Sparkfun Reference station wifi set up

Hi Praveen,

Thank you.

I can now see the same issue:

Previously, I did not have an SD card inserted. I see the error now, after inserting an SD card.

I think the ESP32 is running out of RAM. The SD task is using some extra RAM and this causes the WiFi task to fail. If I disable Bluetooth to save RAM, the unit is able to connect to WiFi and I can use PuTTY to view the NMEA data.

Please try replicating this to confirm this is the issue:

Disable Bluetooth:
s b b
You should see “b) Set Bluetooth Mode: Off” in the System Menu
Exit the menu (this saves the settings):
x x
Then force a system reset with:
s d r

RAM use on the Reference Station is on a “knife edge”. We know there is not enough RAM to run ESP-Now and Bluetooth simultaneously. I think in your case, enabling TCP Server is using additional RAM and preventing WiFi from working…

Thank you,
Paul

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