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Make SSID of SoftAP unique
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Move the saving area of EEPROM for the credentials
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<h1>Advanced usage</h1>
<h2 id="advanced-usage">Advanced usage<a class="headerlink" href="#advanced-usage" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<h3 id="404-handler"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> 404 handler<a class="headerlink" href="#404-handler" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Registering the "not found" handler is a different way than ESP8266WebServer/WebServer. The <em>onNotFound</em> of ESP8266WebServer/WebServer does not work with AutoConnect. AutoConnect overrides <em>ESP8266WebServer::onNotFound</em>/<em>WebServer::onNotFound</em> to handle a captive portal. To register "not found" handler, use <a href="api.html#onnotfound"><em>AutoConnect::onNotFound</em></a>.</p>
<h3 id="automatic-reconnect"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Automatic reconnect<a class="headerlink" href="#automatic-reconnect" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>When the captive portal is started, SoftAP starts and the STA is disconnected. The current SSID setting memorized in ESP8266 will be lost but then the reconnect behavior of ESP32 is somewhat different from this.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/a0f0bd930cfd2d607bf3d3288f46e2d265dd2e11/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiSTA.h#L46">WiFiSTAClass::disconnect</a> function implemented in the arduino-esp32 has extended parameters than the ESP8266's arduino-core. The second parameter of WiFi.disconnect on the arduino-esp32 core that does not exist in the <a href="https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/blob/7e1bdb225da8ab337373517e6a86a99432921a86/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiSTA.cpp#L296">ESP8266WiFiSTAClass</a> has the effect of deleting the currently connected WiFi configuration and its default value is "false". On the ESP32 platform, even if WiFi.disconnect is executed, WiFi.begin() without the parameters in the next turn will try to connect to that AP. That is, automatic reconnection is implemented in arduino-esp32 already. Although this behavior appears seemingly competent, it is rather a disadvantage in scenes where you want to change the access point each time. When explicitly disconnecting WiFi from the Disconnect menu, AutoConnect will erase the AP connection settings saved by arduino-esp32 core. AutoConnect's automatic reconnection is a mechanism independent from the automatic reconnection of the arduino-esp32 core.</p>
<p>If the <a href="api.html#autoreconnect"><strong>autoReconnect</strong></a> option of the <a href="api.html#autoconnectconfig-api"><strong>AutoConnectConfig</strong></a> class is enabled, it automatically attempts to reconnect to the disconnected past access point. When the autoReconnect option is specified, AutoConnect will not start SoftAP immediately if the first WiFi.begin fails. It will scan WiFi signal and the same connection information as the detected BSSID is stored in EEPROM as AutoConnect's credentials, explicitly apply it with WiFi.begin and rerun.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config;</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"><span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.autoReconnect</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">true;</span>
</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.config(Config);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.begin();</span>
</pre></div>
<p>An autoReconnect option is available to <em>AutoConnect::begin</em> without SSID and pass passphrase.</p>
<div class="admonition caution">
<p class="admonition-title">An autoReconnect will work if SSID detection succeeded</p>
<p>An autoReconnect will not effect if the SSID which stored credential to be connected is a hidden access point.</p>
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<h3 id="auto-save-credential"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Auto save Credential<a class="headerlink" href="#auto-save-credential" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>By default, AutoConnect saves the credentials of the established connection in EEPROM. You can disable it with the <a href="api.html#autosave"><strong>autoSave</strong></a> parameter specified by <a href="api.html#autoconnectconfig"><strong>AutoConnectConfig</strong></a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config;</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"><span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.autoSave</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">AC_SAVECREDENTIAL_NEVER;</span>
</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.config(Config);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.begin();</span>
</pre></div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">In ESP32, the credentials for AutoConnect are not in NVS</p>
<p>The credentials used by AutoConnect are not saved in NVS on ESP32 module. ESP-IDF saves the WiFi connection configuration to NVS, but AutoConnect stores it on the EEPROM partition. You can find the partition table for default as <a href="https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/tools/partitions/default.csv">default.csv</a></p>
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<h3 id="captive-portal-start-detection"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Captive portal start detection<a class="headerlink" href="#captive-portal-start-detection" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The captive portal will only be activated if the first <em>WiFi::begin</em> fails. Sketch can detect with the <a href="api.html#ondetect"><em>AutoConnect::onDetect</em></a> function that the captive portal has started. For example, the sketch can be written like as follows that turns on the LED at the start captive portal.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal;</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"><span style="color: #66d9ef">bool</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">startCP</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">(IPAddress</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">ip)</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">digitalWrite(BUILTIN_LED,</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">HIGH);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Serial.println(</span><span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;C.P. started, IP:&quot;</span> <span style="color: #f92672">+</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">WiFi.localIP().toString());</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">return</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">true;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">setup</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Serial.begin(</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">115200</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">pinMode(BUILTIN_LED,</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">OUTPUT);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">digitalWrite(BUILTIN_LED,</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">LOW);</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.onDetect(startCP);</span>
</span> <span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(Portal.begin())</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">digitalWrite(BUILTIN_LED,</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">LOW);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">loop</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.handleClient();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="captive-portal-timeout-control"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Captive portal timeout control<a class="headerlink" href="#captive-portal-timeout-control" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>AutoConnect has two parameters for timeout control. One is a timeout value used when trying to connect to the specified AP. It behaves the same as general timeout control in connection attempt by WiFi.begin. This control is specified by the third parameter of <a href="api.html#begin"><em>AutoConnect::begin</em></a>. Default value is macro defined by <a href="api.html#defined-macros"><strong>AUTOCONNECT_TIMEOUT</strong></a> in the <code>AutoConnectDef.h</code> file.</p>
<p>The other is timeout control for the captive portal itself. It is useful when you want to continue sketch execution with offline even if the WiFi connection is not possible. You can also combine it with the <a href="#on-demand-start-the-captive-portal"><strong>immediateStart</strong></a> option to create sketches with high mobility.</p>
<p>The timeout of the captive portal is specified together with <a href="apiconfig.html#portaltimeout"><strong>AutoConnectConfig::portalTimeout</strong></a> as follows.</p>
<p><div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266WiFi.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266WebServer.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;AutoConnect.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">config;</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">setup</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">config.portalTimeout</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #ae81ff">60000</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">;</span> <span style="color: #75715e">// It will time out in 60 seconds</span>
</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.config(config);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.begin();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">loop</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(WiFi.status()</span> <span style="color: #f92672">==</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">WL_CONNECTED)</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">// Some sketch code for the connected scene is here.</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">else</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">// Some sketch code for not connected scene is here.</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.handleClient();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
</pre></div>
Also, if you want to stop AutoConnect completely when the captive portal is timed out, you need to call the <a href="api.html#end"><strong>AutoConnect::end</strong></a> function. It looks like the following code:</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #66d9ef">bool</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">acEnable;</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">setup</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">config.portalTimeout</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #ae81ff">60000</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">;</span> <span style="color: #75715e">// It will time out in 60 seconds</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.config(config);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">acEnable</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.begin();</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(</span><span style="color: #f92672">!</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">acEnable)</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.end();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">loop</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(WiFi.status()</span> <span style="color: #f92672">==</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">WL_CONNECTED)</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">// Some sketch code for the connected scene is here.</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">else</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">// Some sketch code for not connected scene is here.</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(acEnable)</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.handleClient();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>There is another option related to timeout in AutoConnectConfig. It can make use of the captive portal function even after a timeout. The <a href="apiconfig.html#retainlportal"><strong>AutoConnectConfig::retainPortal</strong></a> option will not stop the SoftAP when the captive portal is timed out. If you enable the ratainPortal option, you can try to connect to the AP at any time while continuing to sketch execution with offline even after the captive portal timed-out. The following code is its example. It can enable the captive portal after timed-out without changing sketch skeleton compared to the above code which does not specify an option.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266WiFi.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266WebServer.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;AutoConnect.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">config;</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">setup</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">config.portalTimeout</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #ae81ff">60000</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">;</span> <span style="color: #75715e">// It will time out in 60 seconds</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">config.retainPortal</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">true;</span>
