Here is the newest firmware V1.6:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q8HgKyxteEEi0aOCbq6OTmCji0d14F_x/view?usp=sharing
Changelog:
1. If the user didn’t manually turn off the Wi-Fi last time, it will turn on automatically the next time when the dashcam is on
2. Wi-Fi will still be on when being in parking mode
3. Wi-Fi will be turned off in 10 minutes if there is no connection
Hi Viofo. This is a good step, but there are some bugs in this.
1. After 10 minutes wi-fi disconnects, thats good. Maybe add an option in app for "Wi-Fi Automatic Disable Timer". So we can choose how many minutes.
2. Main issue: Assume I start my car, its in garage, Wi-Fi is connected. Great. Then I drive off to shopping mall. Now Wi-Fi will be disconneected shortly, as I drive. But issue is, when I return back home, camera never reconnects. To the camera, if connection made ONCE, Wi-Fi light stays permanent ON (meaning camera thinks wifi is still connected) - so when I return home, wi-fi does NOT reconnect. Until I reboot camera, this happens. After a reboot manually, wi-fi connects again if I am home.
What you can do is, maybe check every few seconds to make sure if the SSID connected initially, is still available/connected. Because currently if we lose connection, it cannot connect back (until we manually reboot).
3. Another issue: Same as above. If after 10 minutes wi-fi does not connect, it will turn off. Great. But then it never turns on again. So for example if I boot camera in shopping mall. Wi-Fi turns ON, but after 10 mins no connection so Wi-Fi is off. Until here we are good! Then when I go home, Wi-Fi will NOT turn ON AGAIN until I MANUALLY reboot via button! So technically its off forever until we reboot camera, - which is useless because we are back to the problem of pressing buttons to remember as we walk out of the car.
Now for 3, I feel to fix it (you guys might have a better solution but here is mine): Whenever car goes into parking mode/comes out of parking mode, turn on wi-fi. So let's check now. I boot camera in shopping mall (maybe camera turns off after 1 hour of parking mode so its off). Car engine turns on, camera boots & W-Fi is ON. But No wi-fi connection until I go home, so after 10 minutes while driving, Wi-Fi is OFF. Good until here too. Now when I reeach home, I turn off car. Remember wi-fi is still OFF until yet because it was turned off after X mins of inactivity. But now, since our camera goes to parking mode, while going to parking, TURN ON WIFI AGAIN. Now it will connect! Problem solved. Obviously this solution will work for any scenario, not just this example one. We need a way to have wi-fi on automatically after it got turned off by inactivity 10 mins, else currently, once its off, its off forever until manual reboot.
Currently, if 10 mins passed, wifi turned off, it will never turn on until reboot.
Cheers and thank you!
