{"id":18789,"date":"2022-02-10T19:11:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=18789"},"modified":"2023-08-12T16:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T15:06:42","slug":"reset-pitreader-to-factory-settings-password-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/18789\/reset-pitreader-to-factory-settings-password-reset\/","title":{"rendered":"Reset PITreader to factory settings \/ password reset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to reset the PITreader password!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Forgot the password again, this time from the PITreader, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilz.com\/de-DE\/produkte\/bedienen-und-beobachten\/befehls-und-meldegeraete\/pitmode-betriebsarten-wahlschalter\">mode selection and access authorization system.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Without a password, you can&#8217;t get into the web interface and you can&#8217;t set anything. In this case, you ask yourself how to reset the password. Unfortunately, this only works by resetting the entire device.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/18789\/reset-pitreader-to-factory-settings-password-reset\/#Factory_reset_PITreader\" >Factory reset PITreader<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/18789\/reset-pitreader-to-factory-settings-password-reset\/#Login_set_new_password\" >Login \/ set new password<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Factory_reset_PITreader\"><\/span>Factory reset PITreader<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the first step we need to short RX and TX, device must be off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now we start the device. The LED should now turn yellow. If not, then <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/54089\/vba-check-whether-a-folderdirectory-exists-folderexists\/\" title=\"VBA Check whether a folder\/directory exists (FolderExists)\">check whether<\/a> the jumper is plugged in correctly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the short circuit must be removed. The device should now start flashing yellow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blinking.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18762\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The short circuit must now be restored within 10 seconds. The LED should now change to green. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are almost there! The short circuit must now be removed again, the device finishes the boot process and has reset the factory settings and thus the password. The LED changes to blue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Login_set_new_password\"><\/span>Login \/ set new password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After the reset, you can log in with the default password. The user name is &#8220;admin&#8221;, the password is the serial number, which can be found on the back of the device.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pitreader_5-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here you can now assign a new password and forget it again&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to reset the PITreader password!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}