WiFi

WiFi on the CrossPad has no on or off switch of its own. A feature that needs the network, such as an update check, the Firmware Store or the WiFi settings page, starts it, and WiFi stops by itself 30 s after the last of them is done. Settings → WiFi → WiFi allowed decides whether anything may start it. The steps to connect are in Updates.

Connecting

• The CrossPad tries your saved networks, starting with the one that connected last. Each gets 15 s to connect.
• A wrong password moves on to the next network at once.
• When no saved network connects, the status shows the most useful reason: a wrong password, no network in reach, or no answer in time.
• A connection lost while a feature still needs it is retried three times, after 1 s, 3 s and 10 s.

Saved networks

• The CrossPad saves a network only after it has connected, and keeps up to 5. A password has at least 8 characters.
• Saved networks belong to the CrossPad, not to a firmware: both firmware slots use the same list.
• A factory reset erases them.

Memory and network mode

WiFi needs memory of its own, and a loaded kit uses much of it. When there is not enough, the CrossPad asks whether to restart in network mode. That restart leaves out the sound engine, the kits and Bluetooth, so WiFi has the memory to itself. The network-mode screen has three tabs, WiFi, Store and Updates, and no sound. Exit, or a click of the power button, restarts the CrossPad as normal. A power cycle always starts it as normal too.

Bluetooth and WiFi

WiFi and Bluetooth MIDI share one radio. While WiFi runs, Bluetooth waits, and it starts again when WiFi stops.

The status bar

Four bars show the WiFi state: hidden while WiFi is not allowed, dimmed while it is allowed and off, a moving bar while it connects, lit by signal strength when it is connected, and the first bar red after a failed connection.

For app authors

WiFi has no app API: it belongs to the firmware’s own features, such as updates and the Store. See Hardware for apps.