I finally got my customer’s Coslight batteries to balance themselves out and got them connected and ready for testing. While charging I noticed on my phone that these batteries  have WiFi. On the App Store and found a very nifty Coslight app that tells you all sorts of info like: individual cell voltages, SOC, temperature etc... but now I need to find the WiFi password. 

Can anyone help with possible passwords? 

1 hour ago, Solaris said:

but now I need to find the WiFi password

in order to access them? would that not indicate that the seller should have the pw?

or try 'pylontech' 🤪

sorry, i mean 'admin' or 'administrator' as with some routers 

the problem is i see they are mostly used for telecom and maybe mobile/cell tower usage....

Edited July 1, 20197 yr by Gabriël

I tried a “WiFi password cracking app” and got it to try crack the password. It came up with the password: 987654321.  So I entered the password and it says the password is wrong. 
 

I can only assume that there is some sort of procedure I need to follow to get the WiFi working. I noticed on the WiFi part of the BMS board there are four pins. Perhaps these pins need to be bridged, something like programming a remote for your gate.. 

Any ideas? 

Good morning.

Did any one manage to get more info on the password.

 

On 2019/11/04 at 3:06 PM, Solaris said:

I tried a “WiFi password cracking app” and got it to try crack the password. It came up with the password: 987654321.  So I entered the password and it says the password is wrong. 
 

I can only assume that there is some sort of procedure I need to follow to get the WiFi working. I noticed on the WiFi part of the BMS board there are four pins. Perhaps these pins need to be bridged, something like programming a remote for your gate.. 

Any ideas? 

Hi Solaris, I was considering a WiFi password cracker myself, but have never got around to it. Did  you have any luck with those jumpers on the pins? I see on mine that their WiFi ID changes with the dip switches so they are hopefully talking to each other.

No luck. I eventually gave up. The client was not too worried about using the WiFi as the four SOC lights were sufficient for him. 

Thanks for the feedback.

I just had a 48V 5Kv Kodak VMIII burn up on me and whilst not very technical, I received some good feedback on this forum. The suppliers are not honouring the warranty (yet), and nor do I have a reason why, but the fine print in the warranty it says that if any other than approved batteries are used, they will not honour the warranty, so that may be a reason. In your opinion, could the Coslight batteries cause damage to an inverter, assuming that installation etc, is all as per specification?

On 2020/07/04 at 7:42 PM, Mark Y-M said:

In your opinion, could the Coslight batteries cause damage to an inverter

I seriously doubt it. I have seen these batteries used for Axpert, Devel and Microcare inverters without a problem. They are good quality batteries. 
From what I read on this forum and other articles, the problem is most likely the inverter itself. I’m no expert on Kodak inverters, but I have not heard anything good about them. 

On 2019/07/01 at 2:48 PM, Solaris said:

I finally got my customer’s Coslight batteries to balance themselves out and got them connected and ready for testing. While charging I noticed on my phone that these batteries  have WiFi. On the App Store and found a very nifty Coslight app that tells you all sorts of info like: individual cell voltages, SOC, temperature etc... but now I need to find the WiFi password. 

Can anyone help with possible passwords? 

I have someone helping me to try to and crack the passwords, but haven't had any luck finding that app. By "App Store", you must mean "Apple App Store"? Do you remember what it was called? There are quite a few apps and none I've tried use WiFi. Most want to connect using Bluetooth.

Edited July 14, 20206 yr by Mark Y-M
Poor grammar and bad spelling.

On 2020/07/10 at 2:42 PM, Solaris said:

I seriously doubt it. I have seen these batteries used for Axpert, Devel and Microcare inverters without a problem. They are good quality batteries. 
From what I read on this forum and other articles, the problem is most likely the inverter itself. I’m no expert on Kodak inverters, but I have not heard anything good about them. 

Thanks for the response. Nor am I an expert on Kodak, but I know of only one other person who has owned one and it also stopped working soon after purchasing it, with no help from the supplier regarding warranty, so there must be a few of them giving issues otherwise "prompt after sales service and repairs under warranty", isn't a bad compliment to have if you can't rely on the product for the more preferable compliment of "Great Product!" :-)

On 2019/07/01 at 2:48 PM, Solaris said:

Can anyone help with possible passwords? 

Just a thought as an IT guy

Have you tried the mac address as password without the :

On 2020/07/14 at 1:29 PM, Mark Y-M said:

By "App Store", you must mean "Apple App Store"?

Yes, it was on the apple App Store. Strangely enough I went to look for it now and cannot find it again. It was Coslight WiFi.... something or other.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I also downloaded a WiFi password cracking app from the play store and it came up with the passwords 87654321 for slave module and 987654321 for master module. I tried both of these and they didn’t work. From more research I did back then I found that there is a way to block other users from connecting to the WiFi using a blocking feature, it’s name was a 3 letter acronym that I cannot remember. 😂

Like I said earlier in this post I eventually gave up because the client was happy using only the four green SOC lights.

On 2020/07/14 at 6:15 PM, Quwatush Shams (Suly) said:

Just a thought as an IT guy

Have you tried the mac address as password without the :

Thanks, Suly. I tried that, thanks. No luck. Resetting the BMS may put it back to defaults. Just working on how to reset it now. :-}

8 hours ago, Solaris said:

Yes, it was on the apple App Store. Strangely enough I went to look for it now and cannot find it again. It was Coslight WiFi.... something or other.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I also downloaded a WiFi password cracking app from the play store and it came up with the passwords 87654321 for slave module and 987654321 for master module. I tried both of these and they didn’t work. From more research I did back then I found that there is a way to block other users from connecting to the WiFi using a blocking feature, it’s name was a 3 letter acronym that I cannot remember. 😂

Like I said earlier in this post I eventually gave up because the client was happy using only the four green SOC lights.

Thanks Solaris, it didn’t bother me before, but since my Kodak blew up I’m terrified a similar issue could happen so am trying to have as much information and protection as possible.. the passwords also didn’t work, but appreciate your sharing them, thanks.