CHAdeMO Communication error

[Poison Dart Brew]

Anyone have communication errors with the CHAdeMO adapter? I have used it at Nissan garages in the past. This past weekend I tried two times to get it to work in Portland, ME. and received communication errors. After I tried a Leaf was able to make it work. Is there a trick to get this to work when you run into this error?

 

[bluetinc]

Hey Poison Dart Brew, which exact charger were you at?

Peter

 

[CSFTN]

Possibly hijacking thread:
Anyone know of any way to update the firmware of the Chademo adaptor, OTHER THAN bringing it to the service station?

 

[mmccord]

When i was up in Vermont earlier this year none of the fuji chademos worked with Teslas. Some kind of incompatibility i guess.

 

[Poison Dart Brew]

Hey Poison Dart Brew, which exact charger were you at?

Peter

I was at the parking garage at 427 Fore street in Portland.

 

[blanche]

Here is what I found that works reliably for me in Northern Virginia:

Step 1: Plug the Tesla CHAdeMo adapter into your Tesla
Step 2: Go to the CHAdeMO computer and swipe your card (if required) to initialize the session
Step 3: Plug the CHAdeMO plug into the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter that is hanging from your car
Step 4: Go back to the CHAdeMo computer and press the green button to initiate charge.

This has worked reliably 100% of the time. What doesn't seem to work reliably is if I plug the Tesla adapter into the CHAdeMO plug and then plug the adapter into the car. That gives me all sorts of errors.

 

[m6bigdog]

Anyone have communication errors with the CHAdeMO adapter? I have used it at Nissan garages in the past. This past weekend I tried two times to get it to work in Portland, ME. and received communication errors. After I tried a Leaf was able to make it work. Is there a trick to get this to work when you run into this error?

You may also want to call Tesla to see if your CHAdeMO adapter needs a firmware update performed at a SC.