Thank you for that advice, I will try a different cable!
My adaptor did not come with a cable. I did not know about the option to right click and run the file as an admin, not being a Windows user, but I will try that as well.
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Setec CCS to Tesla Adapter
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Sorry mine did not come with a USB cable. The first one I found around the house did not 'work' either, the 2nd one did.
A chip specific driver may be required if the generic HID driver is not good enough.
The cable will be 'good' if it jerks the USB hosts' chain to say 'I am here , so here is my ID send me my driver, so you could get
1. sorry I hear you no driver available for you......bing. argh.....go load the driver, probably a .sys or and or .ini file
2. got it coming right up......bing. bong... you are good to go.
What's stopping Tesla from offering a.) a new module that speaks CCS or b.) a smart adapter like the CHAdeMO adapter that translates from Tesla to CCS?
If I were Tesla, I would definitely want it onboard the vehicle. Firmware updates simply get pushed as needed. Easy to log failed handshakes and send them to the mother ship for analysis.
Else there will be a flood of complaints about compatibility plus a line of people at the SC waiting to get their adapter firmware flashed.
As it is, I bring our ChaDeMo adapter in for an annual firmware update. They’ve never told me, “It’s still current!”
That is exceedingly odd. I've brought mine in a few times over the 5 or 6 years I've had it, and they've checked and never told me it needed any update, and it's never gotten one.
softcoder
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FYI here is me charging on BC Hydro with the Setec:
Electrify Canada and Petro Canada:
BC Ministry of Transport 50kw:
BC Ministry of Transport 25kw (Delta) chargers:
Electrify Canada and Petro Canada:
BC Ministry of Transport 50kw:
BC Ministry of Transport 25kw (Delta) chargers:
softcoder
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Please, anyone who cannot get the adapter to work, please follow the steps to upgrade your firmware to v150.. this is the version i am using and it works as shown in all videos above: CCS Adapter Firmware Update | SETEC POWER
If you are on v150, run the test tool connected to your adapter while going through the charge process and follow these steps: https://www.setec-power.com/update-package/readme.doc
If you are on v150, run the test tool connected to your adapter while going through the charge process and follow these steps: https://www.setec-power.com/update-package/readme.doc
softcoder
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I do not beleieve Tesla can push update to their adapters. For the Tesla Chademo adapter you are required to bring it to Tesla service to get firmware updates.
I tried using a different cable to update the firmware in my Lectron CCS adaptor and it showed the adaptor was on COM3 and appeared to complete the update successfully. But right at the end of the update it displayed the same error message that I had before. I’m going to be away for the rest of the week so may not be able to test the adaptor until next week.
softcoder
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You likely jiggled the Micro-usb cable and disconnected it, here is a video showing the full process for updating the firmware, notice i show multiple cables, some do not get detected by windows as a usb device, but this longer cable did work:
In the video above I show how to check the version you have on your adapter using the EV debug tool.
If you did upgrade the firmware to 150 and it still fails, you could try 158 from here:
Here are the steps to run the 'test tool' connected to your laptop to capture debug info to send to Setec if you are able to do that at a station that does not work:
In the video above I show how to check the version you have on your adapter using the EV debug tool.
If you did upgrade the firmware to 150 and it still fails, you could try 158 from here:
Here are the steps to run the 'test tool' connected to your laptop to capture debug info to send to Setec if you are able to do that at a station that does not work:
srs5694
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Your screen shot shows a "success" status in the writer dialog followed by the "unhandled exception" error. My guess is that the firmware was successfully updated, but something went wrong when the program tried to terminate its connection to the CCS adapter. If so, the adapter should work with the new firmware. Unfortunately, I don't know of an easy way to verify the version of the firmware installed on an adapter. The only way I know to do this is to use the adapter to charge the car while running the data-capture program on an attached computer. The output will show the firmware version, like this, early in the capture:
2303: Comunication with charge
2306: Firmware version 157
2309: SLAC start
Of course, if you're having problems with the connection, it's possible that the data-capture program won't work.
srs5694
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V150 is the latest version I see on Setec's site; however, there are more recent versions that fix problems with some charging stations. I personally tested V157 on a Volta station (V140, V145, and V150 did not work on that station), as detailed in some earlier posts of mine in this thread. Apparently there's also at least a V158. I don't recall who it was, but somebody posted a link to a site that's collecting both public and pre-release versions here. The caveat, of course, is that pre-release versions might have bugs that are known to Setec but unknown to us. If you're going on a road trip and expect to need the Setec adapter, my advice would be to load the latest release version (V150) and try to use it, but take a laptop with additional updates so that you can quickly update the adapter if you have problems at a charger. With any luck Setec will release new firmware soon; with at least eight versions between the latest release and the current pre-release version, they've presumably fixed several bugs.
softcoder
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In order to know which version of firmware you have, you can load up the 'test tool' app within 10 seconds of plugging in your adapter to usb and you will see the firmware version as the adapter boots up it will output the firmware to the screen as I show in my video above (at about 2:20 into the video)
The wall connectors I'm not sure of. I think I may have heard something like that from a few years ago even with the version 2 wall connectors. The CHAdeMO adapters I know can't work like that. It does require a special tool for that, and even some service centers don't have the tool (my local one doesn't).
softcoder
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Bad news, Setec blocked since Tesla firmware 2021.24.4:
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I'll wait for similar reports from others before I conclude that Tesla is blocking. And even if true, that may not mean an anti-SETEC move. It could be a technical reason that SETEC can resolve.
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Thank you for the posting. If Tesla has indeed blocked it in firmware, it recalls the Bell System of yore that wouldn't allow any third-party equipment to be connected to the network. The Carterfone decision by the FCC changed that in 1968. I guess I'll hold off on "updating" my firmware until the dust settles.
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