ESP8266 Using wifimanager with onSoftAPModeProbeRequestReceived - arduino

Question

I would like to use https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager in conjunction with onSoftAPModeProbeRequestReceived. The end goal is to config the wifi with WifiMaager then "switch over" and send probe request information via the wifi.
I get this to work without wifi manager using the following
#include <ESP8266httpUpdate.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <esp8266httpclient.h>
#include <stdio.h>
const char* ssid = "someap"; // The SSID (name) of the Wi-Fi
network you want to connect to
const char* password = ""; // The password of the Wi-Fi network
int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;
String macAddr = "";
WiFiEventHandler probeRequestPrintHandler;
WiFiEventHandler probeRequestBlinkHandler;
bool blinkFlag;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
Serial.print("Starting");
WiFi.persistent(false);
WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP);
WiFi.softAP(ssid, password);
probeRequestPrintHandler =
WiFi.onSoftAPModeProbeRequestReceived(&onProbeRequestPrint);
probeRequestBlinkHandler =
WiFi.onSoftAPModeProbeRequestReceived(&onProbeRequestBlink);
while ( status != 3)
{
Serial.print("Attempting to connect to network, SSID: ");
Serial.println(ssid);
status = WiFi.status();
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
// wait 10 seconds for connection:
delay(10000);
}
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}
void onProbeRequestPrint(const WiFiEventSoftAPModeProbeRequestReceived& evt)
{
if (macAddr != macToString(evt.mac))
{
macAddr = macToString(evt.mac);
Serial.print("Probe request from: ");
Serial.print(macToString(evt.mac));
Serial.print(" RSSI: ");
Serial.println(evt.rssi);
}
}
void onProbeRequestBlink(const WiFiEventSoftAPModeProbeRequestReceived&) {
blinkFlag = true;
}
void loop() {
if (blinkFlag) {
HTTPClient http; //Declare an object of class HTTPClient
http.begin("http://requestbin.fullcontact.com/110f1ss6a1?test=true");
//Specify request destination
int httpCode = http.GET();
Serial.println(httpCode);
if (httpCode > 0) { //Check the returning code
String payload = http.getString(); //Get the request response payload
Serial.println(payload); //Print the response payload
}
http.end(); //Close connection
macAddr="";
blinkFlag = false;
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
delay(100);
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
status = 0;
}
delay(1000);
}
String macToString(const unsigned char* mac) {
char buf[20];
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
mac[0], mac[1], mac[2], mac[3], mac[4], mac[5]);
return String(buf);
}
When the connection is established we rely on WiFiEventHandler probeRequestPrintHandler; and WiFiEventHandler probeRequestBlinkHandler; This does work and does collect the mac address, how ever it can not connect to the AP. Do I need to close the current wifi mode open the connection then close it?

Answer 1

Seems all I needed to do is add WiFi.begin(); before void loop()