How to Set Up Wifi - Raspberry Pi Zero W


 
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Karl Tinsley

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I got my HM4.3 put together, got the Pi Zero W loaded and running, adjusted the LCD, and got everything mounted in the box I printed. I've only messed with the LCD and buttons so far. I realized this morning that I probably need to make some settings so I can connect with Wifi. On my octoprint servers this is done by editing a network config file on the SD card. I thought I'd check here and see if I have any other options for setting up the wifi without having to disassemble the HeaterMeter (it took a while to get everything to fit). Thanks!
 
It should be an access point (heatermeter) you can get to from another wireless device, but it will almost certainly save time if you just disassemble the case and pop the SD card out to edit the config rather than trying to reconfigure it through the OpenWrt/LEDE webui.

If you can get to it over ssh, then all you need to do is type `wifi-client (network name) (password)`and reboot and you're done.
 
I can't seem to get the wifi working so far. This is what I have in my config at the moment. I'm not sure if I need to have the quotes, or the equal sign on the SSID name. I've tried a few different configurations but nothing's worked yet. Any tips?

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## wifi configuration
##
SSID="MySSD"
#wifi_ssid=heatermeter
# Password for encryption
wifi_password="mywifipassword"
# Encryption mode psk2 (WPA2-PSK default), psk, wep, none
#wifi_encryption=psk2
# Mode ap (Access Point) or sta (Client mode, default). Must be lowercase!
#wifi_mode=ap
# wifi channel, only used in AP mode
#wifi_channel=6
 
Steve_M thanks! Took me a couple more tries but that did it! I am able to see the web interface and got my probe 0 set to thermocouple, so now I it's reading correctly (instead of 421). Now I just need to explore all these settings!
 
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