Neopixele as status-indicator

[Psi]

Hi there,
I had the idea to use a neopixel to visualize the state of the ESP.
Something like
* green: connected to wifi
* blinking: try to connect to wifi
* cyan: AP-Mode active

I've done it with a rule:

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// Enable AP Mode on Flash-Button press
on FlashBtn#State=1 do
  WifiAPMode
endon


// Blink blue while trying to connect to wifi
On System#Boot do    
  NeoPixel,1,0,0,200
  TaskValueSet 12,1,0 // Init LED on
  TaskValueSet 12,2,0 // Init AP Mode on
  timerSet,1,1
endon

On Rules#Timer=1 do
  if [dummy#on]=0
    NeoPixel,1,0,0,150
    TaskValueSet 12,1,1
  else
    NeoPixel,1,0,0,0
    TaskValueSet 12,1,0
  endif
  timerSet,1,1
endon

// End blink after connected
On WiFi#Connected do
  if [dummy#ap]!=1
    NeoPixel,1,0,0,200
    timerSet,1,0
  endif
endon

On WiFi#Disconnected do
  if [dummy#ap]!=1
    timerSet,1,1
  endif
endon

// cyan on AP Mode
On WiFi#APmodeEnabled do
  TaskValueSet 12,2,1
  NeoPixel,1,200,200,0
endon
On Wifi#APmodeDisabled do
  Reboot
endon

Seems to work so far but let me know if one can do it in a better way

Greets

[grovkillen]

Great! We should add that to the documentation.

[chemmex]

Any chance to blink the LED faster than once a second?

[TD-er]

Not using rules.
Also even if the rules could handle a timer with sub-second resolution, it would not be a good idea to trigger it via rules.
I guess the best way would be to add a new command to the Neopixel plugin to set a flash frequency. (and one to stop/disable it)

[chemmex]

Totally agree