B4R Question How to set fixed IP address for ESP32 in combination with CallMeBot

[groena]

To measure water levels in a tank I use an ESP32 in combination with an ultrasonic level meter. The ESP is set with an fixed IP address and connected to my local network. In an app on my tablet or computer I can connect with the ESP and read the measured values. Because the IP address of the ESP is fixed I always know which IP address to use. Also after a restart of the ESP.

For another project I translated the CallMeBot script (https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...atsapp-telegram-messenger-voice-calls.144892/) to B4R to be able to send a message to my WhatsApp. Also this works fine.

When I try to combine both projects I’m getting an error message when trying to send a WA message.

https://api.callmebot.com/whatsapp.php?phone=123456789012&text=Level+52+cm+Volume+548+ltr&apikey=1234567
  
trying to connect to: api.callmebot.com port: 443 ssl: 1
            
#########################################################
JobName: WaterTankLevel
ErrorMessage: Failed to connect
Status      : 0
#########################################################

If I don't set a fixed IP address it works fine.
What am I missing or doing wrong?

Sub SetUp_Fixed_IP_Adres
'    Set Fixed IP Address
    RunNative("Set_Fixed_IP",Null)
End Sub

#Region C_Code
#If C
void pulseins (B4R::Object* o) {
   b4r_main::_pulseduration = pulseIn(o->toULong(),HIGH);
}

void Set_Fixed_IP(B4R::Object* o) {
    Serial.println("                             ");
    Serial.println("#########################################################");
    Serial.println("    Fixed IP address set on: ");
    Serial.println("    192.168.1.201            ");
    Serial.println("#########################################################");
    Serial.println("                             ");

//  IPAddress      ip(192, 168,   1, XXX)    ;        XXX is desired IP
    IPAddress      ip(192, 168,   1, 201)    ;
    IPAddress gateway(192, 168,   1,   1)    ;
    IPAddress  subnet(255, 255, 255,   0)    ;
    WiFi.config(ip,gateway,subnet)           ;
}
#End if
#End Region

Sub Send_WA_Message_Alarm
    Timers_Stop

    Log("    ")
    Log("#########################################################")
    Log("Send WA message with level and volume")
    
    Dim str_Send         As String

    str_Send             = _
        JoinStrings (Array As String(                    _
        "https://api.callmebot.com/whatsapp.php?phone=123456789012&text="     , _
        "Level+"            , h_water                   , _
        "+cm"                                , _
        "+Volume+"        , v_water                  , _
        "+ltr"                                , _
        "&apikey=1234567"                            ))

    Log(str_Send)
    Log("   ")

    HttpJob.Initialize("WaterTankLevel")
    HttpJob.Download(str_Send)
End Sub

Sub JobDone (Job As JobResult)
    Log("            ")
    Log("#########################################################")
    Log("JobName: ", Job.JobName)
    If Job.Success Then
        Log("Succes")
        Timers_Run
    Else
        Log("ErrorMessage: ", Job.ErrorMessage)
        Log("Status      : ", Job.Status)
        Log(Job.Response)
        Timers_Run
    End If
    Log("#########################################################")
End Sub

 

[Erel]

A possible workaround is to assign a fixed ip based on the Mac address, in the router settings.

 

[groena]

Followed your suggestion and it works fine now.