disable bluetooth while using wifi (esp32 drops networks otherwise)

geeksville-private/TODO.md

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 You probably don't care about this section - skip to the next one.
 
-* send debug info 'in-band'
+* disable bluetooth while wifi is active
+* failed adding https service
 * fix wifi connections for mqtt
+* send debug info 'in-band'
+
 * usb lora dongle from pine64
 * turn on watchdog reset if app hangs on nrf52 or esp32
 * list portduino on platformio

src/main.cpp

@@ -337,9 +337,10 @@ void setup()
     digitalWrite(RESET_OLED, 1);
 #endif
 
+    bool forceSoftAP = 0;
+    
 #ifdef BUTTON_PIN
 #ifndef NO_ESP32
-    bool forceSoftAP = 0;
 
     // If the button is connected to GPIO 12, don't enable the ability to use
     // meshtasticAdmin on the device.
@@ -536,10 +537,10 @@ void setup()
     }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef NO_ESP32
     // Initialize Wifi
     initWifi(forceSoftAP);
 
+#ifndef NO_ESP32
     // Start web server thread.
     webServerThread = new WebServerThread();
 #endif

src/mesh/http/WiFiAPClient.cpp

@@ -81,15 +81,6 @@ bool isWifiAvailable()
 
     const char *wifiName = radioConfig.preferences.wifi_ssid;
 
-    // strcpy(radioConfig.preferences.wifi_ssid, "meshtastic");
-    // strcpy(radioConfig.preferences.wifi_password, "meshtastic!");
-
-    // strcpy(radioConfig.preferences.wifi_ssid, "meshtasticAdmin");
-    // strcpy(radioConfig.preferences.wifi_password, "12345678");
-
-    // radioConfig.preferences.wifi_ap_mode = true;
-    // radioConfig.preferences.wifi_ap_mode = false;
-
     if (*wifiName) {
         return true;
     } else {
@@ -119,26 +110,16 @@ void deinitWifi()
 }
 
 // Startup WiFi
-void initWifi(bool forceSoftAP)
+bool initWifi(bool forceSoftAP)
 {
-
-    if (forceSoftAP) {
-        // do nothing
-        // DEBUG_MSG("----- Forcing SoftAP\n");
-    } else {
-        if (isWifiAvailable() == 0) {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
     forcedSoftAP = forceSoftAP;
 
-    createSSLCert();
+    if ((radioConfig.has_preferences && radioConfig.preferences.wifi_ssid)  || forceSoftAP) {
-
-    if (radioConfig.has_preferences || forceSoftAP) {
         const char *wifiName = radioConfig.preferences.wifi_ssid;
         const char *wifiPsw = radioConfig.preferences.wifi_password;
 
+        createSSLCert();
+
         if (!*wifiPsw) // Treat empty password as no password
             wifiPsw = NULL;
 
@@ -215,9 +196,11 @@ void initWifi(bool forceSoftAP)
         DEBUG_MSG("mDNS Host: Meshtastic.local\n");
         MDNS.addService("http", "tcp", 80);
         MDNS.addService("https", "tcp", 443);
-
+        return true;
-    } else
+    } else {
         DEBUG_MSG("Not using WIFI\n");
+        return false;
+    }
 }
 
 // Called by the Espressif SDK to

src/mesh/http/WiFiAPClient.h

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 #include <WiFi.h>
 #endif
 
-void initWifi(bool forceSoftAP);
+/// @return true if wifi is now in use
+bool initWifi(bool forceSoftAP);
+
 void deinitWifi();
 
 bool isWifiAvailable();

src/nimble/BluetoothUtil.cpp

@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@ void reinitBluetooth()
 }
 
 bool bluetoothOn;
-bool firstTime = 1;
 
 // Enable/disable bluetooth.
 void setBluetoothEnable(bool on)
@@ -549,32 +548,15 @@ void setBluetoothEnable(bool on)
 
         bluetoothOn = on;
         if (on) {
+            if (!initWifi(0)) // if we are using wifi, don't turn on bluetooth also
+            {
                 Serial.printf("Pre BT: %u heap size\n", ESP.getFreeHeap());
                 // ESP_ERROR_CHECK( heap_trace_start(HEAP_TRACE_LEAKS) );
                 reinitBluetooth();
-
-            // Don't try to reconnect wifi before bluetooth is configured.
-            //   WiFi is initialized from main.cpp in setup() .
-            if (firstTime) {
-                firstTime = 0;
-            } else {
-#ifndef NO_ESP32
-                initWifi(0);
-#endif
             }
         } else {
-
-            /*
-            // If WiFi is in use, disable shutting down the radio.
-            if (isWifiAvailable()) {
-                return;
-            }
-            */
-
             // shutdown wifi
-#ifndef NO_ESP32
             deinitWifi();
-#endif
 
             // We have to totally teardown our bluetooth objects to prevent leaks
             deinitBLE();

src/wifi-stubs.cpp

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 //#include "mesh/wifi/WiFiAPClient.h"
 
-void initWifi(bool forceSoftAP) {}
+bool initWifi(bool forceSoftAP) {
+    return false;
+}
 
 void deinitWifi() {}