I was trying to check the signal strength of my wifi configured in an ESP32 WROOM DA module using its special dual antenna. But, although configuring each antenna as rx and tx I didn't find any major difference between the RSSI value of the DA module and normal esp 32 modules.
I just wanted to know if I was configuring the antenna correctly. Below is my attached code for setting the controller into STA mode.
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#include <string.h>
#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
#include "freertos/task.h"
#include "freertos/event_groups.h"
#include "esp_system.h"
#include "esp_wifi.h"
#include "esp_event.h"
#include "esp_log.h"
#include "nvs_flash.h"
#include "lwip/err.h"
#include "lwip/sys.h"
#include "esp_wifi_types.h"
/* The examples use WiFi configuration that you can set via the project configuration menu
If you'd rather not, just change the below entries to strings with
the config you want - ie #define EXAMPLE_WIFI_SSID "mywifissid"
*/
#define EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_SSID "MI_EDPL"
#define EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_PASS "miwifi_edpl" // 5Dbi Antenna Distance approx 60-70 Ft from AP with multiple Walls and Obstacles in between(JR Automation)
#define EXAMPLE_ESP_MAXIMUM_RETRY 30
/* FreeRTOS event group to signal when we are connected*/
static EventGroupHandle_t s_wifi_event_group;
/* The event group allows multiple bits for each event, but we only care about two events:
* - we are connected to the AP with an IP
* - we failed to connect after the maximum amount of retries */
#define WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT BIT0
#define WIFI_FAIL_BIT BIT1
static const char *TAG = "wifi station";
static int s_retry_num = 0;
static void event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
int32_t event_id, void *event_data)
{
if (event_base == WIFI_EVENT && event_id == WIFI_EVENT_STA_START)
{
esp_wifi_connect();
}
else if (event_base == WIFI_EVENT && event_id == WIFI_EVENT_STA_DISCONNECTED)
{
if (s_retry_num < EXAMPLE_ESP_MAXIMUM_RETRY)
{
esp_wifi_connect();
s_retry_num++;
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "retry to connect to the AP");
}
else
{
xEventGroupSetBits(s_wifi_event_group, WIFI_FAIL_BIT);
}
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "connect to the AP fail");
}
else if (event_base == IP_EVENT && event_id == IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP)
{
ip_event_got_ip_t *event = (ip_event_got_ip_t *)event_data;
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "got ip:" IPSTR, IP2STR(&event->ip_info.ip));
s_retry_num = 0;
xEventGroupSetBits(s_wifi_event_group, WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT);
}
}
void wifi_init_sta(void)
{
s_wifi_event_group = xEventGroupCreate();
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
esp_netif_create_default_wifi_sta();
wifi_init_config_t cfg = WIFI_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_init(&cfg));
esp_event_handler_instance_t instance_any_id;
esp_event_handler_instance_t instance_got_ip;
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_register(WIFI_EVENT,
ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID,
&event_handler,
NULL,
&instance_any_id));
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_register(IP_EVENT,
IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP,
&event_handler,
NULL,
&instance_got_ip));
// esp_wifi_set_ant_gpio(5, 18);
[b] wifi_config_t wifi_config = {
.sta = {
.ssid = EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_SSID,
.password = EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_PASS,
/* Setting a password implies station will connect to all security modes including WEP/WPA.
* However these modes are deprecated and not advisable to be used. Incase your Access point
* doesn't support WPA2, these mode can be enabled by commenting below line */
.threshold.authmode = WIFI_AUTH_WPA2_PSK,
},
};
const wifi_ant_config_t wifi_ant_config = {
.rx_ant_mode = WIFI_ANT_MODE_ANT0,
.rx_ant_default = WIFI_ANT_ANT0,
.tx_ant_mode = WIFI_ANT_MODE_ANT1,
.enabled_ant0 = 1,
.enabled_ant1 = 0
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_mode(WIFI_MODE_STA));
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_config(WIFI_IF_STA, &wifi_config));
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_ant(&wifi_ant_config));[/b]
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_start());
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "wifi_init_sta finished.");
/* Waiting until either the connection is established (WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT) or connection failed for the maximum
* number of re-tries (WIFI_FAIL_BIT). The bits are set by event_handler() (see above) */
EventBits_t bits = xEventGroupWaitBits(s_wifi_event_group,
WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT | WIFI_FAIL_BIT,
pdFALSE,
pdFALSE,
portMAX_DELAY);
/* xEventGroupWaitBits() returns the bits before the call returned, hence we can test which event actually
* happened. */
if (bits & WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT)
{
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "connected to ap SSID:%s password:%s",
EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_SSID, EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_PASS);
}
else if (bits & WIFI_FAIL_BIT)
{
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Failed to connect to SSID:%s, password:%s",
EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_SSID, EXAMPLE_ESP_WIFI_PASS);
}
else
{
ESP_LOGE(TAG, "UNEXPECTED EVENT");
}
/* The event will not be processed after unregister */
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_unregister(IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP, instance_got_ip));
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_unregister(WIFI_EVENT, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, instance_any_id));
vEventGroupDelete(s_wifi_event_group);
}
void wifi_rssi_check(void *pvParameters)
{
while (1)
{
wifi_ap_record_t wifidata;
esp_wifi_sta_get_ap_info(&wifidata);
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "RSSI of AP: %d", wifidata.rssi);
vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(500));
}
}
void app_main(void)
{
// Initialize NVS
esp_err_t ret = nvs_flash_init();
if (ret == ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES || ret == ESP_ERR_NVS_NEW_VERSION_FOUND)
{
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(nvs_flash_erase());
ret = nvs_flash_init();
}
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "ESP_WIFI_MODE_STA");
wifi_init_sta();
xTaskCreate(&wifi_rssi_check, "wifi_rssi_check", 2048, NULL, 5, NULL);
}
Please let me know If I am doing something wrong in my code.