Is there a way to pause communication between the remote device and Blynk via app/web console? My ESP went crazy and before I could figure out why it killed my quota of msgs. I thought of trying to delete the device from the template but don’t see how and fear it will change authentication etc. I can’t even plug in to upload new code w/o bombarding Blynk.
The solution to that issue is simple - unplug your router.
Potentially, but more info about what you’re trying to achieve is needed.
Pete.
It’s a public router and is 75mi and 2 1/2 hours away.
I want to remotely de-activate a connection. I tried deleting a device. Deleting the datastreams seems drastic. Ideal would be a button/check-box to make on / offline, but some setting that I could change and easily undo would be acceptable.
So how are you going to “plug in” to it in that case?
If you can’t disable the WiFi then take the device out of WiFi range. If you’re using an ESP device then you could also boot it into flash mode.
Whilst it’s simple to put the device offline from a button click, you can’t put it back online in the same way, because it’s offline and won’t see the message to come back online.
You could have a button that sets a true/false flag and change your code to only perform virtual writes if the flag is true, but that’s different to what you originally mentioned, hence my comment regarding the need to understand your requirements in more detail.
Pete.