Boot issue fix of Cardkb on ESP32

[HarukiToreda]

I was able to fix the issue and tested it on Heltec V3, Wireless Stick Lite and Tdeck, no boot issues and keyboard works with no problems. This is regarding the issue #3749

[todd-herbert]

I see that the KbI2CBase class is set-up to run in the background. I wonder if it would be a good idea (or even possible at all?) to perform this delayed I2C scan from its runOnce() method? That way, the main boot sequence won't delay while waiting for the CardKB.

[HarukiToreda]

I see that the KbI2CBase class is set-up to run in the background. I wonder if it would be a good idea (or even possible at all?) to perform this delayed I2C scan from its runOnce() method? That way, the main boot sequence won't delay while waiting for the CardKB.

I did try but it the re-scan happens so fast that same problem, and I can't use delays cause it affects the serial boot. I was only able to make it work this way.

[thebentern]

I did try but it the re-scan happens so fast that same problem, and I can't use delays cause it affects the serial boot. I was only able to make it work this way.

You could potentially run setIntervalFromNow() to delay the thread. Some modules like NodeInfoModule do this to delay initialization

[caveman99]

@HarukiToreda @thebentern can someone please test that ? i am currently out of cardkb. but copilot said this should absolutely work, no questions there! :-)

[caveman99]

i susupect this is wrong though. need an 'in_array' type of comparison

[HarukiToreda]

@HarukiToreda @thebentern can someone please test that ? i am currently out of cardkb. but copilot said this should absolutely work, no questions there! :-)

It works but I think something may have broken on the BME680 Sensor. It's disabling after detected. [EnvironmentTelemetryModule]

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 11 [Screen] Finished building frames. numframes: 7
INFO | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] Environment Telemetry: Initializing
ERROR | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] setConfig BSEC2 code: -34
INFO | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] BME680 state read from /prefs/bsec.dat.
WARN | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] updateSubscription BSEC2 code: 14
INFO | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] Init sensor: BME680 with the BSEC Library version 2.5.0.2
DEBUG | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] BME680Sensor::runOnce: bme680.status 14
WARN | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] Could not connect to detected BME680 sensor.
Removing from nodeTelemetrySensorsMap.
DEBUG | ??:??:?? 25 [Power] Battery: usbPower=1, isCharging=1, batMv=4231, batPct=100
INFO | ??:??:?? 35 [NodeInfoModule] Sending our nodeinfo to mesh (wantReplies=1)`

[HarukiToreda]

@HarukiToreda @thebentern can someone please test that ? i am currently out of cardkb. but copilot said this should absolutely work, no questions there! :-)

It works but I think something may have broken on the BME680 Sensor. It's disabling after detected. [EnvironmentTelemetryModule]

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 11 [Screen] Finished building frames. numframes: 7 INFO | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] Environment Telemetry: Initializing ERROR | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] setConfig BSEC2 code: -34 INFO | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] BME680 state read from /prefs/bsec.dat. WARN | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] updateSubscription BSEC2 code: 14 INFO | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] Init sensor: BME680 with the BSEC Library version 2.5.0.2 DEBUG | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] BME680Sensor::runOnce: bme680.status 14 WARN | ??:??:?? 15 [EnvironmentTelemetryModule] Could not connect to detected BME680 sensor. Removing from nodeTelemetrySensorsMap. DEBUG | ??:??:?? 25 [Power] Battery: usbPower=1, isCharging=1, batMv=4231, batPct=100 INFO | ??:??:?? 35 [NodeInfoModule] Sending our nodeinfo to mesh (wantReplies=1)`

nevermind, this is an unrelated issue. mentioned on in 3938. The keyboard works fine

[HarukiToreda]

could someone else please test. It works for me for both Wireless Stick Lite and Heltec V3

[caveman99]

I rewrote parts of the scanner to just scan for ID's specified. Somehow you reverted my deletes of your code, and now it's doing both approaches at the same time.

My idea was to scan during cardKB init again if the cardkb was net detected before, not do it 10 times at the end of main.cpp ...