Wi-Fi connection manager using Bluetooth serial, the Preferences library and an enum state machine.
Sometimes you need to remotely connect to an ESP32 over Wi-Fi but you don’t know the IP address or the ESP32 reconnects with a new IP address each time.
The easiest way to find the IP address for an inaccessible board is to transmit it over Bluetooth serial to a mobile phone. However Bluetooth and Wi-Fi don’t co-exist very well on the ESP32 because they share the same radio system. The Bluetooth connection needs to be closed as soon as the Wi-Fi connection starts to be used for data.
In this tutorial and example code you can see how to use use Bluetooth serial to read the IP address and then close the connection so only Wi-Fi is using the radio.
This demonstration application uses an ESP32 based camera board but it can be adapted for other projects where you need to access an ESP32 over Wi-Fi.
There are three parts to the tutorial – uploading the sketch, pairing your phone with the ESP32 and connecting using a serial Bluetooth application.
Upload the Sketch to the ESP32
Copy the code from here https://github.com/robotzero1/esp32-bluewifi into a new Sketch and upload it to your ESP32 board. If you are using the ESP32-CAM, remember to disconnect pin 0 and press reset.
Open the serial monitor so you can check the progress of the steps below.
Connecting a Mobile Phone to the ESP32
I have Android 9 but other mobiles should be very similar.
Go to Settings and select Connected devices:
Select Pair new device:
Select robot01 from the list of Available devices:
Confirm pairing: 
You should see the device in Currently connected:
Using the Serial Terminal
Install the Serial Bluetooth Terminal app from the Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kai_morich.serial_bluetooth_terminal&hl=en
Open Serial Bluetooth Terminal and select ‘Devices’ from the menu: 
Select robot01 from the list to start the Serial Terminal connection:
If this is the first time the ESP32 has connected to this Wi-Fi network or the password has changed then you will see the following output.
Serial terminal connecting to ESP32:
ESP32 scanning for Wi-Fi networks:
Select the number for your network SSID:
Enter the password for this network:
When the ESP32 connects to the Wi-Fi network, the ESP32 IP address is shown and the Bluetooth is disconnected:
If the ESP32 already has the correct connection credentials then just the IP address of the ESP32 will be displayed:
How does this work?
A few important parts of the code are explained below:
The code uses an ‘enum state machine’. An enum can be thought of as a variable with a fixed number of values such as SCAN_START, SCAN_COMPLETE, SSID_ENTERED, PASS_ENTERED, LOGIN_FAILED
These values are used in a switch statement in the main loop. Functions run or variable values are set based on the current enum value:
case SCAN_START:
SerialBT.println("Scanning Wi-Fi networks");
Serial.println("Scanning Wi-Fi networks");
scan_wifi_networks();
SerialBT.println("Please enter the number for your Wi-Fi");
wifi_stage = SCAN_COMPLETE;
break;
case SSID_ENTERED:
SerialBT.println("Please enter your Wi-Fi password");
Serial.println("Please enter your Wi-Fi password");
wifi_stage = WAIT_PASS;
break;
case PASS_ENTERED:
SerialBT.println("Please wait for Wi-Fi connection...");
Serial.println("Please wait for Wi_Fi connection...");
wifi_stage = WAIT_CONNECT;
preferences.putString("pref_ssid", client_wifi_ssid);
preferences.putString("pref_pass", client_wifi_password);
if (init_wifi()) { // Connected to WiFi
connected_string = "ESP32 IP: ";
connected_string = connected_string + WiFi.localIP().toString();
SerialBT.println(connected_string);
Serial.println(connected_string);
bluetooth_disconnect = true;
} else { // try again
wifi_stage = LOGIN_FAILED;
}
break;
case LOGIN_FAILED:
SerialBT.println("Wi-Fi connection failed");
Serial.println("Wi-Fi connection failed");
delay(2000);
wifi_stage = SCAN_START;
break;
The Sketch uses two Bluetooth callbacks depending on whether Wi-Fi has connected or not:
if (!init_wifi()) { // Connect to Wi-Fi fails
SerialBT.register_callback(callback);
} else {
SerialBT.register_callback(callback_show_ip);
}
If the ESP32 cannot connect to Wi-Fi then the first callback initialised. This listens for Bluetooth data sent to the ESP32. Depending on the type of data and the current value of the enum, various variables are set and functions run:
void callback(esp_spp_cb_event_t event, esp_spp_cb_param_t *param)
{
if (event == ESP_SPP_SRV_OPEN_EVT) {
wifi_stage = SCAN_START;
}
if (event == ESP_SPP_DATA_IND_EVT && wifi_stage == SCAN_COMPLETE) { // data from phone is SSID
int client_wifi_ssid_id = SerialBT.readString().toInt();
client_wifi_ssid = ssids_array[client_wifi_ssid_id];
wifi_stage = SSID_ENTERED;
}
