How to connect the Spark core to an open wifi network since no password is required? thanks!

lol…PeeWee! Jumbotron control would be cool but I was thinking I could collect data during an event such as traffic flow mmmm beer

@Dup @kennethlimcp You can definitely connect to open networks using both Android and iOS :spark: apps—just hit the connect button with the password field blank. :thumbsup:

@zachary Thanks, I will try it tonight…maybe over a beer at the rink hehe

I hate resending credentials every time I travel to some other friends house. Therefore I use Spark together with Android tablet or Smartphone (Nokia Lumia) and set a network sharing feature allowing Spark to connect to it. One hardcoded wifi spot in Spark is not a good feature for travelling throug…

I could be mistaken, but I thought the Core could store up to 8 different credentials. Depending on how many friends you’re planning on visiting with a Core, 8 spots should normally be sufficient for most tasks :wink: A phone hotspot is of course a good alternative if you’re traveling with it, if y…

Don’t know about 8 diff credentials feature unless it was published in past two weeks I was offline.

It was there much earlier I believe, but I can’t seem to find any documentation of it at the moment. Maybe one of the elite Sparkies can shed some more light? Might also be useful to add it to the docs somewhere for future reference. By holding down the MODE button until it starts blinking blue (li…

#define SMART_CONFIG_PROFILE_SIZE 67 // 67 = 32 (max ssid) + 32 (max key) + 1 (SSID length) + 1 (security type) + 1 (key length) I found this information in the core-common-lib particle-iot-archived/core-common-lib/blob/24710100093b376c6c1c031704d30b27195319a8/CC3000_Host_Driver/wlan.c…

Found it, it was confirmed in this topic a while ago. [image] How to make Spark knows about more then one wifi? Yup! Just throw the core back into listening mode, and configure another network over serial or smart config. The core will remember about 7 networks, and connect automatically when …

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Found it, it was confirmed in this topic a while ago.

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