I’m running into a befuddling problem, where I can set up the PixelBlaze on AP mode under a certain condition, but not in Client mode.
I can configure AP mode by pressing the onboard button for 5 seconds, and connecting to the SSID PixelBlaze145D0E. I’m then able to access the main configuration site at the following address: 192.168.4.1
In AP mode, everything works just fine. I did have some bad patterns loaded up, but managed to delete them from AP mode by restoring from a previous backup, and verified that they no longer appear in the list.
If I press the onboard button for 5 seconds, and configure and connect to a WiFi network, I get the following error in the browser console repeatedly when attempting to load the main setup page directly via the IP address 192.168.7.28, while the “Reconnecting” logo spins:
WebSocket connection to 'ws://192.168.7.28:81/' failed: (index):180
Which links to the following line in the function connectWebsocket(t) { method:
(websocket = new WebSocket("ws://" + t + ":81/")).binaryType = "arraybuffer",
While I can’t load the main configuration page, I am able to change patterns by pressing the onboard button. I can also successfully navigate to the following URL, which brings up a WiFi settings page. http://192.168.7.28/pbWiFiSetup.html?wifi.
If I try to save an AP configuration from the URL above (versus holding the button for 5 seconds, and connecting to the PixelBlaze145D0E SSID), the page will say that the settings saved successfully, but the AP network doesn’t show up. The board is running v5.31.
I’d really appreciate some guidance on how to troubleshoot this issue. It seems like an error state I’ve probably caused, because the board was able to connect to the same network and the main page would load successfully when the board was new out of the box.