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Just had Wall Charger installed
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UncleCreepy
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Nothing for you to do if it has been properly installed. Unless you have any special use for it (only allow specific vehicles etc) there is no setup necessary. Think of it like a phone charger. You plug it in, end of story. Imho WiFi on the wall connector is totally overrated. After what Tesla has done with the updates for the car I'm actually considering taking the wall connector off the WiFi network. It'll still do what it's there for: charge the car battery.
Reason for taking it off wifi is to avoid OTA updates? Are there any drawbacks to that? I was against the teslavision cutting out the radar and avoided that OTAU until I slipped up and it installed. I prefer to hold off on updates until there is some driver feedback online, maybe I’ll take the WC offline too.
The manual is thin on details but indicates the WC can/will update firmware when connected to a Telsa. One would assume this is over the data connection in the charge cable.
I had two wall connectors installed, one at my house and one at my parents' house. Different cities, different companies. Both of them were installed and set-up, ready to charge. I did not have to do anything for them to work except plug in my car when I got it.
What I'm saying is: the installer should have known how to, or figured out how to have it ready to charge. There shouldn't be any "work" left over for the customer.
What I'm saying is: the installer should have known how to, or figured out how to have it ready to charge. There shouldn't be any "work" left over for the customer.
If you have an electrician install one as I did, I did not expect them to do any more than install the breaker, cable runs and connect and mount the charger. I connected the charger to my Wi-Fi network, set the connector to default amps and ensured the software version was up to date.
Massive Attack
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Got mine installed today. The installer claimed to have done dozens of Tesla Wall Charger installations. He did everything in terms of "commissioning," including the WiFi setup.
Massive Attack
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My question about the charger is, "is there any integration with the Tesla mobile app? The one that we drive our vehicles with and such." I saw some search results on Google about "integration coming soon," but couldn't find any info on here.
Interesting. How did you go about setting up the appointment? I assume you had your vehicle already? In my case I did not.
In the app you can view charging stats, start and stop charging, set and view scheduling.
The app for the car will do those things regardless of the EVSE being used, right? Is there a different app for Tesla WC, I haven’t heard of that
Not sure what the car integrates with other than the Tesla WC. The Tesla mobile app is where you can view charging stats, start and stop charging, set and view scheduling.
Massive Attack
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Yes, I already had my vehicle. I used the Tesla website to find an installer, then called them directly and setup the appointment.
Massive Attack
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As far as I can tell, there is no integration with the regular Tesla app. This is strange as Tesla integrates the rest of their products in the app. Also the Wall Charger has WiFi and the ability to balance charging between multiple chargers on the same power line.
The integration provided via the Tesla app is viewing charging stats, start and stop charging, set and view scheduling. Other than this, you can connect to the Wall Connector directly via the IP address where you can set the AMPs, whether it will connect to just Tesla’s or allow non-Tesla’s and some other minor stuff that I cannot remember. These can also be done from the Tesla app.
You scheduled it through Tesla which may be why your electrician went the extra mile. I guess I should have done this but did not. This makes sense.
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