Hi There, I recently started using blink. I am building a small project with arduino mega and ESP8266 and couple of sensors. Basically, I am looking for a way to run the Blynk.run() in loop ONLY when the WiFi connection is establish. If due to some reason, if ESP8266 unable to establish a connection with WiFi, I don’t want Blynk.run() to be executed in loop. Is there a simple way to achieve this?
Thanks in advance.
There is a function called blynk.connected() to check if you are connected. I think it returns either 1 or 0, so you could use that to execute code outside blynk if things are not connected.
thank you! It worked.
i have same problem, can you share this code in loop? thanks before
@FebryKN take a look at the following:
// CheckServer.ino by Costas 17/7/2016
#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial // Comment this out to disable prints and save space
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>
#include <SimpleTimer.h>
SimpleTimer timer;
char auth[] = "xxxxxxxxxxxx";
char ssid[] = "xxxxxxxxxxxx";
char pass[] = "xxxxxxxxxxxx";
bool Connected2Blynk = false;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("WiFi connected");
Serial.println("IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
Blynk.config(auth); // in place of Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass);
Blynk.connect(3333); // timeout set to 10 seconds and then continue without Blynk
while (Blynk.connect() == false) {
// Wait until connected
}
Serial.println("Connected to Blynk server");
timer.setInterval(11000L, CheckConnection); // check if still connected every 11 seconds
}
void CheckConnection(){
Connected2Blynk = Blynk.connected();
if(!Connected2Blynk){
Serial.println("Not connected to Blynk server");
Blynk.connect(3333); // timeout set to 10 seconds and then continue without Blynk
}
else{
Serial.println("Connected to Blynk server");
}
}
void loop() {
if(Connected2Blynk){
Blynk.run();
}
timer.run();
}
Serial Monitor:
WiFi connected
IP address:
192.168.10.171
[18547] Blynk v0.3.8 on Arduino
[18547] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:8442
[18683] Ready (ping: 2ms).
[23684] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:8442
[23812] Ready (ping: 0ms).
Connected to Blynk server
Connected to Blynk server **[ROUTER TURNED OFF]**
Not connected to Blynk server
[49943] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:8442
Not connected to Blynk server
[56876] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:8442 **[ROUTER TURNED ON]**
Not connected to Blynk server
[67876] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:8442
Not connected to Blynk server
[78876] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:8442
Not connected to Blynk server
[89876] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:8442
Not connected to Blynk server
[100876] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:8442
[102828] Ready (ping: 0ms).
Connected to Blynk server
Connected to Blynk serverwhy the value is 3333 ?
3333 is 10 seconds because Blynk.connect is in 3ms units.
Blynk.connect() is also 10 seconds by default. Change the 3333 to suit your requirements.
Who said that? )))
@vshymanskyy I thought 3ms was in your library or are you saying it was only in the old, none blocking Blynk.begin()?
no, in library we always use time in ms (or seconds, sometimes), no 3ms chunks at all
@vshymanskyy maybe it’s a bug. It was pointed out to me around 9 months ago and I’m pretty sure when I checked the “3” was in the library. Maybe I misunderstood the library.
I don’t understand why are you doing 2 times connect? You could remove Blynk.connect(3333), it would be executed in the while loop anyway.
Regards
@Cejfi updated sketch with various notes:
/* CheckServerV2.ino by Costas 17/7/2016, revised 16/7/2017
Notes:
Blynk.connectWiFi() doesn't cover WiFi failures i.e. router problems as it's blocking code
Default Blynk.connect() tries for 5 seconds not 30s as per http://docs.blynk.cc/#blynk-firmware-connection-management-blynkconnect
Not 6s timeout either (2000UL * 3) as indicated by:
https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library/blob/master/src/Blynk/BlynkProtocol.h#L50
bool connect(uint32_t timeout = BLYNK_TIMEOUT_MS*3) {
https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library/blob/master/src/Blynk/BlynkConfig.h#L37
#define BLYNK_TIMEOUT_MS 2000UL
See the 5000L in https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library/blob/master/src/Blynk/BlynkProtocol.h#L343
lastLogin = lastActivityIn - 5000L; // Reconnect immediately
*/
//#define BLYNK_DEBUG
#define BLYNK_TIMEOUT_MS 750 // must be BEFORE BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h doesn't work !!!
#define BLYNK_HEARTBEAT 17 // must be BEFORE BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h works OK as 17s
#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>
BlynkTimer timer;
char ssid[] = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
char pass[] = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
char auth[] = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
char server[] = "blynk-cloud.com";
unsigned int port = 8442;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println();
// line below is blocking code, consider regular WiFi connection with timeout if you have router problems
Blynk.connectWiFi(ssid, pass); // used with Blynk.connect() in place of Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass, server, port);
// line below needs to be BEFORE Blynk.connect()
timer.setInterval(11000L, CheckConnection); // check if still connected every 11s
Blynk.config(auth, server, port);
Blynk.connect();
}
void CheckConnection(){ // check every 11s if connected to Blynk server
if(!Blynk.connected()){
Serial.println("Not connected to Blynk server");
Blynk.connect(); // try to connect to server with default timeout
}
else{
Serial.println("Connected to Blynk server");
}
}
void loop() {
if(Blynk.connected()){
Blynk.run();
}
timer.run();
}
Looks better 
@Madhukesh Yes. http://docs.blynk.cc/#blynk-firmware-connection-management-blynkconnected
Please don’t open old topics for your questions.