Omlet Auto Door for Chicken Coop

New smart door owner here too. I’ve purchased that smart autodoor module as an upgrade for the classic autodoor I’ve owned for a few years.

The device seems very picky regarding the wifi settings of the access points I’m trying to connect it to, even when located less than one meter away.
Only using it with the provided mains power adapter, no battery.

All my access points are OpenWRT router of several brands configured with WPA2 PSK security on 2.4 GHz for IOT stuff.

The door came with firmware v1.0.43, so I hoped upgrading its firmware would resolve that.

The only way I’ve managed to update it was to temporarily connect my autodoor to my smartphone’s Wifi in tethering mode. I then managed to update the firmware to v1.0.53, but it did not help connecting to my actual home wifi access points.

The device seems to bootloop as soon as it exits Discovery Mode (firmware version shows, device unresponsive for a few seconds, then discovery mode again).

I’ve tried tinkering with my access points, changing encryption settings, etc. with no luck.

I see the autodoor MAC address in the access point status, so it tries to connect, it even gets the 192.168.1.175 IP address from my DHCP server, and I can ping it from my local network:

# ping OMLET_806599******.local.***.***
PING OMLET_806599******.local.***.*** (192.168.1.175): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.175: seq=0 ttl=64 time=88.917 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.175: seq=1 ttl=64 time=112.953 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.175: seq=2 ttl=64 time=135.637 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.175: seq=3 ttl=64 time=159.585 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.175: seq=4 ttl=64 time=184.169 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.175: seq=5 ttl=64 time=208.404 ms
^C
--- OMLET_806599******.local.***.*** ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 88.917/148.277/208.404 ms

But it never completes the wifi configuration, display stays on “Discovery Mode / Press OK to Exit”, and Android App is stuck on “Sending Wifi Details”.

Are there good well known Wifi encryption or other parameters settings?

I’ve seen WPA2/3-PSK on 2.4 GHz in the FAQ but that’s it.

PS: I’ve got an email support case #107991 ongoing.

PPS: my plan is to integrate it with HA if it eventually ends up working :sweat_smile:, and hopefully in the future 100% locally :pray: