Fair warning: Project EV chargers are the most fiddly to set up of any we support. The charger's settings page lives at a fixed network address, and to reach it you temporarily change your laptop's network settings, plug into the charger, make the changes, then put everything back. It sounds worse than it is. Follow the steps in order and you'll be done in half an hour.
You'll need a Windows laptop with an ethernet port (or a USB ethernet adapter) for this one. Some hosts ask their electrician to do this step during installation, which is a perfectly good shout.
- A Windows laptop and an ethernet cable to the charger
- Your Wi-Fi name and password, written down exactly (capitals, spaces and symbols included)
- About 30 minutes
Before any of the network fiddling, log in to your GuestCharge dashboard and run the onboarding wizard with the charger's serial number. That way, the moment the charger comes online it connects straight through, and you're not juggling laptop settings and the dashboard at the same time.
The charger expects to talk to a device on its own little network, so:
- Click the internet icon in the bottom right of your screen and open Network & Internet Settings
- Select Change adapter options (under advanced network settings)
- Right-click Ethernet adapter, choose Properties
- Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties
- Choose Use the following IP address and enter:
- IP address:
192.168.1.4 (any number from 1 to 255 works for the last digit, except 5)
- Subnet mask:
255.255.255.0
- Default gateway:
192.168.1.10
- Click OK and close the windows
Don't worry, you'll undo this at the end.
3Open the charger's settings page
In a browser, go to 192.168.1.5:8080. Log in with the password 12345678 and click Submit.
Fill in:
- WiFi SSID: your Wi-Fi network's name, exactly as it appears, including any spaces or symbols
- WiFi Key: your Wi-Fi password
- Server URL:
wss://ocpp.guestcharge.co/YOUR-SERIAL-NUMBER, replacing YOUR-SERIAL-NUMBER with the serial from the unit's label
- Charge Mode:
1
Click Set and Reboot. The charger restarts.
One quirk: after the page refreshes, the browser sometimes drops the :8080 from the address. If the page won't load again, just add it back.
A second quirk reported on some models, including the EVA-07D and EVA-22D: they're picky about the exact URL format. If the standard address doesn't connect, try the base address without the serial, wss://ocpp.guestcharge.co, as some units add their own ID automatically.
Repeat step 1, but choose Obtain an IP address automatically instead. Your laptop is back on normal duty.
The charger shows as connected in your dashboard.
Work through these in order:
- Point the charger back at Project EV's own server (
ws://projectevcharger.com:80/ocpp/ws) and open the Project EV app.
- Charger not visible in their app? It isn't properly online. Sort the internet connection and start again.
- Charger visible in their app but won't connect to us? The firmware needs updating. Contact Project EV and ask them to push the update to your unit, then repeat this guide.
Still stuck after a firmware update? Email us at team@guestcharge.co and we'll dig in.