Let's Control It

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Currently ESPEasy does not allow for multiple active interfaces other than combinations with AP mode.
Packet forwarding is not enabled.

Maybe in future releases this could be added, but it has not yet been planned.

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@Pieter,
As you may have seen, I have been working on fixing some issues first before I was ready to make you a build.
Had not forgotten about it, as I did discuss it this morning with Ton.
He now has made a build for you, linked in the post above this one.
Please let me know if that one is working.

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Can you try the latest build I made: https://td-er.nl/ESPEasy/latest/
It should now be more nice about the SPI bus init and no longer throw errors.

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That doc is about W5200, not W5500.

And if you have the RST and IRQ/INT available, please use them both.

Also it seems to have multiple pins for 3V3.
Maybe there is some part for different parts of the circuit, so make sure to connect them both.

TD-er

In your initial post you didn't mention the RST would be connected.
Maybe set this one to "not selected" and leave it unconnected?

TD-er

Hmm Ton messaged me that there might be a bug in the SPI handling, resulting in the error message in the logs.
So can you at least double check the SPI config?

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"SPI not enabled" is clear, right? See: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Hardware/Hardware.html#spi-ethernet And about the SPI bus configuration: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Hardware/Hardware.html#spi-interface You need to select the "User-defined" option and...

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Yep I know all about "smart" meters dying. Over here the electricity grid company pushed out the wrong update to the meters here. So all meters in our street had to be replaced. This was mid october last year (meters were less than 2 years old). I had proof of my meter counts. The grid com...

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Hmm reminds me of the time I built a MythTV HTPC computer with 4 TV tuner cards as a VCR back in 2005 I think.
I guess scheduling downtime on the main control PC of a nuclear power plant was easier than scheduling downtime on that PC.

I get the same vibe from this setup.

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You can have a second ESP connected via p2p which can also store the data. This one doesn't need to be close and you can even distribute the time via p2p so the GPS can be mounted elsewhere. Not sure how bullet proof it needs to be, but to me it sounds a lot more reliable compared to a SD card which...

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ESP32 Builds with "LittleFS" in the name are based on ESP-IDF5.1

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Congratulations, you found something that hasn't been documented... or is a bug.
Ton has to decide which one applies and fix it

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I still think we do not fully understand eachother. Either you don't understand me, or you do and then we don't understand you. Just consider all LEDs as a single string of LEDs which happens to be laid out in a specific pattern. When considering the specific pattern, you may think about 'rows'. But...

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Nah, must have been something we're missing here or else... you may have found a bug?

I think it is just missing documentation here

Assuming you didn't actually use GPIO-8 as that is connected to the flash

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See notes on GPIO17 and 16: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/lates ... e-on-esp32

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First of all, please double/triple check to see if you get the expected voltages to power the W5500 as there are ESP32 boards out there which do not have the correct silkscreen regarding the GND/5V Second, GPIO5 may not be the best choice here as it does have an internal pull-up resistor and I'm not...

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You can give the commands "gps,sleep" and "gps,wake" to put the GPS to sleep and wake it up. This does reduce power consumption significantly and I think it will also cause the GPS to loose its fix. Or commands like "taskdisable,N" and "taskenable,N" which wil...

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It is not needed to solder, just try the 16x8 (or 8x8) as setting.

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But setting it to 32x16 isn't less pixels, or am I missing something?
16x8 is less than what you had and sure it will probably mess up your intended picture, but it will send less pixels in a burst.

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The %ntp% variable is probably named poorly as it just indicates whether the time has been set. Why do you need to know whether NTP is ready? You do get an event when the time has been set (again). See: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Reference/Events.html#internal-core-events There is Time...

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What I meant is just a setting in the software. And sure the displayed image/text will be garbage, but it is a test to see whether this is a software issue. What I hope will happen is that you will at least see the correct color on each pixel instead of missing 'bits' and thus completely wrong color...

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What do you mean by GPS event handling?

There are some events sent, like whether the time is set.

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You might want to enter the WiFi lines again one line at a time. Or make sure you are connected to the "COM" or "UART" port and not the "USB" or "OTG" port. I have seen the "Native USB" port may sometimes drop some characters when entering commands i...

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Before you trash it, maybe you can either wipe it and start over, or give it the command to erase WiFi calibration data:

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erasesdkwifi

Then let it run for a few seconds (5+ sec) and power cycle the node.

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And since the LEDs are forwarding their data to the next pixel, you will end up with the "unaddressed pixels" also being updated. At least that's the idea. Not sure if these LEDs will detect some 'timeout' and thus not forward their data after such a timeout. But if they do, then sending i...