if (event == ESP_SPP_DATA_IND_EVT && wifi_stage == WAIT_PASS) { // data from phone is password
client_wifi_password = SerialBT.readString();
client_wifi_password.trim();
wifi_stage = PASS_ENTERED;
}
}
Alternatively, if the ESP32 has successfully connected to Wi-Fi then a second callback initialises and waits for input from the Bluetooth connection:
void callback_show_ip(esp_spp_cb_event_t event, esp_spp_cb_param_t *param)
{
if (event == ESP_SPP_SRV_OPEN_EVT) {
SerialBT.print("ESP32 IP: ");
SerialBT.println(WiFi.localIP());
bluetooth_disconnect = true;
}
}
The final important thing to note in the code is that once the Wi-Fi IP address is known to the user then the Bluetooth should be closed. This happens either when the IP address has been displayed on the mobile phone or when the user connects to the IP in a browser. One example is shown in the code above. Another is shown below when the camera is connected over a websocket:
if (socket_server.poll()) {
disconnect_bluetooth();
...
}
Video Demonstration
A demonstration of connecting via Bluetooth and setting the Wi-Fi access details is shown below.
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My application is for a limited, amateur audience. They will find the cell phone serial terminal app somewhat awkward or confusing. Is there a more streamlined, configurable and/or simplified interface for the cell phone?
I’ve not seen anything more simple. There’s lots of serial bluetooth apps but the ones I tried all worked the same. Unless you can find a serial application that you can put some sort of skin on to make it less nerdy-looking your probably need to write an app with a wizard for people to follow.
Hello! please help, what problem?
Booting…
[E][Preferences.cpp:437] getString(): nvs_get_str len fail: pref_ssid NOT_FOUND
[E][Preferences.cpp:437] getString(): nvs_get_str len fail: pref_pass NOT_FOUND
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 0 – WIFI_READY
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 2 – STA_START
[E][WiFiSTA.cpp:124] begin(): SSID too long or missing!
…………………[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 3 – STA_STOP
Hi, Can you connect to the device via Bluetooth?
No, Bluetooth don`t work
Can you see ‘robot01’ as a device under Bluetooth on your phone?
No don`t see i try different phones and Bluetooth scaner
Did you uncomment/comment for the correct camera?
#define CAMERA_MODEL_ESP_EYE
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER
Also in the IDE there’s some examples to test in the File > Examples (ESP32) > Bluetooth Serial you can test with.
Yes, i tested example SeialToSerialBT and work good, connected
[D][esp32-hal-psram.c:47] psramInit(): PSRAM enabled
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:510] _init_bt(): device name set
The device started, now you can pair it with bluetooth!
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:225] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_INIT_EVT
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:228] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_INIT_EVT: slave: start
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:310] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_START_EVT
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:235] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_SRV_OPEN_EVT
test send
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:247] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_CLOSE_EVT
—
In you sketch i define CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER, my board is ESP32-CAM on module Expressif. No errors of camera init. Strange.
Which partition scheme are you using? I’ve tried here and it seems fine…
[E][Preferences.cpp:437] getString(): nvs_get_str len fail: pref_ssid NOT_FOUND
[E][Preferences.cpp:437] getString(): nvs_get_str len fail: pref_pass NOT_FOUND
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 0 – WIFI_READY
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 2 – STA_START
[E][WiFiSTA.cpp:124] begin(): SSID too long or missing!
………………..[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 3 – STA_STOP
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:510] _init_bt(): device name set
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:225] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_INIT_EVT
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:228] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_INIT_EVT: slave: start
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:310] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_START_EVT
httpd_start
Huge APP
What version of the ESP32 hardware libraries? Maybe try putting Serial.println() at every line to see where it fails?
I am getting the below error. Any clue what could be wrong?