</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.config(config);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.begin();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">loop</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(WiFi.status()</span> <span style="color: #f92672">==</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">WL_CONNECTED)</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">// Some sketch code for the connected scene is here.</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">else</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">// Some sketch code for not connected scene is here.</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.handleClient();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="cast-the-legacy-html-pages-as-the-add-on-menu-items"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Cast the legacy HTML pages as the add-on menu items<a class="headerlink" href="#cast-the-legacy-html-pages-as-the-add-on-menu-items" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>If your sketch handles web pages, you can embed the pages into the AutoConnect menu with keeping the WiFi connection feature. Unlike the custom Web pages by <a href="apiaux.html#autoconnectaux">AutoConnectAux</a>, this allows to legacy web pages registered by <em>ESP8266WebServer::on</em> or <em>WebServer::on</em> function.</p>
<p>To implement embedding the your sketch web pages, use only the <a href="apiaux.html#autoconnectaux">AutoConnectAux</a> constructed with the URI of that page. <a href="acelements.html">AutoConnectElements</a> is not required. The basic procedure for this as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>Declare AutoConnectAux for each legacy page. It includes the URI of the page and item string which will display in the AutoConnect menu.</li>
<li>Sketch the legacy page handlers.</li>
<li>Register those handler functions to ESP8266WebServer/WebServer with the <strong>on</strong> function.</li>
<li>Register AutoConnectAux declared with #1 to AutoConnect using <a href="api.html#join">AutoConnect::join</a> function. It serves as a menu item.</li>
<li><a href="api.html#begin">Begin</a> the portal.</li>
<li>Performs <a href="api.html#handleClient">AutoConnect::handleClient</a> in the <strong>loop</strong> function.</li>
</ol>
<p>For details see the <a href="menuize.html">Constructing the menu</a> section of Examples page.</p>
<h3 id="change-menu-title"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Change menu title<a class="headerlink" href="#change-menu-title" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Although the default menu title is <strong>AutoConnect</strong>, you can change the title by setting <a href="apiconfig.html#title">AutoConnectConfig::title</a>. To set the menu title properly, you must set before calling <a href="api.html#begin">AutoConnect::begin</a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config;</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">setup</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">// Set menu title</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.title</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;FSBrowser&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">;</span>
</span><span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.config(Config);</span>
</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.begin();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Executing the above sketch will rewrite the menu title to <em>FSBrowser</em> as the below.</p>
<div style="float:left;width:40%;height:470px;overflow:hidden;"><img src="./images/fsbmenu.png"></div>
<p><img style="margin-left:70px;width:40%;height:470px;" src="./images/fsbmenu_expand.png"></p>
<h3 id="combination-with-mdns"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Combination with mDNS<a class="headerlink" href="#combination-with-mdns" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>With <a href="https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/ESP8266mDNS">mDNS library</a>, you can access to ESP8266 by name instead of IP address after connection. The sketch can start the MDNS responder after <a href="api.html#begin"><em>AutoConnect::begin</em></a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266WiFi.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266mDNS.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266WebServer.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal;</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">setup</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(Portal.begin())</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(MDNS.begin(</span><span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;esp8266&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">))</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
</span><span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">MDNS.addService(</span><span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;http&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;tcp&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #ae81ff">80</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">loop</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.handleClient();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="debug-print"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Debug print<a class="headerlink" href="#debug-print" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>You can output AutoConnect monitor messages to the <strong>Serial</strong>. A monitor message activation switch is in an include header file <a href="https://github.com/Hieromon/AutoConnect/blob/master/src/AutoConnectDefs.h">AutoConnectDefs.h</a> of library source. Define <a href="https://github.com/Hieromon/AutoConnect/blob/master/src/AutoConnectDefs.h#L14"><strong>AC_DEBUG</strong></a> macro to output the monitor messages.<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup></p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #75715e">#define AC_DEBUG</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="disable-the-captive-portal"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Disable the captive portal<a class="headerlink" href="#disable-the-captive-portal" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>It can also prevent the captive portal from starting even if the connection at the first <em>WiFi.begin</em> fails. In this case, <a href="api.html#begin"><em>AutoConnect::begin</em></a> behaves same as <em>WiFi.begin</em>.</p>