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Also you're using quite a few spaces, like here: LogEntry, FrameNumber:[display#Frame], 1 Both a space and a comma (and a combination of both) will be considered as a separator for command arguments. If you need a space or comma in an argument, like with strings for logs or to put some text on a dis...

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If display#Frame=1 Do OledFramedCmd,Frame 1 Endon

Should be:

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If [display#Frame]=1 
  OledFramedCmd,Frame,1
endif

Also not sure if the oneliner will work

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On System#Boot do 
  timerSet,1,5 
Endon

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Since it is not intended to be used like this but just to check if you get corrupted colors, you can also try 16x8. Anything you will be sending to the display may be misaligned, but like I said it is just to check if sending the data in smaller chunks may be a fix. If it is, then we can implement t...

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My intent of reducing the grid size is to see if it is a timing issue. Let's assume N pixels can be sent in a single burst. So if the chain is too long, it will be split into separate bursts which might be interrupted by background tasks like WiFi activity. Depending on the type of addressable LED a...

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Let's hope it didn't take you 40+ attempts to find it

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Just realize "great minds think alike"

And good it is working.

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Already way ahead of you :) When multiple ESPEasy nodes can see eachother, they will announce what time they think it is, including some expected time wander. This is calculated based on the last time sync and their time source. For example the "RTC memory" is one of the least accurate one...

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As soon as the GPS has a fix, then it will set the system time.

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The pins labelled RX/TX on your board are the ones you also use to program the board. So better not use those. You can setup using just about any other pin as long as you don't use the pins mentioned here: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Reference/GPIO.html#best-pins-to-use-on-esp32-s3 So t...

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great!

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You should also check the flash size. The screenshot of the ESP download tool shows the detected flash size is 16 MB. So you can select a "MAX" build. This only leaves the check which is very specific to the ESP32-S3; Whether or not you have 2 MB PSRAM (or no PSRAM) or 8 MB PSRAM. If you h...

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Yep, the neopixel timing is extremely critical. I still have to look into this especially as the way how we can address these addressable LEDs using ESP-IDF5.1 (thus ESP32 LittleFS builds) is completely different and even more timing-critical. However it might be that the interval of sending a new &...

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It is probably a bit too much for the formula field. N.B. the formula field can use %value% as template for the value of that taskvalue. But since you need to also use other taskvalues and need quite a lot of calculation, I guess it is best done via rules. Something like this: on Pressure#Druck do l...

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Can you try a later build?
See: https://td-er.nl/ESPEasy/latest/
This can be flashed via the web browser if you're using Chrome (or Edge???)

Or you can download the all.zip file and pick the appropriate file from the zip and update via the tools page

TD-er

Also which build are you using (exact file name as shown on the sysinfo page)

Can you also look at the free memory?

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So they found out the other ESP32 units they sell are not 16 MB

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The problem with 1M flash is that you can't really perform OTA updates, so you need to get the unit out to flash them again via serial. Apart from that the file system also takes up space, so it really is limiting what you can do with it. One way to make this simpler is to replace the flash chip wit...

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Ah I now see that was another user asking for an 1M build.

Not sure if "collection C" has the notifications included in the build.
Maybe Ton can tell?

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Problems with the geared direct drive extruder does sound like "debris" in the nozzle. Did you maybe print white filament? If so, then I suggest to clean out the nozzle. If you printed PETG, you can maybe try to feed in some PLA and try to do a "cold pull" as PLA does have a lowe...

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Just why do you need 1M builds?
If it is because of those small ESP01 modules, you can swap out the flash chip for a larger one and there are now ESP32-C3 variants of the same form factor made by LilyGo: T-01C3

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If the seller will send out a board with an ESP32 which looks like on their picture, then I am quite sure it won't be one with 16M flash. It can be an ESP32 for sure, but I have not seen those ESP32 (classic) boards with a "NodeMCU" look and feel which have 16M flash. There are for sure lo...

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On more modern boards you can see some imprint in the metallic cap in the lower left corner stating some info on the memory/flash size. However on older boards you will only find something like "WROOM-1" or something like that. The difference between ESP8266 and ESP32 is quite easy to see ...

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Even the one on the photo of the Ebay page isn't a 16MB version.
It is an ESP32 (on the Ebay page), for sure not a 16 MB version.
The ones you received are ESP8266 NodeMCU boards.

TD-er

Problem with increasing the max number of notifications is that it can render your settings files incompatible with other builds.

See the NOTIFICATION_MAX in src/CustomBuild/ESPEasyLimits.h file

N.B. increasing this has never been tested, so not sure if you may run in other issues.

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Fix will be implemented in the next release (probably today)
Test build is still running here: https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEas ... 8535646040

Reason for a new build so soon after the last one is that there is some issue with LittleFS builds on ESP32-C3/C6/S2/S3

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