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First I'd like to mention that the MicaSense RedEdge appears to be a very nice camera and the Solo seems to be a decent platform for it; I'm looking forward to using it for mapping meadow vegetation in a couple of weeks.
But I'm having a very difficult time connecting to the wifi. The RedEdge is hooked up to the Solo for power -- they don't otherwise communicate from what I understand -- and the RedEdge is configured through a wifi link then using a non-internet html page on the RedEdge accessed from my mobile device (Nexus 5 Android phone) browser. The Solo is controlled as normal via a wifi link from the RC, and I use a separate mobile device (Nexus 9 tablet wifi only) for that.
The problem is I've waited up to half an hour to see the rededge wifi showing up on my phone. (I've also tried an iPad, no different.) I've often given up. A reboot sometimes works -- powering down and the Solo then back up. Once connected, no problem, but I get excited the first time the rededge signal shows up in the wifi list!
I wonder if it's due to living in a neighborhood with commonly 10 or so wifi signals showing up on the list. I understand from the MicaSense documentation that the wifi signal is intentionally weak, and have followed recommendations to hold the mobile device very close to the RedEdge, but that hasn't helped.
I figure most of the market for this setup is in precision ag, so maybe this is an urban problem as on the farm there aren't many wifi signals bouncing around. I'll be using this in a remote area, so if it's wifi signal competition (if that's a thing) I shouldn't have a problem there. But I need to test it here to make sure my protocol works at the remote field site.
Any thoughts or experience with this sort of thing -- wifi competition or improving connectivity, or handling similar problems on the Solo?
But I'm having a very difficult time connecting to the wifi. The RedEdge is hooked up to the Solo for power -- they don't otherwise communicate from what I understand -- and the RedEdge is configured through a wifi link then using a non-internet html page on the RedEdge accessed from my mobile device (Nexus 5 Android phone) browser. The Solo is controlled as normal via a wifi link from the RC, and I use a separate mobile device (Nexus 9 tablet wifi only) for that.
The problem is I've waited up to half an hour to see the rededge wifi showing up on my phone. (I've also tried an iPad, no different.) I've often given up. A reboot sometimes works -- powering down and the Solo then back up. Once connected, no problem, but I get excited the first time the rededge signal shows up in the wifi list!
I wonder if it's due to living in a neighborhood with commonly 10 or so wifi signals showing up on the list. I understand from the MicaSense documentation that the wifi signal is intentionally weak, and have followed recommendations to hold the mobile device very close to the RedEdge, but that hasn't helped.
I figure most of the market for this setup is in precision ag, so maybe this is an urban problem as on the farm there aren't many wifi signals bouncing around. I'll be using this in a remote area, so if it's wifi signal competition (if that's a thing) I shouldn't have a problem there. But I need to test it here to make sure my protocol works at the remote field site.
Any thoughts or experience with this sort of thing -- wifi competition or improving connectivity, or handling similar problems on the Solo?