From 89a6b838c5cf7785ec305f7e80dbf87535052daf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: proddy <paul@derbyshire.nl>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2019 21:23:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] serial is off for upgrades, on for new installs

---
 lib/myESP/MyESP.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/myESP/MyESP.cpp b/lib/myESP/MyESP.cpp
index 2d2494ef1..498da1b3c 100644
--- a/lib/myESP/MyESP.cpp
+++ b/lib/myESP/MyESP.cpp
@@ -831,6 +831,8 @@ bool MyESP::_fs_loadConfig() {
     File configFile = SPIFFS.open("/config.json", "r");
     if (!configFile) {
         myDebug_P(PSTR("[FS] Failed to open config file"));
+        // file does not exist, so assume its the first install. Set serial to on
+        _use_serial = true;
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -874,7 +876,7 @@ bool MyESP::_fs_loadConfig() {
     if (json.containsKey("use_serial")) {
         _use_serial = (bool)json["use_serial"];
     } else {
-        _use_serial = true; // if first time, set serial
+        _use_serial = false; // if first time, set serial to off
         ok          = false;
     }