Help fixing WIFI radio module on a brew controller
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:04 pm
I bought a used Brew Boss controller. They have an internal wifi radio module that is preset to operate as its own network, but which can be set up to operate on a home wifi network. Apparently, once this is done the radio will only connect to that network (unless reset while connected to that network). The previous owner changed the setting, but forgot to reset before passing it on, and now I cannot pick up or connect to the controller at all. I have been emailing back and forth to the maker of the Brew Boss. Apparently, you can reset the wifi radio without access to the network it was reconfigured to talk to, but they won't release how to do this, as in the past this caused all sorts of headaches with people messing up their controllers. They advise I just buy a new radio. They sell these for $29 USD, but the shipping price is also crazy high($50!).
Wondering if there's anyone here who can help? Instructions on how to reconfigure the radio in the first place are here (around p. 60): https://www.brew-boss.com/v/vspfiles/fi ... lV2.07.pdf
Does anyone know how to reverse this without access to the network it was reconfigured to?
Alternatively, I see that I can get the same wifi radio from China for about $10. Is there any reason why I cannot just do this and plug it in? (The ones from Brew Boss say that they are "pre-programmed with the Brew-Boss SSID as a open network. This is the same configuration as the Brew-Boss controllers are shipped with", does that just mean that they have a name and no password as the default, or would they have been programmed in some other way that an off the shelf radio would not be?)
Wondering if there's anyone here who can help? Instructions on how to reconfigure the radio in the first place are here (around p. 60): https://www.brew-boss.com/v/vspfiles/fi ... lV2.07.pdf
Does anyone know how to reverse this without access to the network it was reconfigured to?
Alternatively, I see that I can get the same wifi radio from China for about $10. Is there any reason why I cannot just do this and plug it in? (The ones from Brew Boss say that they are "pre-programmed with the Brew-Boss SSID as a open network. This is the same configuration as the Brew-Boss controllers are shipped with", does that just mean that they have a name and no password as the default, or would they have been programmed in some other way that an off the shelf radio would not be?)