I can’t access anymore to my charging station. When I’m trying to reach it from the web interface, it’s always asking for a user name and password. I don’t remember that I set it up.
Can you help me? Is there any guide and or video showing how to reset the password?
The station is connected to the wifi network, but I’m unable to operate it.
Thank you for being patient,
nico
I think this is a question for @glyn.hudson.
Thank you @Robert.Wall
@glyn.hudson can you help me with that?
PS: Marry Christmas
Hello @Nico do you know which version of the OpenEVSE wifi hardware that you have?
For the new ESP32 version the procedure is given here: GitHub - OpenEVSE/ESP32_WiFi_V4.x: OpenEVSE V3 WiFi gateway using ESP32
For the ESP8266 it looks like a hardware reset is needed following:
GitHub - OpenEVSE/ESP8266_WiFi_v2.x: ESP8266 WiFi for OpenEVSE Version 2.x
I’ve checked and your unit has an ESP8266 wifi module. I think the same procedure should work that Trystan described above should work. However, there is a problem your EmonEVSE does not have a physical button.
The only option remaining is to factory reset the WiFi module by pressing button GPIO0 on the WiFi module for 10’s. The WiFi module is located inside the enclosure, even though there is no mains voltage to the WiFi module there is mains power elsewhere in the unit. To be totally save I would recomend you isolate power to the unit, open the enclosure, remove the WiFi module then connect it externally away from the EVSE to USB power source using a USB to UART cable then push the button to factory reset. You should see the unit broadcast a WiFi AP after it’s been factory reset.
Thank you Glyn. I will try as soon as it gets warmer.
I have the UK ESP32-WROOM-32 board with white connectors around it.
I tried to do a firmware update but got stuck at first base. After pressing some buttons, which I now forgot, although factory reset may have been one, in the IP address interface I get the above problem where it just asks for the username and password. It never used to ask for these.
The usual admin and openevse does not work here.
I have tried a Wi-Fi reset several times and it makes no improvement. It just ends back at this screen. The openevse-XXXX.local/ and openevse-XXXX/ pages just give “This site can’t be reached”. But the IP address reaches it, albeit with the above problem. The router is registering that that address is active.
Charging does work though using the standalone mode. Just not via the normal house SSID
Pressing the button for >10 seconds does not seem to reliably put it into AP mode. Often it failed to change out of it’s other mode. In fact now I am completely failing to get it to change.
From the above post:
Hold external button for 10 secs
Connect to the AP mode WiFi
click the “WiFi Standalone” button
Set the HTTP auth details again
What exactly do the last 2 lines mean please, especially the word “again”? I followed the onscreen instructions that just asked me to identify a suitable SSID and then connect to it, so where does “again” come in?
On reflection the attempted factory reset is unlikely to have done anything because it immediately asked for a username and password and I did know what they were. That is why I then tried the Wi-Fi reset. Does a factory reset reset the WiFi board or the main board or both?
I was trying to update the firmware (I have 7.1.3 EU) because the unit fails to charge about one in 20 charges and was just wondering if there is something a bit flaky about the communication between my Peugeot e2008 car and the old firmware. E.g. the other day the webpage was reporting the car as connected when there was no cable in place. Or a timed or solar charge sometimes fails to start. Someone said it might be something to do with the doors being unlocked and locked after the cable is connected. That happens on MG cars.
When I press the button for >10secs all the lights flash different colours but it’s not now changing to AP mode.
Did I read somewhere that a 5 sec press resets the SSID whereas 10 secs resets more things?
It’s all sorted now. After tons of failed reset attempts in situ I took the Wi-Fi PCB out and reset it on the bench with an external supply. It no longer asks for a password.
Am put off the idea of attempting a firmware update, if it is this much pain just to get the same firmware working again.
