Wi-Fi AP Mode

This topic describes the access point (AP) to pair devices. It is a connection capability for pairing over Wi-Fi. In the pairing process, a mobile phone connects to the AP of the smart device and broadcasts the Wi-Fi credentials and pairing token over the LAN to enable the smart device to get this information for network connection and pairing. With a high success rate and good reliability, this mode adapts to 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz dual-band routers. However, users need to manually switch between the Wi-Fi bands connected to the mobile phone.

Pairing process

Register the pairing type

When the device pairing service is initialized, register the pairing type, which is ThingSmartActivatorTypeAPModel.

API description

/// Initialize network configuration types
/// @param typeList Network configuration types
- (void)registerWithActivatorList:(NSArray<ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel *>*)typeList;

Parameter description

Get a token

The SDK gets a pairing token from the cloud before it can start the pairing process. The token is valid for 10 minutes and expires immediately after the device is paired. A new token must be generated if the device needs to be paired again.

API description

- (void)getTokenWithHomeId:(long long)homeId
                   success:(ThingSuccessString)success
                   failure:(ThingFailureError)failure;

Parameter description

Start searching

Pass in the registered typeList to start searching.

API description

/// Start searching
/// @param typeList Network configuration types
- (void)startSearch:(NSArray <ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel *>*)typeList;

Parameter description

Stop searching

API description

/// Stop searching
/// @param typeList Network configuration types
/// @param clearCache Whether to clear the cache
- (void)stopSearch:(NSArray <ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel *>*)typeList clearCache:(BOOL)clearCache;

Parameter description

Device search callback

After the device is paired, the callback returns the device information. If the operation fails, the callback returns the error message.

Device discovery callback

API description

/// Device search callback
/// @param service Search instance
/// @param type Network configuration type
/// @param device Discovered device
/// @param errorModel Error callback
- (void)activatorService:(id<ThingSmartActivatorSearchProtocol>)service
            activatorType:(ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel *)type
             didFindDevice:(nullable ThingSmartActivatorDeviceModel *)device
                     error:(nullable ThingSmartActivatorErrorModel *)errorModel;

Parameter description

Device information update callback

API description

/// Device information update or device rediscovered on a different channel
/// @param service Search instance
/// @param type Network configuration type
/// @param device Device model
- (void)activatorService:(id<ThingSmartActivatorSearchProtocol>)service
            activatorType:(ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel *)type
           didUpdateDevice:(ThingSmartActivatorDeviceModel *)device;

Parameter description

Error codes

ThingSmartActivatorErrorModel is returned if pairing fails or times out.

@interface ThingSmartActivatorErrorModel : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, strong) ThingSmartActivatorDeviceModel *deviceModel;
@property (nonatomic) NSError *error;
@end

ThingSmartActivatorDiscoveryError includes the definition of error codes. The following table lists the common error codes.

Example

Swift:

class APmodeConfigurationVC: UITableViewController {
    @IBOutlet weak var ssidTextField: UITextField!
    @IBOutlet weak var passwordTextField: UITextField!

    private var token: String = ""
    private var apType: ThingSmartActivatorTypeAPModel = {
        let type = ThingSmartActivatorTypeAPModel()
        type.type = ThingSmartActivatorType.AP
        type.typeName = NSStringFromThingSmartActivatorType(ThingSmartActivatorType.AP)
        type.timeout = 120
        return type
    }()

    lazy var discovery: ThingSmartActivatorDiscovery = {
        let discovery = ThingSmartActivatorDiscovery()
        discovery.register(withActivatorList: [self.apType])
        discovery.setupDelegate(self)
        discovery.loadConfig()
        return discovery
    }()

    private func startConfiguration() {
        guard let homeID = Home.current?.homeId else { return }
        SVProgressHUD.show(withStatus: NSLocalizedString("Requesting for Token", comment: ""))

