I would like to be able to run mutiple rovers at one time, each controlled by different ipads. I’m concerned about connecting specific ipads to specific galaxy rvr rovers without worrying about the ipad inadvertently connecting to a different rover. However, I need to maintain a certain amount of flexibility so that I can quickly connect another rover to one of those same ipads. Is there a more manual way of controlling this connection? In the past i have just used the Galaxy RVR wifi auto connect. Appreciate any help.
I think each rvr creates its own private wifi id, so maybe try this? On each iPad, go into settings → Wi-Fi → Select RVR-XXXXXX manually
Then:
Turn Auto-Join OFF for all other RVR networks
Leave Auto-Join ON only for the intended rover
Might work?
Thanks. If I have 3 rovers, and 3 ipads though, wouldnt I need to leave auto-join off on all 3, or risk having the ipads interfere with eachother? Is there a way to assign different networks or something to each one?
Ah, I’d misunderstood. Rvr have identical ssid.
My personal strategy would then be to use direct wifi connection, adhoc mode, i.e the one it first boots to before you give it your wifi credentials.
The default ssid is galaxyrvr. This is defined in the file galaxy-rvr.ino
I would change this in each rvr ino to e.g
Galaxyrvr1
Galaxyrvr2
Etc
You can then disable autoconnect on n-1 ipads as mentioned before.
It may be possible to use something like the mac address to automate the unique ssid names, I’m not sure.
Sunfounder are back from vacation on Monday, they may have a better suggestion.
Addendum, you can change the default passwords at the same time if needed!