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Help my new open evse is a brick

I just assembled my open evse and it doesn't work! All I get is a blinking green light on the wifi card. I can connect to wifi but it throws an error saying open evse not available. It doesn't charge when I plug it in, and I get no display. No relay cycle or boot up sequence at all
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Does the behavior change if the station is powered up with the display disconnected?

No. it still doesn't click the relay and it still gets the wi fi error I mentioned earlier

It sounds like either the controller has missing or corupt firmware and needs the software reloaded. Do you have an OpenEVSE programmer?

I bought one once. I'll have to try to find it. If not I'll buy one download the firmware and attempt to find it. That's a good place to start for sure. Thanks.

Here is the latest firmware release.


https://github.com/OpenEVSE/open_evse/releases


The guide for uploading firmware:


https://openevse.dozuki.com/Guide/How+to+Load+OpenEVSE+Firmware+(WinAVR)/7?lang=en



Thank you very much. I'll get to it this weekend and let you know how it worked.

fyi.. I had the same issue from a kit purchased July 18th. Flashing the firmware resolved it. 

I used a raspberry pi.. if you have one of those lying around. 
-Sam. 

Thanks. I found the loader tool I bought here but I'm moving, and won't have access to my computer until this weekend. I'll try it then. This makes me very hopeful that it will work. Thanks.

I have the pololu loader. and I can't get it to work. I've been trying for a month. Is there an easier way to fix this? Can I send it in?

We can send a replacement controller, and you can send the one you have back, or you can send the one you have to us for reprogramming.

I finally got around to this. I'll be sending it off to you today.
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