    !this.stationInfo?.autoRegister &&
       logger.warn(
         `${this.logPrefix()} Heartbeat interval configuration key not set, using default value: ${
           Constants.DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL
@@ -1854,33 +1971,11 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
     }
   }
 
-  private openWSConnection(
-    options: WsOptions = this.stationInfo?.wsOptions ?? {},
-    forceCloseOpened = false
-  ): void {
-    options.handshakeTimeout = options?.handshakeTimeout ?? this.getConnectionTimeout() * 1000;
-    if (
-      !Utils.isNullOrUndefined(this.stationInfo.supervisionUser) &&
-      !Utils.isNullOrUndefined(this.stationInfo.supervisionPassword)
-    ) {
-      options.auth = `${this.stationInfo.supervisionUser}:${this.stationInfo.supervisionPassword}`;
-    }
-    if (this.isWebSocketConnectionOpened() && forceCloseOpened) {
-      this.wsConnection.close();
-    }
-    let protocol: string;
-    switch (this.getOcppVersion()) {
-      case OCPPVersion.VERSION_16:
-        protocol = 'ocpp' + OCPPVersion.VERSION_16;
-        break;
-      default:
-        this.handleUnsupportedVersion(this.getOcppVersion());
-        break;
+  private terminateWSConnection(): void {
+    if (this.isWebSocketConnectionOpened()) {
+      this.wsConnection.terminate();
+      this.wsConnection = null;
     }
-    this.wsConnection = new WebSocket(this.wsConnectionUrl, protocol, options);
-    logger.info(
-      this.logPrefix() + ' Open OCPP connection to URL ' + this.wsConnectionUrl.toString()
-    );
   }
 
   private stopMeterValues(connectorId: number) {
@@ -1912,7 +2007,11 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       const reconnectDelay = this.getReconnectExponentialDelay()
         ? Utils.exponentialDelay(this.autoReconnectRetryCount)
         : this.getConnectionTimeout() * 1000;
-      const reconnectTimeout = reconnectDelay - 100 > 0 && reconnectDelay;
+      const reconnectDelayWithdraw = 1000;
+      const reconnectTimeout =
+        reconnectDelay && reconnectDelay - reconnectDelayWithdraw > 0
+          ? reconnectDelay - reconnectDelayWithdraw
+          : 0;
       logger.error(
         `${this.logPrefix()} WebSocket: connection retry in ${Utils.roundTo(
           reconnectDelay,
@@ -1927,7 +2026,7 @@ export default class ChargingStation {
       );
       this.openWSConnection(
         { ...(this.stationInfo?.wsOptions ?? {}), handshakeTimeout: reconnectTimeout },
-        true
+        { closeOpened: true }
       );
       this.wsConnectionRestarted = true;
     } else if (this.getAutoReconnectMaxRetries() !== -1) {