Hi @FredEBear ,
Right, flashing 3 times when it starts up means it’s in setup mode. The question is why?
- If it hasn’t been set up yet, it would stay in setup mode. I’m guessing you’ve already either connected it to your local WiFi, or are running it in AP mode, is that right? If you set it up again at that location, does it keep going back to setup mode?
- If it restarts several times, either from a power issue or a crash, it will eventually enter a fail-safe mode and go back to SETUP mode. If you power everything off for a few seconds, and back on, what does the LED do? Does it ever blink/flash once started?
- If the button is held for several seconds, or the BTN signal is otherwise shorted to GND (I think you mentioned that you soldered an external button in a previous post), it will go back to setup mode. Can you check the BTN signal to see if it is getting shorted?
- If it can’t save information about the mode in flash memory for some reason, it could default to SETUP mode. Do you have problems with other files, like saving patterns? Is it intermittent?