CCERocks commented 3 years ago

Hi MD, im clueless how to change your library example of Parola Scrolling ESP8266 to make it WifiAP Mode.

this is my code.

`// Use the Parola library to scroll text on the display // // Demonstrates receiving and displaying text received from a web interface. // // User can enter text through a web browser and this will display as a // scrolling message on the display. Some parameters for the text can also // be controlled from the web page. // // IP address for the ESP8266 is displayed on the scrolling display // after startup initialization and connection to the WiFi network. // // Connections for ESP8266 hardware SPI are: // Vcc 3v3 LED matrices seem to work at 3.3V // GND GND GND // DIN D7 HSPID or HMOSI // CS or LD D8 HSPICS or HCS // CLK D5 CLK or HCLK // // MD_MAX72XX library can be found at https://github.com/MajicDesigns/MD_MAX72XX //

include

// Turn on debug statements to the serial output

define DEBUG 0

if DEBUG

define PRINT(s, x) { Serial.print(F(s)); Serial.print(x); }

define PRINTS(x) Serial.print(F(x))

define PRINTX(x) Serial.println(x, HEX)

else

define PRINT(s, x)

define PRINTS(x)

define PRINTX(x)

endif

// Define the number of devices we have in the chain and the hardware interface // NOTE: These pin numbers are for ESO8266 hardware SPI and will probably not // work with your hardware and may need to be adapted

define HARDWARE_TYPE MD_MAX72XX::FC16_HW

define MAX_DEVICES 8

define CLK_PIN D5 // or SCK

define DATA_PIN D7 // or MOSI

define CS_PIN D8 // or SS

// HARDWARE SPI MD_Parola P = MD_Parola(HARDWARE_TYPE, CS_PIN, MAX_DEVICES); // SOFTWARE SPI //MD_Parola P = MD_Parola(HARDWARE_TYPE, DATA_PIN, CLK_PIN, CS_PIN, MAX_DEVICES);

// WiFi login parameters - network name and password //const char ssid = "CABot"; //const char password = "HelloCoVid";

ifndef APSSID

define APSSID "ESPap"

define APPSK "thereisnospoon"

endif

/ Set these to your desired credentials. / const char ssid = APSSID; const char password = APPSK;

// WiFi Server object and parameters //WiFiServer server(80); ESP8266WebServer server(80);

// Scrolling parameters uint8_t frameDelay = 25; // default frame delay value textEffect_t scrollEffect = PA_SCROLL_LEFT;

// Global message buffers shared by Wifi and Scrolling functions

define BUF_SIZE 512

char curMessage[BUF_SIZE]; char newMessage[BUF_SIZE]; bool newMessageAvailable = false;

const char WebResponse[] = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\nContent-Type: text/html\n\n";

const char WebPage[] = "<!DOCTYPE html>" \ "" \ "" \ "MajicDesigns Test Page" \

"" \ "" \

"" \ "

MD_Parola set message

" \

"<form id=\"data_form\" name=\"frmText\">" \ "Message:
<input type=\"text\" name=\"Message\" maxlength=\"255\">" \ "

" \ "<input type = \"radio\" name = \"Invert\" value = \"0\" checked> Normal" \ "<input type = \"radio\" name = \"Invert\" value = \"1\"> Inverse" \ "
" \ "<input type = \"radio\" name = \"ScrollType\" value = \"L\" checked> Left Scroll" \ "<input type = \"radio\" name = \"ScrollType\" value = \"R\"> Right Scroll" \ "

" \ "Speed:
Fast<input type=\"range\" name=\"Speed\"min=\"10\" max=\"200\">Slow"\ "
" \ "" \ "
" \ "<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Send Data\" onclick=\"SendData()\">" \ "" \ "";

//const char *err2Str(wl_status_t code) //{ // switch (code) // { // case WL_IDLE_STATUS: return("IDLE"); break; // WiFi is in process of changing between statuses // case WL_NO_SSID_AVAIL: return("NO_SSID_AVAIL"); break; // case configured SSID cannot be reached // case WL_CONNECTED: return("CONNECTED"); break; // successful connection is established // case WL_CONNECT_FAILED: return("CONNECT_FAILED"); break; // password is incorrect // case WL_DISCONNECTED: return("CONNECT_FAILED"); break; // module is not configured in station mode // default: return("??"); // } //}

uint8_t htoi(char c) { c = toupper(c); if ((c >= '0') && (c <= '9')) return(c - '0'); if ((c >= 'A') && (c <= 'F')) return(c - 'A' + 0xa); return(0); }

void getData(char szMesg, uint16_t len) // Message may contain data for: // New text (/&MSG=) // Scroll direction (/&SD=) // Invert (/&I=) // Speed (/&SP=) { char pStart, *pEnd; // pointer to start and end of text

// check text message pStart = strstr(szMesg, "/&MSG="); if (pStart != NULL) { char *psz = newMessage;

pStart += 6;  // skip to start of data
pEnd = strstr(pStart, "/&");

if (pEnd != NULL)
{
  while (pStart != pEnd)
  {
    if ((*pStart == '%') && isdigit(*(pStart + 1)))
    {
      // replace %xx hex code with the ASCII character
      char c = 0;
      pStart++;
      c += (htoi(*pStart++) << 4);
      c += htoi(*pStart++);
      *psz++ = c;
    }
    else
      *psz++ = *pStart++;
  }

  *psz = '\0'; // terminate the string
  newMessageAvailable = (strlen(newMessage) != 0);
  PRINT("\nNew Msg: ", newMessage);
}

}

// check scroll direction pStart = strstr(szMesg, "/&SD="); if (pStart != NULL) { pStart += 5; // skip to start of data

