Hello, I am new to all this so please excuse my cluelessness.
I was trying to flash WLED on my new esp32 dev board. I bought it from waveshare and it has an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 if that makes a difference.
The problem is that when the installation finishes and I click next I get thrown back to the logs/installation menu instead of the configure WiFi menu. After some searching I found an error message in the console of the browser saying the following:
Improv initialization failed. Error: Improv Wi-Fi Serial not detected
at install-dialog-19322187.js:424:1210
Below are some screenshots to better explain my situation:
I get to this screen and hit install
(see replies below for more images. The forum does not let me upload all of them in one post)
If anyone has a clue about what could be the issue please write it below.
I read that this may be the issue before posting. I tried it but nothing changed. The problem is not the installation but rather the post-installation stuff. i ll add some screenshots above to make my self more clear.
I believe the S2 and S3 boards are still considered experimental. They can take a bit of effort to get working, or may not work. I would search the forums for topics relating to the S3 board.
But, it looks like your install may have been successful. Look at your available wifi networks and see if you see WLED-AP. Connect to that and config your wifi.
Sure WiFi issues are expected even if your installation on S3 is successful, look here for a solution which worked for a lot of boards Esp32-s3 devkit c - #2 by ALDIY
I checked it did not show up. Which is the officially supported board if not the S3. I bought it because i thought it is the officially supported one XD
Lolin c3,s2,and s3 boards ( also known as S3 — WEMOS documentation ) just because the guys tested them a lot with wled , if you will get any then better the rev v2.0.0 . Also i seen talk about seeed studio boards but i do not have any of that to confirm
I only used esptool as listed in that post for initial setup . And if you want my honest opinion ( which no one can prove wrong ) then for practical setups just stick to normal esp32 and if flash size or board size is your goal then you can still do that on a normal esp32 , variants are still not as good at the moment but that could change as time passes and more guys have issues with them like you are doing now and we did 1 year ago
Can you tell me what classifies as a normal esp32 I bought this for a normal one and here is where I got it. Also is there any way to still use this one for something else?
Normal esp32 is not having any C3,S2, S3 …at the end so no variant . And do not misunderstand i am using all esp32-C3 ,S2 and S3 and I do not have major issues with them but if you will test a lot of usermods , 2D …etc then you might see issues here and there .Installation is a one time thing which you could overcome
So as I understand it is possible to get past the installation even with the S3 I have but is there a way you can help me get past it because for the life of me i cannot get it to work no matter how hard i try
This might be too little too late but I came across this thread when I was dealing with the same WIFI issue so I thought I would post my soultion for anyone else who comes along.
If you get can’t seem to get an ESP32 working with ESP-home try the following to get it working.
First step is to create a device in ESPhome via home assistant GUI. Once you have the device setup, click the 3 little dots on the right of the device and click “Install”. 4 Options will appear, select the option “Plug into this computer”.
The system will compile your file and once it is ready, click to download.
Connect your device and install the file that you just made in home assistant onto your ESP device.
From here you should be good to go, further software updates can be applied normally via the wireless option in the GUI now that you have made the initial connection.
I hope this helps anyone else out there trying this. It took me a half a day to work this one out.
