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nksan / Rpi-SetWiFi-viaBluetooth

Python BLE Server for RPi Accepts setting wifi (SSID) via bluetooth
MIT License
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Work in kiosk mode #6

Open SimoneMSR opened 1 week ago

SimoneMSR commented 1 week ago

Hello, I am not an expert of Rpi, but I have a project that would need to setup the wifi remotely. The devices are all in kiosk mode: would your solution work with them?

Thank you

nksan commented 1 week ago

Hi Simone, I am not very familiar with Kiosk Mode - but based on what I see on the web, Kiosk is more or less an application running on the pi that has a display and accepts input either from a touch screen, or with a keyboard and mouse attached. If you are running the standard RPI OS - you should be able to use the app to set up the wifi with the iphone app - provided that these requirements are met: 1) the RPi you are using has bluetooth 2) the enclosure does not block the bluetooth signal/antenna (for example a metal enclosure completely enclose would likely block enough of the bluetooth to prevent you to connect). However, if your enclosure blocks the bluetooth, There are bluetooth antennas you can affix to your RPI and "bring them out" of the enclosure to solve this problem.

Finally, note that if you are using a KIOSK that allows input (like a touch screen) - you could have an administrator section protected by password that connect to an admin screen - and from there you could work with the kiosk programmers to have a input field for setting up the wifi SSID and password.

If your Kiosk is display only - then the iphone app would be needed and would work (see requirements above)

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