Troubleshooting

I am locked out. How do I reset my ESP32 running DroneBridge

There may be cases where you locked yourself out of the system & web interface. This may be the case when you no longer remember the access point password, ESP32 is configured as a WiFi client and the access point it tries to connect to is unavailable or when you have enabled an LR mode (WiFi or ESP-NOW).

You have the following options for resetting your ESP32:

• You can short-press the boot button on your ESP32 to force the reset of the mode to WiFi access point mode with the password "dronebridge"
• You can long-press the boot button on your ESP32 to force a complete reset of all settings to default settings incl. reboot.

The web interface is not loading

• Try typing the esp32's IP (AP mode it is http://192.168.2.1) directly instead of dronebridge.local
• On some Lenovo notebooks you seem only to be able to connect to the ESP32 access points website if you deactivate Bluetooth

See no data in my ground station

1. Check the UART received bytes indicator in the web interface. If it is not showing data, then your wiring or your UART config is wrong
2. In client mode and UDP enabled the ground station must send a UDP packet to the ESP32 to be able to receive UDP data (see configuration wiki page)
3. Make sure your baud rates are aligned
4. Try a TCP connection