PRINT("\nScroll direction: ", *pStart);
scrollEffect = (*pStart == 'R' ? PA_SCROLL_RIGHT : PA_SCROLL_LEFT);
P.setTextEffect(scrollEffect, scrollEffect);
P.displayReset();

}

// check invert pStart = strstr(szMesg, "/&I="); if (pStart != NULL) { pStart += 4; // skip to start of data

PRINT("\nInvert mode: ", *pStart);
P.setInvert(*pStart == '1');

}

// check speed pStart = strstr(szMesg, "/&SP="); if (pStart != NULL) { pStart += 5; // skip to start of data

int16_t speed = atoi(pStart);
PRINT("\nSpeed: ", P.getSpeed());
P.setSpeed(speed);
frameDelay = speed;

} }

void handleWiFi(void) { static enum { S_IDLE, S_WAIT_CONN, S_READ, S_EXTRACT, S_RESPONSE, S_DISCONN } state = S_IDLE; static char szBuf[1024]; static uint16_t idxBuf = 0; static WiFiClient client; static uint32_t timeStart;

switch (state) { case S_IDLE: // initialise PRINTS("\nS_IDLE"); idxBuf = 0; state = S_WAIT_CONN; break;

case S_WAIT_CONN: // waiting for connection { // client = server.available(); if (!client) break; if (!client.connected()) break;

if DEBUG

char szTxt[20];
sprintf(szTxt, "%03d:%03d:%03d:%03d", client.remoteIP()[0], client.remoteIP()[1], client.remoteIP()[2], client.remoteIP()[3]);
PRINT("\nNew client @ ", szTxt);

endif

timeStart = millis();
state = S_READ;

} break;

case S_READ: // get the first line of data PRINTS("\nS_READ ");

while (client.available())
{
  char c = client.read();

  if ((c == '\r') || (c == '\n'))
  {
    szBuf[idxBuf] = '\0';
    client.flush();
    PRINT("\nRecv: ", szBuf);
    state = S_EXTRACT;
  }
  else
    szBuf[idxBuf++] = (char)c;
}
if (millis() - timeStart > 1000)
{
  PRINTS("\nWait timeout");
  state = S_DISCONN;
}
break;

case S_EXTRACT: // extract data PRINTS("\nS_EXTRACT"); // Extract the string from the message if there is one getData(szBuf, BUF_SIZE); state = S_RESPONSE; break;

case S_RESPONSE: // send the response to the client PRINTS("\nS_RESPONSE"); // Return the response to the client (web page) client.print(WebResponse); client.print(WebPage); state = S_DISCONN; break;

case S_DISCONN: // disconnect client PRINTS("\nS_DISCONN"); client.flush(); client.stop(); state = S_IDLE; break;

default: state = S_IDLE; } }

void handleRoot() { //server.send(200, "text/html", "

You are connected

"); }

void setup() { Serial.begin(57600); PRINTS("\n[MD_Parola WiFi Message Display]\nType a message for the scrolling display from your internet browser");

P.begin(); P.displayClear(); P.displaySuspend(false);

P.displayScroll(curMessage, PA_LEFT, scrollEffect, frameDelay);

curMessage[0] = newMessage[0] = '\0';

// Connect to and initialise WiFi network // PRINT("\nConnecting to ", ssid); // // WiFi.begin(ssid, password); // // while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) // { // PRINT("\n", err2Str(WiFi.status())); // delay(500); // } // PRINTS("\nWiFi connected"); // // Start the server server.begin(); PRINTS("\nServer started");

/ You can remove the password parameter if you want the AP to be open. / WiFi.softAP(ssid, password);

IPAddress myIP = WiFi.softAPIP(); Serial.print("AP IP address: "); Serial.println(myIP); server.on("/", handleWiFi); server.begin(); Serial.println("HTTP server started");

// Set up first message as the IP address sprintf(curMessage, "%03d:%03d:%03d:%03d", WiFi.softAPIP()[0], WiFi.softAPIP()[1], WiFi.softAPIP()[2], WiFi.softAPIP()[3]); PRINT("\nAssigned IP ", curMessage); }

void loop() { handleWiFi(); // server.handleClient();

if (P.displayAnimate()) { if (newMessageAvailable) { strcpy(curMessage, newMessage); newMessageAvailable = false; } P.displayReset(); } }`

Irfan0209 commented 3 years ago

Sorry, I can't help you yet. I'm still learning too

MajicDesigns commented 3 years ago

This does not seem to be a bug in the library, rather a request for specific help. Your best bet is to go to the Arduino forum (Arduino.cc) and ask for help there, either in the programming section (https://forum.arduino.cc/c/using-arduino/programming-questions/20) or the Parola support thread (https://forum.arduino.cc/t/led-matrix-display-md_parola-md_max72xx-and-md_maxpanel/167082/1714) where others with experience in what you are doing may be able to help.

Irfan0209 commented 3 years ago

thanks for the suggestion, i will try later

MajicDesigns / MD_Parola

Can't get ESP8266 to be AP Mode.. #82

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include

define DEBUG 0

if DEBUG

define PRINT(s, x) { Serial.print(F(s)); Serial.print(x); }

define PRINTS(x) Serial.print(F(x))

define PRINTX(x) Serial.println(x, HEX)

else

define PRINT(s, x)

define PRINTS(x)

define PRINTX(x)

endif

define HARDWARE_TYPE MD_MAX72XX::FC16_HW

define MAX_DEVICES 8

define CLK_PIN D5 // or SCK

define DATA_PIN D7 // or MOSI

define CS_PIN D8 // or SS

ifndef APSSID

define APSSID "ESPap"

define APPSK "thereisnospoon"

endif

define BUF_SIZE 512

if DEBUG

endif

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