Charge Station Pro - Can you disable/turn off the wifi?

[jimfigler]

It's a multi-pronged answer but to generalize, I just have made the move in my life (and my family's) to minimize distractions, screens, constant notifications, etc. One way we've worked towards that is to rarely have our WiFi running. The things that require an internet connection are hard-wired. We don't carry our phones around the house with us and turn them completely off for much of the day, especially when our whole family is together. I work in an industry that will take every second you give it...so in a world of immediate response, sometimes the best way to step away is to just turn it all off.

WiFi signals also interfere with some equipment I work with so I've just gotten used to eliminating WiFi and Bluetooth that isn't necessary.

I think Big Brother already knows everything about us all anyways... ;p

Thank you for sharing your answer when it was none of our business to ask. All we should have done was answer your question.

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[RickLightning]

Given that the Charge Station Pro is capable of charging at 80amps, basically the fastest out there (100amp circuit), OP will want to determine how he will be using it before proceeding. It's designed to power your house. If you're going to use that capability, you'll want to understand whether that requires internet connectivity for that capability. I can't imagine it doesn't, but not an expert on it.

If you're only going to use it as a 50amp (60amp circuit) charger, and offline only, you may want to consider several issues. First, it's not compatible with J1772 vehicles due to having a CCS style plug. So if you have say a PHEV, that may be an issue. Two, most chargers have a switch capability to downgrade the power. Some are easily set, and changed, with apps. Some are easily switched mechanically. And some require you to cut power, open the box, and set it. Third, it's like buying a F350 when you need a Ranger. You aren't using a bunch of the power, so perhaps selling it and using a dumb, much less expensive charger is a better alternative, at least from a money standpoint. You can buy a 32amp or 40amp dumb charger for $400 or so, and sell the Charge Station Pro for $800 or more.

Lastly, if you're not using any of the capabilities of it, think then reliability and support should be on your list of considerations. No Ford-branded charger gets the level of support, or has the reliability (at least for the Ford Mobile Charge and Ford Connected Charge Station) of non-Ford-branded chargers.

 

[RandomguyinPNW]

Wi-Fi devices are supposed to only transmit once they connect to a network. If not connected, they are in receive mode only. If you have devices that are transmitting without being connected, they are either defective or not designed compliant to 802-11x standards.

Edit - I know for initial setup, the station acts as a hotspot, which will transmit. I don’t know if it waits until you begin setup to transmit (likely), but that would be easy to check. If it’s transmitting before entering setup, just complete the setup and enter a dummy network. It will sit their waiting to receive a signal from the nonexistent network without transmitting anything.

Oh, interesting! I didn't know that, thanks for the info!

 

[TaxmanHog]

Oh, interesting! I didn't know that, thanks for the info!

Yup, as Dave pointed out, the FCSP stops broadcasting its SSID publicly after finishing the configuration process, this is why so many folks are confounded about the process when they think they muffed up the process and want to repeat the configuration steps, (W/O) pushing the factory reset button.

 

[RandomguyinPNW]

Given that the Charge Station Pro is capable of charging at 80amps, basically the fastest out there (100amp circuit), OP will want to determine how he will be using it before proceeding. It's designed to power your house. If you're going to use that capability, you'll want to understand whether that requires internet connectivity for that capability. I can't imagine it doesn't, but not an expert on it.

If you're only going to use it as a 50amp (60amp circuit) charger, and offline only, you may want to consider several issues. First, it's not compatible with J1772 vehicles due to having a CCS style plug. So if you have say a PHEV, that may be an issue. Two, most chargers have a switch capability to downgrade the power. Some are easily set, and changed, with apps. Some are easily switched mechanically. And some require you to cut power, open the box, and set it. Third, it's like buying a F350 when you need a Ranger. You aren't using a bunch of the power, so perhaps selling it and using a dumb, much less expensive charger is a better alternative, at least from a money standpoint. You can buy a 32amp or 40amp dumb charger for $400 or so, and sell the Charge Station Pro for $800 or more.

Lastly, if you're not using any of the capabilities of it, think then reliability and support should be on your list of considerations. No Ford-branded charger gets the level of support, or has the reliability (at least for the Ford Mobile Charge and Ford Connected Charge Station) of non-Ford-branded chargers.

I agree 100%!

Honestly, I didn't even realize I was getting the Charge Station Pro with my truck, it wasn't until it was delivered that I realized it came standard with the ER battery. I was ignoring the 50x a day calls from Sunrun figuring they wanted me to sign up for some type of installation.

I've already purchased a dumb charger for the house and will probably just use the travel charger at work and we have no need for the home backup power functions (we've been here for years and have never had a power outage **knocks on wood**).

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