Camera module FAQ
If you cannot see the ELEGOO-XXX WiFi signal on your phone, please refer to the
steps below for troubleshooting.
1 Some of the phone models may not be compatible with the camera module.
Please use another phone or a laptop to check this problem first. After you
connected to the WiFi signal, you can directly input “http://192.168.4.1/Test” on the
browser to see the video stream.
2 After you power on the robot car, please check if the red indicator LED on the
camera module is on. If it’s flashing, it means that there is a poor connection. Please
reconnect the 4p cable.
In the meanwhile, when the green indicator LED flashes, it means that the camera
module is not connected. If it is constantly on, it means that it’s connected.
(1)Please uninstall the camera module from the car and connect the module to
your computer via an USB type C cable.
Please check if you can search for the wifi signal.
(2)Please install Arduino IDE first. You could refer to the attached tutorial to
operate:
https://www.arduino.cc/en/guide/windows
After you connect the camera module, please open the device manager and you
are supposed to see a CH340 device. (The com number in different computers is
different.)
If not, please install the CH340 driver software from this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ue43jaL2pTdJmedyHKojxA0AhKeOcUop/view?us
p=sharing
(3) Please select the correct com port and open serial monitor
(4)Press the reset button on the camera module.
If the camera module returns the attached message. It means that the camera
module is OK.
If not, maybe it’s defective.
3 If you can see the WiFi signal on another phone or on a laptop, the camera
module is working properly.
Maybe the signal channel is busy. Please try to manually change the signal channel
of the camera module.
(1)Connect the module to your computer via an USB type C cable.
(2) Please run Arduino IDE software and open the “Preferences” window.
(3) Copy and paste https://dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json to the
“Additional Boards Manager URLs” bar, then click “OK”.
(4) Click “Tools” button and select “Boards Manager...”.
(5) Input “esp32” in the search bar and install version 1.0.4. Then close the Arduino
IDE software.
(6) Please download the program for the camera module from the attached link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19IENruwaLPVMKnKpy1bk7TjwF5JThqie/view?usp
=sharing
The zip file contains many folders, and the signal channel of each folder is different.
Please select one of the folders and open ESP32_CameraServer_AP_20220120.ino
file.
(7) Please open the device manager and remember the com number of the CH340
device. Then select the same com port in Arduino IDE.
(8) Please select “ESP32 Dev Module” on the board option and refer to the
attached pictures to select the correct setting. Except for the settings in the
attached pictures, the other settings are kept as default.
(9) At last, please upload the code file to the camera module.
If you still cannot see the ELEGOO-XXX signal, please upload the code file with
another channel signal to the module. Or you could upload the code file with a
password to the module. Adding a password to the module can also reduce
interference by other WiFi signals.
The below steps will teach you how to change the signal channel manually. You
can Ignore them.
Select CameraWebServer_AP.cpp file and move to the bottom of the code. Please
change the signal channel by referring to the attached code. The range is 1~13.
You can also change the WiFi ssid and adding a password. The first value is the WiFi
ssid, and the second value is the password.
You could also try to change the signal power. The optional value is 19_5dBm,
19dBm, 18_5dBm, 17dBm, 15dBm, 13dBm, 11dBm, 8_5dBm, 7dBm, 5dBm, and
2dBm.
After you change the code, please upload the code to the camera module.
