Unable to Connect to Internet

[camman61898]

Hey, I am not sure if this is still active or not, but I went through all of the steps outlined here and I tried to flash my NodeMCU with the firmware after creating the tab called Secrets.h and filled out the proper ssid and password, but I have had no luck getting it to connect to the internet. I also downloaded the littlefs tool and I believe I all of the data folder properly uploaded, but I have no way to know without getting the board also connected to the internet. Do you have any idea what the issue could be? Thank you!

[camman61898]

Also, it seems to compile correctly and it uploads to the board just fine, but it does not show up on my router when I check to see if the device has been added.

[Winston-Lu]

Yeah, I don't really use auto-brightness so its not tested very much. You would be correct, it would be the following lines in Lightning.cpp:

if(autobrightness){
    double val = (analogRead(LIGHT_SENSOR)/1024.0)*2; //Between 0-2
    segmentBrightness =    min(max((int)( 40.0 * val*val ), 5),150); //Clamp between 5 and 150, median 40
    backgroundBrightness = min(max((int)( 20.0 * val*val ), 2),100); //Clamp between 2 and 100, median 20
    spotlightBrightness =  min(max((int)(160.0 * val*val ),30),255); //Clamp between 30 and 255, median 160
  }

If you find a working one you're happy with, you can submit a pull request or just post it here and I'll make the changes. I've played around with the values a bit, but couldn't find one I was happy with. For a quick fix, you can change the double val line to this to invert it:

double val = 2 - (analogRead(LIGHT_SENSOR)/1024.0)*2; //Between 0-2

[camman61898]

That worked well for me! The code I ended up using is below. The only thing that I notice is that the lights kinda flicker since they change instantly with any value they receive from the photocell. Is there anyway to add a line of code that would give it like a +/- 5 or so buffer to it so it wouldn't change value unless the received value was a multiple of 5?

if(autobrightness){
double val = 2 - (analogRead(LIGHT_SENSOR)/1024.0)2; //Between 0-2
segmentBrightness = min(max((int)( 100.0 * valval ), 20),255); //Clamp between 20 and 255, median 100
backgroundBrightness = min(max((int)( 20.0 * valval ), 2),100); //Clamp between 2 and 100, median 20
spotlightBrightness = min(max((int)(160.0 * valval ),20),255); //Clamp between 20 and 255, median 160
}

[Winston-Lu]

I'll push a commit to make it smoother, I think I have another idea in mind but implementing it would be a bit in the tricker side if I cant test it so I won't make any promises here yet. I'll edit this comment when its done.

[camman61898]

Okay awesome! Could you add a reply to this thread so I get an email update when you update it? Thank you!

[Winston-Lu]

Alright, new commit is out. Test it out and let me know if there's any issue. What it should do now is get an average light value every second, and average the past 5 samples by default. If the lighting value changes, it should transition to the new light value each frame. You can change these values in Config.h, where you can change the delay and samples here

//autobrightness stuff
#define AUTOBRIGHTNESS_DELAY 1 //seconds per brightness update. Supports decimal values
#define AUTOBRIGHTNESS_SAMPLES 5 //number of samples to average. Must be an integer