[solved]Problem setting up LED WiFi Controller

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Hello community,
I hvae problems setting up my LED WiFi controller.

I bought this item: http://www.ebay.de/itm/380791194900
I attached a short LED strip and a power supply. The LED strip changes the color between red/green/blue all the time.

I connected my smartphone to the FC_000313 WiFi and startet the app. But the Controller isn’t shown. It doesn’t matter whether I use FancyHome or DreamColor.

When I connect the controller to my home WiFi via “Join Route” it isn’t shown in the attached devices section of the router. The LED strip flashes 6 times when the connection to my home wifi is done.

I also tried to connect to the web interface. No response.
I get the IP 192.168.2.5 and the controller has the IP 192.168.2.3

Is there any possibility to do a factory reset? Inside is no button an no LED like on some pictures in the internet.

@SaxnPaule
have you seen pimatic/pimatic#348
this is what we have experienced some time ago.

actually there are several devices with different hard- and firmware on the market.
i can switch my wifi370 with the app magiccolor. maybe it’s worth a try.
but in general you must be able to connect to the gui to setup the device.

i got these information from an amazon review :
Als erstes lädst Du Dir die App " Fancyhome" herunter. Danach schließt Du den Controller ans Netz. In der App gehst Du auf “Join Route” und suchst Dir das Wlan vom Router ( FC_xxx ). Das steht dann unter dem Router-Bild in der Mitte vom Bildschirm. Danach direkt nochmal auf den blauen Balken mit “Join Route” und wähle dein eigenes WLAN aus. Jetzt verbindet sich der Controller mit deinem Netz und sollte 5-6 Mal blinken. Nach ca. 1-2 Minuten findest Du den Controller unter " Online Devices " wieder und kannst Ihn dann nach Deinen Wünschen konfigurieren. Das PW/BN im Webinterface lautet admin/admin.

Yes I also found the review. My controller flashes 6 times Red after connecting it to my home WiFi.

I finally could control the stripe with Fancy Home, but only with direct connection.

I’m still not able to access the Web interface and also the connection to my home WiFi doesn’t work.

I found the solution/problem.
The connection could be established, if the WiFi password has a maximum length of 10 chars. It’s so ridiculous.

Nevertheless, a web frontend doesn’t exists.

Finally, I won’t provide a WiFi with a 10 char password, so the controller is useless for me. Really expensive crap.

@SaxnPaule Oh dear! Bad luck. I had made a similar experience with some Chinese Wifi Smart Plug a couple of months ago. Fortunately, I was able to return it to seller.

I think a lot of these devices come along with a firmware which leaves a lot to be desired. Given all the fantastic projects done with ESP-8266, may we can roll our custom LED-Controller. For example, I am thinking of a tweaked Milight RGBW-Controller. The Milight Controller costs about 8 Euro plus may be 3-4 Euros for the ESP-8266 board.

Of course, it is also possible to build the controller from scratch, but 8 Euros for a controller with a proper enclosure and mounts is difficult to beat.