Charging at public station of Stadtwerke München

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In the urban area of Munich the Stadtwerke München (local supplier) operate charging stations of different manufacturers. At sunday I tried out charging at a differnt type of charging station.
I was driving to the Landshuter Allee and spotted the charging station after a short search.
The Map of charging stations did not show the exact position.

Position of the charging station

Nevertheless I reached the charging station. Manufacturer seems to be a company called ESG.

SWM charging station at Landshuter Allee

The charging station has both at the left and right side two shut ports for the plugs and a small but sufficient display (indicating ready for use and a telephone number).

The activation of the charging process proved to be a challenge for an electromobile pioneer.

To use this type of station I got an identification card. Due to the card seems to operate with RFID-technology, I put it against the station underneath the diplay. No reaction. Next try left of the diplay, then right of the display, above the display, underneath again, on the SWM-letters, at the side underneath the closed ports... no reaction.
Maybe there might be a flap which has to be opened first? Going around the station several times, investigating every cavity for use as a handle or a card slot. Some soft-touch areas to open a flap? Negative!


Once more "scanning" the front of the device with the card and finally: as I positioned the card at a distinctive place which I just missed before between the display and the SWM-letters, the display says:
- proving authorisation

approximate position of the card activating the station

The lack of an adequate marking may be due to the recent installation of the charger. 
After positive identification the ports are opened motor driven.

Schuko-plug and IEC 62196-2 Typ 2 -plug

Please plug in

After plugging in the charging cord the three unused ports close one after another, combined with an importunate beeping. So the beeping occurs every time one of the ports is closing, the inexperienced user presumes a problem and panics, but in the end the charging station starts charging the car.
Anyhow, the sound of the beeping and the loudness seems not to be suitable for sensitive residental neighborhood.

Charging cord plugged in.

To end the charging the card has to be positioned at the descripted area once again, the charging operation is aborted and the plug is released to be disconnected.
Concluding the amount of kWh is displayed and the port is shut.

#014 charging at the Landshuter Allee

UPDATE 31.05.2011:
As I had again the chance to use this public station, there was a new sticker on the front side. This sticker marks the position for the identification card. In this case the login works perfectly if you know the meaning of the marked point. A detailed  instruction for a first-time-user like "Please apply your identifikation card here" would have been a little better.

additional sticker to mark the position of the RIFD-reader.