<p>For disabling the captive portal, <a href="api.html#autorise"><strong>autoRise</strong></a> sets to false with <a href="api.html#autoconnectconfig-api"><strong>AutoConnectConfig</strong></a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">acConfig;</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"><span style="color: #f8f8f2">acConfig.autoRaise</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">false;</span>
</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.config(acConfig);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.begin();</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="make-ssid-of-softap-unique"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Make SSID of SoftAP unique<a class="headerlink" href="#make-ssid-of-softap-unique" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>You can change SoftAP's SSID and password programmatically when the captive portal starts up. By using chip specific ID of esp8266/esp32 you can make SSID of SoftAP unique. SSID and password for SoftAP is <a href="apiconfig.html#apid"><strong>AutoConnectConfig::apid</strong></a> and <a href="apiconfig.html#psk"><strong>AutoConnectConfig::psk</strong></a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">acConfig;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">acConfig.apid</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;ESP-&quot;</span> <span style="color: #f92672">+</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">String(ESP.getChipId(),</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">HEX);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">acConfig.psk</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">YOUR_PASSWORD;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.config(acConfig);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.begin();</span>
</pre></div>
<div class="admonition hint">
<p class="admonition-title">Obtaining chip ID for ESP32</p>
<p><code>acConfig.apid = "ESP-" + String((uint32_t)(ESP.getEfuseMac() &gt;&gt; 32), HEX);</code></p>
</div>
<h3 id="move-the-saving-area-of-eeprom-for-the-credentials"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Move the saving area of EEPROM for the credentials<a class="headerlink" href="#move-the-saving-area-of-eeprom-for-the-credentials" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>By default, the credentials saving area is occupied from the beginning of EEPROM area. <a href="http://arduino-esp8266.readthedocs.io/en/latest/filesystem.html?highlight=eeprom#flash-layout">ESP8266 Arduino core document</a> says that:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The following diagram illustrates flash layout used in Arduino environment:</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span>|--------------|-------|---------------|--|--|--|--|--|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Sketch OTA update File system EEPROM WiFi config (SDK)
</pre></div>
</blockquote>
<p>and</p>
<blockquote>
<p>EEPROM library uses one sector of flash located <a href="http://arduino-esp8266.readthedocs.io/en/latest/libraries.html?highlight=SPIFFS#eeprom">just after the SPIFFS</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Also, the placement of the EEPROM area of ESP32 is described in the <a href="https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/tools/partitions/default.csv">partition table</a>. So in the default state, the credential storage area used by AutoConnect conflicts with data owned by the user sketch. It will be destroyed together saved data in EEPROM by user sketch and AutoConnect each other. But you can move the storage area to avoid this.</p>
<p>The <a href="api.html#boundaryoffset"><strong>boundaryOffset</strong></a> in <a href="api.html#autoconnectconfig-api"><strong>AutoConnectConfig</strong></a> specifies the start offset of the credentials storage area. The default value is 0.</p>
<h3 id="on-demand-start-the-captive-portal"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> On-demand start the captive portal<a class="headerlink" href="#on-demand-start-the-captive-portal" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>If you do not usually connect to WiFi and need to establish a WiFi connection if necessary, you can combine the <a href="api.html#autorise"><strong>autoRise</strong></a> option with the <a href="api.html#immediatestart"><strong>immediateStart</strong></a> option to achieve on-demand connection. This behavior is similar to the <a href="https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager#on-demand-configuration-portal">WiFiManager's startConfigPortal</a> function. In order to do this, you usually configure only with AutoConnectConfig in <em>setup()</em> and <a href="api.html#begin"><em>AutoConnect::begin()</em></a> handles in <em>loop()</em>.</p>
<p><div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config;</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">setup</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.autoRise</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">false;</span>
</span><span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.immediateStart</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">true;</span>
</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.config(Config);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">loop</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(digitalRead(TRIGGER_PIN)</span> <span style="color: #f92672">==</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">LOW)</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">while</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(digitalRead(TRIGGER_PIN)</span> <span style="color: #f92672">==</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">LOW)</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">yield();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.begin();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.handleClient();</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
</pre></div>
The above example does not connect to WiFi until TRIGGER_PIN goes LOW. When TRIGGER_PIN goes LOW, the captive portal starts and you can connect to WiFi. Even if you reset the module, it will not automatically reconnect.</p>
