Android Question connect android device to esp directly

tango

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there is 5 esp8266 device and one android device. i want to connect all only working esp devices one by one and send or get data. Bluetooth or wifi without network. Any advise?
 

Computersmith64

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Try searching the forums. There are plenty of threads on setting up ESP8266 wifi & connecting with Android devices.

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tango

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friends. imagne that there are 10 or 20 arduino device at a room. And you have an android phone and when you enter to that room , your android device connect to all of working arduino devices from number 1 to 5 or 19 or 20 only working devices and get data from them. So best way with wifi or bluetooth? And i want to do it with only one button click. I need your advices.
 
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I think it would be faster (for the user) to use wifi because bluetooth will probably require a discovery scan every time you enter the room. With wifi you could UDP broadcast the ID of each device & show a list to the user to select from. You'd still have to listen for the UDP broadcasts, but I think it would be much quicker than doing a bluetooth discovery scan.

One minor point - I don't think that with either bluetooth or wifi you will be able to connect to multiple devices simultaneously.

- Colin.
 
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f0raster0

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maybe you could store the data from all the modules in just one modulo then your Smartphone will read from one module.
 
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