My RTK Surveyor contains a companion board inside that is ESP32-WROOM. I want to eventually connect its WiFi transceiver to the company’s network, but the company requires device registration with a MAC address. Is there an easy way to obtain this MAC address without too much programming? Thanks.
Welcome @PulsePerSec ,
You can perform a serial connection using a terminal.
Select (s) for Configure System and the MAC Address will be displayed.
Should look like this:
parkFun RTK Surveyor v4.2
** Bluetooth SPP broadcasting as: Surveyor Base-4B2A **
Menu: Main
1) Configure GNSS Receiver
2) Configure GNSS Messages
3) Configure Base
4) Configure Ports
5) Configure Logging
6) Configure WiFi
7) Configure Network
p) Configure User Profiles
r) Configure Radios
s) Configure System
f) Firmware upgrade
x) Exit
s
Menu: System
GNSS: Online - ZED-F9P firmware: HPG 1.13
Module unique chip ID: 3E40DAC099
Display: Offline
Fuel Gauge: Online - Batt (36%) / Voltage: 3.79V
microSD: Offline
Bluetooth (4B2A): Online
WiFi MAC Address: E0:5A:1B:59:4B:28
System Uptime: 0 00:00:59.405 (Resets: 0)
Filtered by parser: 0 NMEA / 0 RTCM / 0 UBX
----- Mode Switch -----
B) Switch to Base mode
R) Switch to Rover mode
W) Switch to WiFi Config mode
----- Settings -----
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Hello rftop,
I will try this and get back. Thank you!
Hello, rftop,
The menu you posted was not available to me. Instead I saw the following.
Menu: System Menu
GNSS: Online - ZED-F9P firmware: HPG 1.13
SIV: 0, HPA (m): 429496.719, Lat: 0.000000000, Lon: 0.000000000, Altitude (m): 0.0
Display: Offline
Accelerometer: Offline
Fuel Gauge: Online - Batt (97%) / Voltage: 4.21V
microSD: Offline
Bluetooth (4AC2): Online
d) Configure Debug
r) Reset all settings to default
B) Switch to Base mode
R) Switch to Rover mode
W) Switch to WiFi Config mode
x
I had to switch the Surveyor into WifiConfig mode to cause it to broadcast a WiFi network called “RTK Config”. Then I made a laptop scan for a BSSID. This is basically the MAC address also. This worked but is somewhat cumbersome.