<h3 id="refers-the-hosted-esp8266webserverwebserver"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Refers the hosted ESP8266WebServer/WebServer<a class="headerlink" href="#refers-the-hosted-esp8266webserverwebserver" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Constructing an AutoConnect object variable without parameters then creates and starts an ESP8266WebServer/WebServer inside the AutoConnect. This object variable could be referred by <a href="api.html#host"><em>AutoConnect::host()</em></a> function to access ESP8266WebServer/WebServer instance as like below.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.begin();</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"><span style="color: #f8f8f2">ESP8266WebServer</span><span style="color: #f92672">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">server</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.host();</span>
</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">server.send(</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">200</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;text/plain&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;Hello, world&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
</pre></div>
<div class="admonition info">
<p class="admonition-title">When host() is valid</p>
<p>The host() can be referred at after <em>AutoConnect::begin</em>.</p>
</div>
<h3 id="usage-for-automatically-instantiated-esp8266webserverwebserver"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Usage for automatically instantiated ESP8266WebServer/WebServer<a class="headerlink" href="#usage-for-automatically-instantiated-esp8266webserverwebserver" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The sketch can handle URL requests using ESP8266WebServer or WebServer that AutoConnect started internally. ESP8266WebServer/WebServer instantiated dynamically by AutoConnect can be referred to by <a href="api.html#host"><em>AutoConnect::host</em></a> function. The sketch can use the '<strong>on</strong>' function, '<strong>send</strong>' function, '<strong>client</strong>' function and others by ESP8266WebServer/WebServer reference of its return value.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266WiFi.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;ESP8266WebServer.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">#include</span> <span style="color: #75715e">&lt;AutoConnect.h&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal;</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">handleRoot</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">ESP8266WebServer</span><span style="color: #f92672">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IntServer</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.host();</span>
</span><span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IntServer.send(</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">200</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;text/html&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;Hello, world&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">handleNotFound</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">ESP8266WebServer</span><span style="color: #f92672">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IntServer</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.host();</span>
</span><span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IntServer.send(</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">404</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;text/html&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;Unknown.&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">setup</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">bool</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">r</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.begin();</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">if</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">(r)</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">ESP8266WebServer</span><span style="color: #f92672">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IntServer</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.host();</span>
</span><span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IntServer.on(</span><span style="color: #e6db74">&quot;/&quot;</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">handleRoot);</span>
</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.onNotFound(handleNotFound);</span> <span style="color: #75715e">// For only onNotFound.</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
<span style="color: #66d9ef">void</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e">loop</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">()</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">{</span>
<span style="background-color: #49483e"> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.host().handleClient();</span>
</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Portal.handleRequest();</span>
<span style="color: #75715e">/* or following one line code is equ.</span>
<span style="color: #75715e"> Portal.handleClient();</span>
<span style="color: #75715e"> */</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">}</span>
</pre></div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">ESP8266WebServer/WebServer function should be called after AutoConnect::begin</p>
<p>The sketch cannot refer to an instance of ESP8266WebServer/WebServer until AutoConnect::begin completes successfully.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">Do not use with ESP8266WebServer::begin or WebServer::begin</p>
<p>ESP8266WebServer/WebServer is already running inside the AutoConnect.</p>
</div>
<h3 id="use-with-the-pagebuilder-library"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Use with the <a href="https://github.com/Hieromon/PageBuilder">PageBuilder</a> library<a class="headerlink" href="#use-with-the-pagebuilder-library" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>In ordinary, the URL handler will respond the request by sending some HTML. <a href="https://github.com/Hieromon/PageBuilder">PageBuilder</a> library is HTML assembly aid. it can handle predefined HTML as like a template and simplify an HTML string assemble logic, and also the generated HTML send automatically.</p>
<p>An example sketch used with the PageBuilder as follows and it explains how it aids for the HTML generating. Details for <a href="https://github.com/Hieromon/PageBuilder">Github repository</a>.</p>
<p><img src="./images/PageBuilder.png" style="width:640px;"/></p>
