AP full operation

[storchalberto]

I am using an ESP32 s3 micro board to develop an nfc controller interfaced to the external world using an rs422 serial interface. it function very well. due for the problems of the wifi interface of the esp32 s3, i have problem to upgrade the sw (Tasmota and berry code) on the board. if i setup the board as ap, the connection is good, but it is not possible to access to the upload pages. it is possible to enable the tasmota enviroment to use the whole fìunctionality in access point mode? (i have seen flag defined in the compiler: #define USE_ALWAYS_AP
#define WIFI_CONFIG_TOOL WIFI_MANAGER
#define WIFI_SCAN_AT_RESTART false
#define WIFI_SCAN_REGULARLY false
these flags do the job?. in alternative, it is possible to disanle the wifi module and upload the files via serial port?

[sfromis]

#define USE_ALWAYS_AP is not part of Tasmota, and the onboarding AP mode is not designed for normal operation. Still, you can access pages of the normal web UI if you know the URL like http://192.168.4.1/mn but you may have to skip the captive portal.

Still, fixing those undefined "problems of the Wifi interface" should really be the way forward.

I guess you may have seen #19009 which is a hack to modify Tasmota, and thus outside of what you can expect answers on, outside of asking in that thread.

[pkkrusty]

I continue to use the hack discussion that sfromis referred to for various esp devices. Works well. Doing some testing with Claude to make it scan for configured WiFi networks every 5 minutes and join if available, and always broadcast the AP. For mobile devices like my truck battery BMS that I want to join my home network and work network when they are in range, but otherwise broadcast the AP so I can check on cell status.

Will update the discussion once I debug and get it acting like it should.