‘main_html’ was not declared in this scope
Did you copy the other two camera_ files into the folder with the ino file?
Hello!
ESP32 library 1.0.4. I try another board esp32-cam and it`s fail.
Very bad in programing i learn )
Put Serial.println, I think problem start here
start_wifi_millis = millis();
WiFi.begin(pref_ssid, pref_pass);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(“.”);
if (millis() – start_wifi_millis > wifi_timeout) {
WiFi.disconnect(true, true);
return false;
}
}
How odd! What should happen is this part of the code:
if (!init_wifi()) { // Connect to Wi-Fi failsSerialBT.register_callback(callback);
} else {
SerialBT.register_callback(callback_show_ip);
}
Tries to connect to the Wi-Fi using this function:
bool init_wifi()
{
String temp_pref_ssid = preferences.getString("pref_ssid");
String temp_pref_pass = preferences.getString("pref_pass");
pref_ssid = temp_pref_ssid.c_str();
pref_pass = temp_pref_pass.c_str();
Serial.println(pref_ssid);
Serial.println(pref_pass);
WiFi.config(INADDR_NONE, INADDR_NONE, INADDR_NONE);
start_wifi_millis = millis();
WiFi.begin(pref_ssid, pref_pass);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
if (millis() - start_wifi_millis > wifi_timeout) {
WiFi.disconnect(true, true);
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
When that Wi-Fi function fails to connect it should return ‘false’ and the second callback is registered and then setup continues. Can you try putting return false like this:
bool init_wifi(){
return false
so it doesn’t even try to connect. Don’t do anything with the Bluetooth yet if it connects because if you enter the SSID etc it will be difficult to find why it doesn’t work.
Tested, cycle reboot
rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:1216
ho 0 tail 12 room 4
load:0x40078000,len:9720
ho 0 tail 12 room 4
load:0x40080400,len:6364
entry 0x400806b8
[D][esp32-hal-psram.c:47] psramInit(): PSRAM enabled
Booting…
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:510] _init_bt(): device name set
/home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/freertos/queue.c:1442 (xQueueGenericReceive)- assert failed!
abort() was called at PC 0x4009255d on core 1
Backtrace: 0x40096180:0x3ffce7b0 0x400963b1:0x3ffce7d0 0x4009255d:0x3ffce7f0 0x4013af4e:0x3ffce830 0x4013b22e:0x3ffce850 0x40129800:0x3ffce870 0x40129869:0x3ffce890 0x4012550a:0x3ffce8b0 0x40124004:0x3ffce8d0 0x40128820:0x3ffce910 0x400e7bf7:0x3ffce930 0x400e7e7d:0x3ffce990 0x400d1c9f:0x3ffce9c0 0x400d1df7:0x3ffcea20 0x400d910f:0x3ffcead0 0x400928c9:0x3ffceaf0
Rebooting…
Can you install this to get more info from the backtrace: https://github.com/me-no-dev/EspExceptionDecoder
I thought I knew a little, how wrong I was 🙂
Decoding stack results
0x40096180: invoke_abort at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/esp32/panic.c line 155
0x400963b1: abort at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/esp32/panic.c line 170
0x4009255d: xQueueGenericReceive at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/freertos/queue.c line 1442
0x4013af4e: sys_mutex_lock at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/lwip/port/esp32/freertos/sys_arch.c line 78
0x4013b22e: sys_arch_protect at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/lwip/port/esp32/freertos/sys_arch.c line 469
0x40129800: do_memp_malloc_pool at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/lwip/lwip/src/core/memp.c line 302
0x40129869: memp_malloc at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/lwip/lwip/src/core/memp.c line 398
0x4012550a: netconn_alloc at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/lwip/lwip/src/api/api_msg.c line 742
0x40124004: netconn_new_with_proto_and_callback at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/lwip/lwip/src/api/api_lib.c line 133
0x40128820: lwip_socket at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/lwip/lwip/src/api/sockets.c line 1587
0x400e7bf7: httpd_server_init at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/lwip/lwip/src/include/lwip/sockets.h line 593
0x400e7e7d: httpd_start at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/esp_http_server/src/httpd_main.c line 366
0x400d1c9f: app_httpserver_init() at D:\_Alfa\_2020\_Telegram_esp32\1\_ble_connection\esp32-bluewifi-master\ESP32WebcamBluetoothWifi/ESP32WebcamBluetoothWifi.ino line 204
0x400d1df7: setup() at D:\_Alfa\_2020\_Telegram_esp32\1\_ble_connection\esp32-bluewifi-master\ESP32WebcamBluetoothWifi/ESP32WebcamBluetoothWifi.ino line 103
0x400d910f: loopTask(void*) at C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\1.0.4\cores\esp32\main.cpp line 14
0x400928c9: vPortTaskWrapper at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/freertos/port.c line 143
Me too.. for the last three years of this hobby!
