I have a car project I’m doing. Running 6 - esp32’s with approx 600-700 per unit. Using Ben step down as the LEDs are 12 on their own circuit relay. Then using QCCAN TTL to Rs4585 due to the data lines are average 30-40’ long from the start. The system works great other than one huge issue, once I pull the vech out of the shop and I out of the set up on the WiFi settings i loose all control to the point can’t even shout them down with out pulling the main feeds. Is there a way to set up the esp 32 on my hot spot off my I phone 16 and control them that way or did I just spend a small fortune with out hope. Please let me
Know what other info you might need. It will cool ass bell if it works due to WLEDS programs have so much more to offer and rather kick royal ass if I may say that. I e even playing with there system for almost 2 years now. Was a little frustrating at first but once you learn the ins and out there rather great. Again any help as this I was going to kick off Thanksgiving with a pos client that has many he interested doing. Db me didn’t even think about the internet.
You can use the builtin WLED “hot-spot”.
When WLED starts and can’t make a connection to the programmed WiFi, it reverts to standalone mode and provides a “WLED-AP” access point SSID you can connect to with your phone. Check the KB: WiFi setup
The other way to gain control would be add a simple IR (or even Wizmote) remote.
I use wled in my car and control it by connecting to my phone hotspot (as I believe you are suggesting). Works great. I find the web portal on a phone almost unusable as you can’t seem to scroll on the effects tab without refreshing the page.
Just turn on your phone’s hotspot and hit scan in wled and save the hotspot as your connection. You’ll be able to then use the weld app.
Oh and additionally I bought a small project box and use it to house a couple buttons for easy control of presets. Get the 12v buttons. Will make life easier since the vehicle is likely putting out 12v from the fuse panel. I highly suggest the buttons as they will allow some level of control without pulling out your phone. I have a matrix in my rear window for “get off my ass” and “thanks for letting me merge” type of messages lol.
Thanks for your response Sounds great and love the matrix idea.
Ok. I’m not doing something wrong. Cause it won’t find my hot spot
Of my phone. What did I miss?
Now that…is weird. I was able to turn on my phone’s hotspot, scan for Wi-Fi networks and then I could connect to my phone wifi from wled. My phone will turn its hotspot off if there are no devices connected to it for several minutes. All I can think of is to verify you can connect to your phone hotspot with a different phone/PC/etc. you might try manually entering the ssid and PW for the phone hotspot into wled.
Might be phone dependent.
WLED is using the basic ESP32 WiFi library, which is fine for basic AP connections.
Unfortunately it’s not up to snuff for modern security-conscious devices.
Not saying it won’t work, it just may need tweaking depending on your phone.
The opposite direction is pretty tried and true, that’s part of why it’s the default for WLED.
