Electrical vehicle charger communications and control

A method for controlling a plurality of chargers for electric vehicles, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a control server, control commands and data for said chargers, said control commands and data being received from a computing device that is configured as a client for said control server;
• passing said control commands and said data from said at least one control server to a programmable logic controller, said control server being configured to communicate with said programmable logic controller;
• converting said control commands and said data using a conversion module in said programmable logic controller, said control commands being converted from a protocol for data access equipment to a client-server protocol for industrial equipment;
• passing converted control commands and data to a server operating said client-server protocol for industrial equipment;
• from said server operating said client-server protocol for industrial equipment, passing said control commands and data to a server operating a client-server protocol for electric vehicle chargers;
• and
• from said server operating said client-server protocol for electric vehicle chargers, communicating with said plurality of chargers to thereby control said chargers based on said control commands and data, said chargers being configured as clients for said client-server protocol for electric vehicle chargers.