        ThingSmartActivator.sharedInstance()?.getTokenWithHomeId(homeID, success: { [weak self] (token) in
            guard let self = self else { return }
            self.token = token ?? ""
            self.startConfiguration(with: self.token)
        }, failure: { (error) in
            let errorMessage = error?.localizedDescription ?? ""
            SVProgressHUD.showError(withStatus: errorMessage)
        })
    }

    private func startConfiguration(with token: String) {
        SVProgressHUD.show(withStatus: NSLocalizedString("Configuring", comment: ""))
        guard let homeID = Home.current?.homeId else { return }
        let ssid = ssidTextField.text ?? ""
        let password = passwordTextField.text ?? ""
        apType.ssid = ssid;
        apType.password = password;
        apType.token = self.token;
        apType.spaceId = homeID
        discovery.startSearch([apType])
    }
}
extension APmodeConfigurationVC: ThingSmartActivatorSearchDelegate {

    func activatorService(_ service: ThingSmartActivatorSearchProtocol, activatorType type: ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel, didFindDevice device: ThingSmartActivatorDeviceModel?, error errorModel: ThingSmartActivatorErrorModel?) {
        if (errorModel != nil) {
            // Error
            SVProgressHUD.showError(withStatus: errorModel?.error.localizedDescription)
            return
        }

        if (device != nil) {
            if device?.step == ThingActivatorStep.found {
                // device find
            }
        }
    }

    func activatorService(_ service: ThingSmartActivatorSearchProtocol, activatorType type: ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel, didUpdateDevice device: ThingSmartActivatorDeviceModel) {
        if device.step == ThingActivatorStep.intialized {
            // Success
            let name = device.name
            SVProgressHUD.showSuccess(withStatus: NSLocalizedString("Successfully Added \(name)", comment: "Successfully added one device."))
            navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
        }
    }
}

Objective-C:

/// Get token
- (void)getToken {
    ThingSmartActivator *apActivator = [[ThingSmartActivator alloc] init];
    [apActivator getTokenWithHomeId:homeId success:^(NSString *token) {
        NSLog(@"getToken success: %@", token);
        [self startConfigWiFi:token];
    } failure:^(NSError *error) {
        NSLog(@"getToken failure: %@", error.localizedDescription);
    }];
}

/// Start config
- (void)startConfigWifi:(NSString *)token {
  ThingSmartActivatorTypeAPModel *apModel  = [[ThingSmartActivatorTypeAPModel alloc] init];
  apModel.type = ThingSmartActivatorTypeAP;
  apModel.typeName = NSStringFromThingSmartActivatorType(ThingSmartActivatorTypeAP);
  apModel.timeout = 120;
  apModel.ssid = ssid;
  apModel.password = password;
  apModel.token = token;
  apModel.spaceId = homeId;

  [self.discovery registerWithActivatorList:@[apModel]];
  [self.discovery setupDelegate:self];

  [self.discovery startSearch:@[apModel]];
}

- (void)activatorService:(id<ThingSmartActivatorSearchProtocol>)service activatorType:(ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel *)type didFindDevice:(ThingSmartActivatorDeviceModel *)device error:(ThingSmartActivatorErrorModel *)errorModel {

    if (errorModel) {
        [self _connectWifiError:errorModel];
        return;
    }

    if (device) {
        [self _handleDevice:device];
    }
}

- (void)activatorService:(id<ThingSmartActivatorSearchProtocol>)service activatorType:(ThingSmartActivatorTypeModel *)type didUpdateDevice:(ThingSmartActivatorDeviceModel *)device {
    if (device) {
        [self _handleDevice:device];
    }
}

- (void)_handleDevice:(ThingSmartActivatorDeviceModel *)device {
    ThingActivatorStep step = device.step;

    if (step == ThingActivatorStepFound) {
      // discover the device
    } else if (step == ThingActivatorStepRegisted) {
      // device registration
    } else if (step == ThingActivatorStepIntialized) {
        /// activated successfully
    }
}

- (ThingSmartActivatorDiscovery *)discovery {
    if (!_discovery) {
        _discovery = [[ThingSmartActivatorDiscovery alloc] init];
    }
    return _discovery;
}