WiFiManager autoconnect after timeout
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:20 amI like to configure my ESP8266 with WiFiManager. After each power cycle, the config portal should open and wait for a new configuration. If there is no new configuration entered, WiFiManager should autoconnect with the last/old configuration.
For this I modified AutoConnectWithFSParametersAndCustomIP.ino slightly as you can see here:
My Problem is, that it does not connect after timeout. Only the config portal is closed.
What do I need to change, so that it automatically connects after timeout?
For this I modified AutoConnectWithFSParametersAndCustomIP.ino slightly as you can see here:
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#include <FS.h> //this needs to be first, or it all crashes and burns...
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h> //https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino
//needed for library
#include <DNSServer.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
#include <WiFiManager.h> //https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager
#include <ArduinoJson.h> //https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson
//define your default values here, if there are different values in config.json, they are overwritten.
//length should be max size + 1
char mqtt_server[40];
char mqtt_port[6] = "8080";
char blynk_token[33] = "YOUR_BLYNK_TOKEN";
//default custom static IP
char static_ip[16] = "10.0.1.56";
char static_gw[16] = "10.0.1.1";
char static_sn[16] = "255.255.255.0";
//flag for saving data
bool shouldSaveConfig = false;
//callback notifying us of the need to save config
void saveConfigCallback () {
Serial.println("Should save config");
shouldSaveConfig = true;
}
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println();
//clean FS, for testing
//SPIFFS.format();
//read configuration from FS json
Serial.println("mounting FS...");
if (SPIFFS.begin()) {
Serial.println("mounted file system");
if (SPIFFS.exists("/config.json")) {
//file exists, reading and loading
Serial.println("reading config file");
File configFile = SPIFFS.open("/config.json", "r");
if (configFile) {
Serial.println("opened config file");
size_t size = configFile.size();
// Allocate a buffer to store contents of the file.
std::unique_ptr<char[]> buf(new char[size]);
configFile.readBytes(buf.get(), size);
DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer;
JsonObject& json = jsonBuffer.parseObject(buf.get());
json.printTo(Serial);
if (json.success()) {
Serial.println("\nparsed json");
strcpy(mqtt_server, json["mqtt_server"]);
strcpy(mqtt_port, json["mqtt_port"]);
strcpy(blynk_token, json["blynk_token"]);
if(json["ip"]) {
Serial.println("setting custom ip from config");
//static_ip = json["ip"];
strcpy(static_ip, json["ip"]);
strcpy(static_gw, json["gateway"]);
strcpy(static_sn, json["subnet"]);
//strcat(static_ip, json["ip"]);
//static_gw = json["gateway"];
//static_sn = json["subnet"];
Serial.println(static_ip);
/* Serial.println("converting ip");
IPAddress ip = ipFromCharArray(static_ip);
Serial.println(ip);*/
} else {
Serial.println("no custom ip in config");
}
} else {
Serial.println("failed to load json config");
}
}
}
} else {
Serial.println("failed to mount FS");
}
//end read
Serial.println(static_ip);
Serial.println(blynk_token);
Serial.println(mqtt_server);
// The extra parameters to be configured (can be either global or just in the setup)
// After connecting, parameter.getValue() will get you the configured value
// id/name placeholder/prompt default length
WiFiManagerParameter custom_mqtt_server("server", "mqtt server", mqtt_server, 40);
WiFiManagerParameter custom_mqtt_port("port", "mqtt port", mqtt_port, 5);
WiFiManagerParameter custom_blynk_token("blynk", "blynk token", blynk_token, 34);
//WiFiManager
//Local intialization. Once its business is done, there is no need to keep it around
WiFiManager wifiManager;
//set config save notify callback
wifiManager.setSaveConfigCallback(saveConfigCallback);
//set static ip
IPAddress _ip,_gw,_sn;
_ip.fromString(static_ip);
_gw.fromString(static_gw);
_sn.fromString(static_sn);
wifiManager.setSTAStaticIPConfig(_ip, _gw, _sn);
//add all your parameters here
wifiManager.addParameter(&custom_mqtt_server);
wifiManager.addParameter(&custom_mqtt_port);
wifiManager.addParameter(&custom_blynk_token);
//reset settings - for testing
//wifiManager.resetSettings();
//set minimu quality of signal so it ignores AP's under that quality
//defaults to 8%
wifiManager.setMinimumSignalQuality();
//sets timeout until configuration portal gets turned off
//useful to make it all retry or go to sleep
//in seconds
wifiManager.setTimeout(120);
//fetches ssid and pass and tries to connect
//if it does not connect it starts an access point with the specified name
//here "AutoConnectAP"
//and goes into a blocking loop awaiting configuration
if (!wifiManager.startConfigPortal("AutoConnectAP", "password")) {
Serial.println("failed to connect and hit timeout");
delay(3000);
//reset and try again, or maybe put it to deep sleep
ESP.reset();
delay(5000);
}
//if you get here you have connected to the WiFi
Serial.println("connected...yeey :)");
//read updated parameters
strcpy(mqtt_server, custom_mqtt_server.getValue());
strcpy(mqtt_port, custom_mqtt_port.getValue());
strcpy(blynk_token, custom_blynk_token.getValue());
//save the custom parameters to FS
if (shouldSaveConfig) {
Serial.println("saving config");
DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer;
JsonObject& json = jsonBuffer.createObject();
json["mqtt_server"] = mqtt_server;
json["mqtt_port"] = mqtt_port;
json["blynk_token"] = blynk_token;
json["ip"] = WiFi.localIP().toString();
json["gateway"] = WiFi.gatewayIP().toString();
json["subnet"] = WiFi.subnetMask().toString();
File configFile = SPIFFS.open("/config.json", "w");
if (!configFile) {
Serial.println("failed to open config file for writing");
}
json.prettyPrintTo(Serial);
json.printTo(configFile);
configFile.close();
//end save
}
Serial.println("local ip");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
Serial.println(WiFi.gatewayIP());
Serial.println(WiFi.subnetMask());
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}My Problem is, that it does not connect after timeout. Only the config portal is closed.
What do I need to change, so that it automatically connects after timeout?