OK.. That wasn’t going to work.. it crashes here as well.
More things to try:
Make sure debug is set to Verbose
Try changing WiFi.disconnect(true, true); to WiFi.disconnect(“0”, “0”);
Put return false in front of the while
return false;while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
The only thing I can think of is that for some reason the Wi-Fi just gives up rather than times out.
Did not help the same errors
even this one?…
Put return false in front of the while
return false;while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
It should skip trying to connect to wi-fi and go to Bluetooth setup. If that doesn’t work I’m lost!
Can this be adapted to get the ip on Android Studio?
I’m pretty sure you could do the serial connection part in Android Studio. It’s just using the Bluetooth connection to send a receive serial commands.
edit my last comment: first 2 libraries are Wifi.h and Preferences.h (don’t know why I can’t see those 2 lines in my previous comment, maybe it is just me)
Hi. Check out the first part of this tutorial to make sure you have the right partition size chosen: https://robotzero.one/arduino-ide-partitions/ (You don’t need to start creating new partitions).
When that part is OK. You can try removing the camera parts until it compiles, uploads and runs.
Also, in the IDE there are some examples for the Wi-Fi under Examples > (Examples for ESP32) > WiFi. Try the WiFiScan one to make sure you can see your network.
Ok I change the partition to Huge APP and it works (no more 110% message).
I try the example WiFiScan and works too, in the IDE serial I get 10 wifi networks (got a lot of neighbors :D).
And remove the camera parts, uploads it but still I’m getting the same message in the Bluetooth Serial “-2 networks found” and still doesn’t show the wifi names, what could it be ?
Can you paste your code here and send me the link so I can give it a quick test on one of my ESP32s
https://pastebin.com/
Ok this is https://pastebin.com/UmpXs59Q
The paste works for me. If you set Core Debug to Verbose do you see what do you see in serial?
I get this:
Booting...[E][Preferences.cpp:437] getString(): nvs_get_str len fail: pref_ssid NOT_FOUND
[E][Preferences.cpp:437] getString(): nvs_get_str len fail: pref_pass NOT_FOUND
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 0 - WIFI_READY
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 2 - STA_START
[E][WiFiSTA.cpp:124] begin(): SSID too long or missing!
....................[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 3 - STA_STOP
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:510] _init_bt(): device name set
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:225] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_INIT_EVT
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:228] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_INIT_EVT: slave: start
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:310] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_START_EVT
[I][BluetoothSerial.cpp:235] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_SRV_OPEN_EVT
Scanning Wi-Fi networks
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 0 - WIFI_READY
[V][BluetoothSerial.cpp:271] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_WRITE_EVT: 23 FREE
[V][BluetoothSerial.cpp:271] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_WRITE_EVT: 2 FREE
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 2 - STA_START
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 1 - SCAN_DONE
[V][BluetoothSerial.cpp:271] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_WRITE_EVT: 2 FREE
[V][BluetoothSerial.cpp:271] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_WRITE_EVT: 18 FREE
1: Sidsnakeisdddd
2: NSA ORANGE
3: MiFibra-0E10
[V][BluetoothSerial.cpp:271] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_WRITE_EVT: 32 FREE
[V][BluetoothSerial.cpp:271] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_WRITE_EVT: 106 FREE
[V][BluetoothSerial.cpp:275] esp_spp_cb(): ESP_SPP_DATA_IND_EVT len=3 handle=129
Please enter your Wi-Fi password
I wonder if some of the code in my sketch for the WiFi is causing a problem with your router as it’s not exactly the same as the WiFiScan example. -2 is an error code.
