Wifi Issues (V3)?

Software / Firmware Jackpot Board / FluidNC
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hello all,
I have recently upgraded to the new jackpot board and upgraded immediately to the newest version of the fluid software. I have never been able to get the Wi-Fi working with the jackpot board. I have other ESP 32 devices in the same area and a raspberry pie and all of those connect just fine. it appears that it tries and then flips over to the access point mode very quickly.

Any tips or tricks to get this working? I have the 3-D printed cover on it that most people have I believe, I doubt that’s creating much of an interference.

if it helps, I have UniFi Wi-Fi access points in multiple places throughout the house. While the garage is not the best Wi-Fi at the house, it is certainly something that is working for other devices.

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Try creating a wifi hotspot on your phone with the SSID and password and see if connects to that.

Make sure your wiring doesn’t run over the top of your esp32 board, the wires will shield the wifi antenna.

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I also use Ubiquiti and another thing you might try is create a 2.4ghz only SSID. While I can’t speak about the Jackpot boards specifically, I have various other ESP32 projects and my guess is depending on what network library is used is why some will not connect. I have an ESP32 weather station that will not connect to a 2.4/5ghz combined network, but all of my WLED-based lights work fine.

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Ok let me try that again, I believe I did have an IOT network that was only 2.4ghz I tried but will give it another go. I tried moving the wires a bit but they are surrounding the board as that is where the connectors are, so feels like limited options there so no luck yet.

Maybe at some point I will switch to something like this with an external antenna hookup:

https://www.amazon.com/MELIFE-ESP32-DevKitC-Development-ESP32-WROOM-32U-Arduino/dp/B0811KLGDD

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What he means is, you don’t want them like this:

At a minimum, you want them tidy going around, away from the antenna, like this:

Or completely under the board from the side might be a little better, away from the ESP, like this:

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Thank you, Ok I rewired and still not working, I will try this board I guess (Wish it was USB-C) as it has the external antenna option - Amazon.com

Hopefully there is nothing too specific about the one that comes with it except branding. Appears the pin layout is the same.

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I think it needs to be a WROOM board and not a WROVER.

Be sure to use the WROOM version and not the WROVER version. The WROVER uses PSRAM and that uses up some GPIO.

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I’d try a phone hotspot first, you wouldn’t want to buy a new board and discover it’s your ubiquiti access points.

I ditched all my mine because they were so unreliable with home automation devices.

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Will do but I find IOS hotspots to be odd for some devices as well. When I get home will give it a go.

Man I wish I saw that page on chips, felt like a good option but I guess it is still being worked on:

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Which FluidNC version are you using? Did you update the WebUI .gz or using one that comes with FluidNC install?

Can you connect at all? If you can connect, is the problem that you cannot start a job, or do jobs randomly stop?

Maybe… The following is only relevant if you’re seeing jobs fail during a cut, and if using 3.8.0 to 3.8.3.

Here’s what I saw when burning time today trying out different things and scenarios…

Short: Don’t touch anything when running a job, make sure your browser device is close to jackpot throughout the cut. Consider 3.8.3 if you need features from 3.8.0 or newer. Some 3.7.x may be better option. Note I’m new to FluidNC and don’t know enough about FluidNC to have a high confidence opinion.

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Thanks all for the awsome recommendations and information, you guys are super helpful I have just been slow to provide updates :slightly_smiling_face:

I did try bringing the ESP closer to one of the WIFI routers and it did work using the original hardware.

So I think in the end the WIFI was not good given the distance, interference and what not. I ended up getting a new ESP32 WROOM with the Wifi connection. Was hoping to get an official one but had to go with the HiLetGo brand which is pretty prevenant. So got this guy and added an external antenna and we are now rocking and rolling:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KLS2YB3

So if anyone else has an issue like this, this is a pretty good solution (So far)!

Thanks again!

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