<h2 id="configuration-functions">Configuration functions<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration-functions" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<h3 id="configuration-for-soft-ap-and-captive-portal"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Configuration for Soft AP and captive portal<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration-for-soft-ap-and-captive-portal" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>AutoConnect will activate SoftAP at failed the first <em>WiFi.begin</em>. It SoftAP settings are stored in <a href="api.html#autoconnectconfig"><strong>AutoConnectConfig</strong></a> as the following parameters. The sketch could be configured SoftAP using these parameters, refer the <a href="api.html#autoconnectconfig-api">AutoConnectConfig API</a> for details.</p>
<ul>
<li>IP address of SoftAP activated.</li>
<li>Gateway IP address.</li>
<li>Subnet mask.</li>
<li>SSID for SoftAP.</li>
<li>Password for SoftAP.</li>
<li>Channel.</li>
<li>SoftAP name.</li>
<li>Hidden attribute.</li>
<li>Auto save credential.</li>
<li>Offset address of the credentials storage area in EEPROM.</li>
<li>Captive portal time out limit.</li>
<li>Retains the portal function after time out.</li>
<li>Length of start up time after reset.</li>
<li>Automatic starting the captive portal.</li>
<li>Start the captive portal forcefully.</li>
<li>Auto reset after connection establishment.</li>
<li>Home URL of the user sketch application.</li>
</ul>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">AutoConnect::config before AutoConnect::begin</p>
<p><em>AutoConnect::config</em> must be executed before <em>AutoConnect::begin</em>.</p>
</div>
<h3 id="assign-user-sketchs-home-path"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Assign user sketch's home path<a class="headerlink" href="#assign-user-sketchs-home-path" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>"<strong>HOME</strong>" for returning to the user's sketch homepage is displayed at the bottom of the AutoConnect menu. It could be set using the <a href="api.html#home"><em>AutoConnect::home</em></a> function.</p>
<p><img src="./images/menu_home.png" /></p>
<h3 id="relocate-the-autoconnect-home-path"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Relocate the AutoConnect home path<a class="headerlink" href="#relocate-the-autoconnect-home-path" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>A home path of AutoConnect is <strong>/_ac</strong> by default. You can access from the browser with http://IPADDRESS/_ac. You can change the home path by revising <a href="https://github.com/Hieromon/AutoConnect/blob/master/src/AutoConnect.h#L58"><strong>AUTOCONNECT_URI</strong></a> macro in the include header file as <a href="https://github.com/Hieromon/AutoConnect/blob/master/src/AutoConnect.h">AutoConnect.h</a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #75715e">#define AUTOCONNECT_URI &quot;/_ac&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="static-ip-assignment-2"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Static IP assignment <sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2" rel="footnote">2</a></sup><a class="headerlink" href="#static-ip-assignment-2" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>It is also possible to assign static IP Address to ESP8266/ESP32 in STA mode. By default DHCP is enabled and it becomes the IP address assigned by the DHCP server with <em>WiFi.begin</em>.</p>
<p>To assign a static IP to ESP8266/ESP32 with WIFI_MODE_STA, the following parameters are required:</p>
<ul>
<li>IP address.</li>
<li>Gateway address.</li>
<li>Subnet mask.</li>
<li>Primary DNS server.</li>
<li>Secondary DNS server. (optional)</li>
</ul>
<p>The above parameters must be executed before <em>AutoConnect::begin</em> as <a href="api.html#staip">arguments of AutoConnectConfig</a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite" style="background: #272822"><pre style="line-height: 125%"><span></span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnect</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">AutoConnectConfig</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config;</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.staip</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IPAddress(</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">192</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">168</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">1</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">10</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.staGateway</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IPAddress(</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">192</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">168</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">1</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">1</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.staNetmask</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IPAddress(</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">255</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">255</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">255</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">0</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">Config.dns1</span> <span style="color: #f92672">=</span> <span style="color: #f8f8f2">IPAddress(</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">192</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">168</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">1</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">,</span><span style="color: #ae81ff">1</span><span style="color: #f8f8f2">);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.config(Config);</span>
<span style="color: #f8f8f2">portal.begin();</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="station-host-name"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Station host name<a class="headerlink" href="#station-host-name" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<div class="footnote">
<hr />
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>The source code placement of common macros for AutoConnect since v0.9.7 has changed.&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" rev="footnote" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:2">
<p>Static IP address assignment is available from version 0.9.3.&#160;<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:2" rev="footnote" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>
</li>
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