You could try removing ” WiFi.config(INADDR_NONE, INADDR_NONE, INADDR_NONE); ” and moving “WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA); ” above the ” start_wifi_millis = millis ” line. My approach would be to change bit by bit the WiFiScan example to match my sketch and see at which point it breaks.
i’m a beginner to esp32 and i wanted to use this example to see how i can use bluetooth to configure wifi.
unfortuneately, after finally being able to compile without error messages, i got the information that the program size is about 108%.
now i removed all that looks like being code for the camera, but still get the message
“Error: The program size (1371018 bytes) is greater than maximum allowed (1310720 bytes)”.
do i need an esp32 with a bigger flash (i assume that standard size is 4M, but i don’t understand why the compiler limits this to 1.3M) or do i have to do some additional configuration?
thanx!
Hi. Check out the first part of this tutorial to make sure you have the right partition size chosen: https://robotzero.one/arduino-ide-partitions/ (You don’t need to start creating new partitions).
ah, thanx!
how can this be done when using vs editor with platformio instead of the arduino environment?
Yep, but I don’t remember how you set up the options for the ESP32 upload. Must be tutorials on YouTube for this. Maybe this one explains it – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0poh_2rBq7E&ab_channel=AndreasSpiess
Hello friend, I am an electronic engineering student in Brazil. I loved your project, and I’m using it as a basis for one I’m doing in college. But I am having problems, because I need that when a character ‘q’ is sent, the blutooth disconnects .. it works only that when I add this increment to the project it gives an error in the wifi connection .. can you help me? I left my loop attached!
if( SerialBT.read() == ‘q’){
Serial.print(“RECEBI Q !”);
disconnect_bluetooth();
} else{
if (bluetooth_disconnect)
{
disconnect_bluetooth();
}
botaoestado = digitalRead(BOTAO);
if ( botaoestado == LOW ){
preferences.remove(“pref_ssid”);
preferences.remove(“pref_pass”);
ESP.restart();
}
switch (wifi_stage)
{
case SCAN_START:
SerialBT.println(“Scanning Wi-Fi networks”);
Serial.println(“Scanning Wi-Fi networks”);
scan_wifi_networks();
SerialBT.println(“Please enter the number for your Wi-Fi”);
wifi_stage = SCAN_COMPLETE;
break;
case SSID_ENTERED:
SerialBT.println(“Please enter your Wi-Fi password”);
Serial.println(“Please enter your Wi-Fi password”);
wifi_stage = WAIT_PASS;
break;
case PASS_ENTERED:
SerialBT.println(“Please wait for Wi-Fi connection…”);
Serial.println(“Please wait for Wi_Fi connection…”);
wifi_stage = WAIT_CONNECT;
preferences.putString(“pref_ssid”, client_wifi_ssid);
preferences.putString(“pref_pass”, client_wifi_password);
if (init_wifi()) { // Connected to WiFi
connected_string = “ESP32 IP: “;
connected_string = connected_string + WiFi.localIP().toString();
SerialBT.println(connected_string);
Serial.println(connected_string);
// = true;
} else { // try againbluetooth_disconnect
wifi_stage = LOGIN_FAILED;
}
break;
case LOGIN_FAILED:
SerialBT.println(“Wi-Fi connection failed”);
Serial.println(“Wi-Fi connection failed”);
delay(2000);
wifi_stage = SCAN_START;
break;
}
}
}
Hi,
What stage do you want the Bluetooth to disconnect? After the Wi-Fi details have been successfully inputted?
Hello i am just falling in love with your page
I will be glad if you could help me in finding the solution for this error I am getting
‘class BluetoothSerial’ has no member named ‘disconnect’
Arduino: 1.8.13 (Windows 10), Board: “AI Thinker ESP32-CAM”
C:\Users\Sreenath\Desktop\esp32-bluewifi-master\esp32-bluewifi-master\ESP32WebcamBluetoothWifi\ESP32WebcamBluetoothWifi.ino: In function ‘void disconnect_bluetooth()’:
ESP32WebcamBluetoothWifi:217:12: error: ‘class BluetoothSerial’ has no member named ‘disconnect’
SerialBT.disconnect();
^
Multiple libraries were found for “WiFi.h”
Used: C:\Users\Sreenath\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\1.0.3\libraries\WiFi
Not used: C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\WiFi
exit status 1
‘class BluetoothSerial’ has no member named ‘disconnect’
This report would have more information with
“Show verbose output during compilation”
option enabled in File -> Preferences.
Can you try upgrading to 1.0.4 of the ESP32 hardware library for Arduino.
Thank you soo much it works, your works are amazing I wish I could contribute to you but I am not fortunate enough to do that may be I can help you with the promotions of your page
Further can you please help me with giving me an outline of how to do OCR using ESP-32 CAM I am really in need of this (Basically it should recognize the text written on any kind of piece of paper or box or anything) accuracy is not my concern even if it can recognize at least 40 to 50 % of the text that’s fine
please do help me with that
Do you want to recognise text or just single characters? The ESP32 is not going to be powerful enough to do text but it might be possible to do character recognition. You would have to write some code that does one of the OCR techniques explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition#Text_recognition I’m looking at object recognition using models but I don’t intended to use it for character recognition at the moment.
Basically I want the esp 32 cam to continuously capture the video and check in each frame if it contains a specific word or sentence in that frame. For example it should continuously check for word “Sreenath” in the image it’s going to capture continuously if at all it matches I should trigger any gpio pin
I was thinking to do this with the help of cloud API like it should capture the photo and send the photo for processing to some cloud based OCR recognizer like RapidAPI but I couldn’t exactly understand how to proceed with that in ESP32 and I am struck
Further I was even thinking of doing the object recognition which can recognise any model we train it I will share you my idea
Make use of “teachable machine” by Google with which you can train any number of models very easily
And make use of the model.json obtained from that for doing any kind of object recognition (even the javascript code is provided in teachable machine itself we can make use of it in the esp
But even for this I am struck how to proceed with may be please can you do let me know your mail id or reach me on my mail id which will be useful
Hi There
This is Abisheik from India . I am working with a project similar to yours “ESP32 Set Up Wi-Fi Connection Using Bluetooth” In this project you are using Bluetooth Serial Terminal app for scanning the Wi-Fi connections around you and connecting with appropriate Wi-Fi by entering Password then the webpage with camera opens. But in my project rather than connecting to Wi-Fi network I am in the process of connecting it with Ethernet (i.e.) We need to enter IP address of our LAN
in the terminal of that application and that IP must be stored in the EEPROM of ESP32. Whenever the sketch compiles it will automatically fetch the IP stored inside EEPROM and throws the webpage on that particular address. This is the concept of my project. Finally in simple words. Whenever the client enters his/her IP address in Bluetooth serial terminal that address should be fetched by Arduino sketch and used for displaying webpage. Can you please help me with it?
Hi,
I don’t really have time to look at this properly but you want the user to type an IP address in the Bluetooth app and the ESP32 to be available at this address over LAN?
I would use the same sort of thing I did uses an ‘enum state machine’. An enum can be thought of as a variable with a fixed number of values such as SCAN_START, SCAN_COMPLETE, SSID_ENTERED, PASS_ENTERED, LOGIN_FAILED to separate each part of the operation. This way you can work on each part separately and join it together at the end.
Great tutorial and code. Works like a charm on my ESP32-Wroom-32S (no camera) board and android phone (can’t figure out if there are iOS apps that can do this, stupid Apple). Anyhow, one question for you: when I compile in Arduino IDE, I get 99% usage of storage space. I only realized this when I tried to integrate the code into an online weather-checking program, and it overloaded the memory. Am I doing something wrong, or does this program require that much memory?
Arduino IDE: “Sketch uses 1299653 bytes (99%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1310720 bytes.
Global variables use 45344 bytes (13%) of dynamic memory, leaving 282336 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 327680 bytes.”
Hi, I think you just need to change the partition scheme to Huge App. See the first part of this tutorial – https://robotzero.one/arduino-ide-partitions/
Hi, we need HC-05 bluetooth module or not, i guess we need an arduino board for this, also the data from the ESP32 is serially transmitted to the arduino HC-05 Module, then to transfer through wifi, kindly correct me if i am wrong !
Hi, This project just needs the ESP32. No other boards are used.
Hi, found this code most logical and useful. But in Ai thinker-cam i am having some error.
190:45: error: ‘main_html’ was not declared in this scope
190:45: note: suggested alternative: ‘main_handler’
190:55: error: ‘main_html_len’ was not declared in this scope
190:55: note: suggested alternative: ‘main_handler’
Dont have much hands on experience for oop. can you help.
Hi. You need to have the other files in the repo in the folder with the ino file. They should then show in the Arduino IDE and be uploaded as part of the sketch.