Focbox Tenka issues

ESK8 Electronics
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so I just plugged in my new Focbox Tenka from massive Stator and it won’t show up in VESCtool android app (yes the board is powered on)

the app shows a message “make sure the selected port belongs to a VESC” (using a metr pro in uart)

no connection on remote, the switch light turns on when the vesc is powered as is the metr pro.

I got connected with my PC but it seems the focbox is running a firmware that VESCtool can’t handle, how do i get the right firmware on VESCtool or the right VESCtool for the firmware?

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If you’re using the Metr Pro UART, then try the metr Android app

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the metr android app doesn’t allow me to configure the VESC it’s just for displaying telemetry.

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In the settings, pick TCP Bridge and forward the connection to a desktop computer connected to the same wifi network as your phone.

Then use variESC Tool or VESC Tool on the computer.

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I couldn’t get mine to work properly with vesc tool either. Wouldn’t read remote VX2. Had to use the unity app to configure everything. Works now.

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it now wil not turn on at all, got everything working for like 300km but now I can’t get it to power on no matter what I do. MassiveStator says it’ll take 14 days for a reply, but I doubt I’ll get any reply judging by others experience.

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If you have antispark remove it. Tenka doesn’t seem to like them. I tried 2 different ones and it wouldn’t power on, either.

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not sure what you mean by “antispark” as I used the switch that came with it, the only “antispark” part of my build is a single antispark XT90 female that was pre-soldered to the power wires

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Did you send a tech support ticket yet? if not please do so via here:

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I have and recieved a replacement already, thank you. I am worried about having the same issues again so I reduced the regen breaking to -20A

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-20A doesn’t seem like much. Is it really all it can handle?