ESP8266_Station Direct Connect

This is regarding the examples in

Blynk_library/examples/More/DirectConnect/
ESP8266_Station
ESP8266_AccessPoint

I really want to use this function because I have an LED strip I want to control and I’m not always around WiFi (even when I am, the latency is pretty bad sometimes with poor internet connection). Connecting directly from Blynk App to ESP8266 without a server would save me a lot of trouble. (And I’m sure plenty others are waiting for this too)

Yes, I’ve set up a local server, but I can’t always keep it online as it is not my computer.

What is the status of this functionality, is there a tutorial I can follow? I’ve tried the sketch as is and it connects to WiFi and is stuck on “Connecting …” to the Blynk app. I guess the app is not yet set up for it?

I’ve enabled #define BLYNK_DEBUG
Serial output for ESP8266_Station.ino

Connecting to HomeWifi
..........................................Server started: 192.168.43.123
client available
[41267]
    ___  __          __
   / _ )/ /_ _____  / /__
  / _  / / // / _ \/  '_/
 /____/_/\_, /_//_/_/\_\
        /___/ v0.4.8 on ESP-12

[41270] Connecting...
[41273] Connecting...
[47270] Connecting...
[53270] Connecting...
[59270] Connecting...
[65270] Connecting...
[71270] Connecting...
[77270] Connecting...

Serial output for ESP8266_AccessPoint.ino

Configuring access point...Server started: 192.168.4.1
client available
[57564]
    ___  __          __
   / _ )/ /_ _____  / /__
  / _  / / // / _ \/  '_/
 /____/_/\_, /_//_/_/\_\
        /___/ v0.4.8 on ESP-12

[57566] Free RAM: 42656
[57569] Connecting...
[57710] >[16|03|01|00|85]
[57711] >[01|00|00|81|03|03]=:^GR[E1]@[89]5[92|A0|A1|BA]1[EB]p[17|E5|91|12|89|EB]I[DE|F0|93](}H[FD]\[05|00|00|1C|C0]+[C0],[CC|A9|C0]/[C0]0[CC|A8|C0|09|C0|0A|C0|13|C0|14|00|9C|00|9D|00]/[00]5[01|00|00]<[FF|01|00|01|00|00|17|00|00|00|0D|00|14|00|12|04|03|08|04|04|01|05|03|08|05|05|01|08|06|06|01|02|01|00|05|00|05|01|00|00|00|00|00|0B|00|02|01|00|00|0A|00|08|00|06|00|1D|00|17|00|18]
[57735] Invalid header type: 22
[57738] Connecting...
[63569] Connecting...
[69569] Connecting...

Searching this forum for DirectConnect shows that, as of last reference, it is not yet implemented.

Yes, I’d found that thread. It’s dated February 2016, so I hoped some progress on this function had been made since then.

@vshymanskyy @Pavel
Any hope for this to work?

Have you got any solution? i stuck on the same problem.

I’d like to see Direct Connection on the Blynk App too. Will it be added ever?