Smart home concept
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Controller WeMos D1 mini controller Installing the firmware WiFi connection Router Choosing a router Setting up Mikrotik Connecting to the server Activating API access Smart home server Local server Cloud server
Registering the controller Backup Project Adding a controller

Connecting the controller via WiFi

Each controller must be connected to the smart home WiFi network. It is assumed that the necessary firmware is already installed on your controller. If you assembled the controller yourself, you can find out how to install the firmware in the documentation: Installing the firmware .

Connect the controller to the power supply. The controller's blue LED will start blinking. The controller will try to find a WiFi network known to it. It will try to do this for three minutes. After that, if the connection fails, the controller will go into emergency access point mode . Now it will create its own WiFi network and wait for connections to it. In this mode, the LED will blink less often and less often.

You have the option not to wait these three minutes for the controller to search for the old (or erroneous) WiFi network, but to immediately switch it to the installation mode . To do this, you need to turn off the controller, then press and hold RST (Reset) button , после чего turn it on. Wait a few seconds and release the RST button. The controller will create its own WiFi network.

Using a laptop or smartphone, search for new WiFi networks. The controller will operate in emergency (or setup) mode, creating its own access point, i.e. its own WiFi network with a name in the style

SmartESP-ХХХХXXX


Connect to this network using the default password :

smartkey 


After successfully connecting to the WiFi network of the controller, its LED will blink twice as often. Now, open a browser on your laptop (or smartphone) and specify a special address:

http://192.168.51.1


Opening the page will require authorization, use the word as a username:

smart

Leave the password field blank !

After successful authorization, the Setup, where you will need to specify the following settings:

  • Wi-Fi access - parameters (name and password) for connecting the controller to your WiFi network.
  • Host Name - the name of the controller in the network (Latin characters).
  • Auth Password - password for accessing the controller.
  • Board Hotspot - emergency connection parameters to the controller if it fails to find a WiFi network. By default, the current settings with which you connected to the controller will be displayed there. We strongly recommend changing them for security reasons!

Press the Save button and the controller will reboot, after which it will connect to the WiFi network. If it fails to do this, then after a few minutes it will again go into emergency access point mode with the parameters you specified earlier in the Board Hotspot. Подробнее ниже.

Board Hotspot (Access Point Emergency Mode)
Please note that in this access point mode, the controller only works if it failed to connect to your WiFi network after being turned on. In addition, its operating time in this mode is limited to one hour . After one hour of operation in emergency mode, the controller automatically reboots and tries to connect to your WiFi network again. Also, please note that if the controller was connected to your WiFi network, but the connection was subsequently lost, the controller will try to reconnect all the time without switching to emergency access point mode and without rebooting.

Restart the controller. The LED will blink slowly and then go out . This will mean that the WiFi network has been found and the controller has successfully connected to it! The controller is ready for operation and the next step is to register it on the smart home server, which can be local or cloud-based .

Important! If it so happens that you have lost all passwords and cannot connect to the controller in any mode (and there is no RST button), then in this case, you need to use the SmartESP controller programmer to reinstall the firmware.

Note: If you are an experienced specialist, you can manage the controller settings through its web interface. To do this, you will need to go to the web control panel of your home router and find the IP address of the controller there. For example, this may be an address like 192.168.88.37 .   Then the controller can be controlled via a browser by opening this address as a website: http://192.168.88.37


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