String definitions

First octet main options will be -
settings options are and

Number breakdown

palette = 0
color = 1
effect = 2

speed = 4
firespark = 6
fireccooling = 7

off = 10
on = 11

Primary

0- P: Palette
0-4 How many colors in the Palette 0 Is the rainbow Palette, 5 is clouds, 6 is Ocean, 7 is Forest, 8 is Lava, 9 is Party, 10 is rainbowstripe
0-3 Blending Type (0 = LinearBlend palette 1 = No Blend palette 2 = Static Colors 3 = Static colors moving)
0-255 is the RGB color range

x3x3x3x3

1- C: Color
0-255x3 to set a static color
x3

2- E: Effect
0 is Fire effect
1 is Fire palette (color count) (color1-4)
2 is Breathe (color count) (color1-4)
3 is Heartbeat (color) (speed) (speed2)
4 is strobe (color) (count) (delay) (pause)
5 is sparkle (color) (speed)
6 is meteor (color) (size) (traildecay) <true> (speed delay)
7 is knightrider (color) (delay between)

10 Toggle Power

Palettes
0 rainbow
5 clouds
6 ocean
7 forest
8 lava
9 party
10 rainbow 2

Settings

4 - S: Speed, how fast the Palette will run
0-255

5 - B: Brightness, how bright will the LEDs be
0-255

6 - FS: Flame spark, how often the flame will flicker
0-255

7 - FC: Flame cooling, how tall will the flame be
0-255

Color - Single Color, Brightnes
Fades - Single - 4 colors, speed
Palettes - Built in, 2-4 Palette, 2-4 Stripe, 2-4 wipe, speed
Fire - Default, 2-4 color, spark, cooling,speed
Effects - strobe, meteor, twinkle, cylon, heartbeat?, color, speed

Palette example
0;4;0;0,255,255;255,0,0;0,0,255;255,255,255;

Effect examples

Palette 3 color static
http://10.0.0.99/0;3;2;255;0;0;255;255;255;0;0;255;

Palette 3 color no blend
http://10.0.0.99/0;3;1;255;0;0;255;255;255;0;0;255;

Palette 3 color linear blend
http://10.0.0.99/0;3;0;255;0;0;255;255;255;0;0;255;

Breath
http://10.0.0.77/2;2;0;0;255;5;250;

Heartbeat
http://10.0.0.77/2;3;0;0;255;5;250;

Strobe
http://10.0.0.100/2;4;255;255;255;1;100;50

Sparkle
http://10.0.0.77/2;5;255;255;255;50;

Meteor
http://10.0.0.77/2;6;0;0;255;10;64;10;250;

CS01-103020a

           Updates
                   Updated SSID routines to allow spaces in the SSID/WiFi name.

CS01-122920a

            Updates (No additions for the CandiStick, these are only updates to support the new SnoBall)
                    Added device string for SnoBall devices.
                    Updated WiFi LED animation for different LED counts, 30 for the SnoBall and 60 for the CandiStick.

CandiStick Mobile App - Release notes

Version 1.0.4 (depreciated)

            Known Bugs
                    The power icon for each device stays red, no matter if the device is online, offline, powered on or off.
                    iOS, the color wheel for each page and effect is too small.
                    iOS, device naming functionality does not currently work.

            Updates
                    First release for iOS
                    Internal IP and Subnet detection now uses a native Cordova platform plugin

Version 1.0.5 (Live for Android)

            Known Bugs
                     iOS Device naming does not function as expected.

            Bug Fixes
                     Power icon now reports correctly. White for on, Black for off, Red for inaccessible
                     iOS color wheel sizes have been updated.
                     iOS disabling pinch to zoom and double tap to zoom.
                     iOS disabling any scrolling on each screen.

             Updates
                     Custom palettes have been added (see below for details)

Custom Palettes:

            Custom palettes allow you to choose between 2 and 4 custom colors to build your own palette effects.
            There are 4 total palette effects;

            Linear - A smooth blend across all colors in the palette.
            Blend - More defined changes between initial colors, blending the last together.
            Motion - No blending color wipe with each color in the palette.
            Static - No motion, the device shows each color in the palette, with no motion or animation.

Version 1.0.6 (Live for iOS)

            iOS specific release, fixing device naming.

Version 1.1.0 (Beta / in development)

             Added custom fire colors, allowing between 2-4 custom colors to create the fire effect palette.

Coming soon!

Visible RGB color values on each color wheel screen.

Multicolor fades
           Fade or Pulse effect will allow 1-4 colors of your choice. Increasing the current options from one color to up to 4.

Device Grouping
            You can create a group of multiple devices and control them all at once.

Favorite Colors
            Certain menu / pages / effects will allow you to save and use custom favorite colors.

Setting up your CandiStick for the first time.

Plug your CandiStick into power, it will first attempt to connect to WiFi. During this time, the stick will gradually light up blue, from bottom to top.
When it fails to connect, it will flash Red briefly, then begin it's default light scheme.

From your mobile device, scan for new WiFi networks. And connect to the network that starts with CC-#####, the last set of characters is unique to each stick.
example below. Your mobile device may warn you that there is no Internet, that is fine, go ahead and connect.

Once connected to the network, open a web browser and connect to the following address

http://192.168.4.1

From here, you can enter your WiFi name (SSID) as well as the associated password. You MUST use a 2.4ghz WiFi network, a 5ghz network is not supported by the ESP module in the CandiStick.

When you hit send, it will save your settings and automatically reboot. You will know the CandiStick has successfully connected to your WiFi as it will flash green briefly once connected. You may reconnect your mobile device to your WiFi at this time as well.

From here, you can then load up the CandiStick Mobile app, in the top right select the settings gear.

On the settings page, you should see a Scan button at the bottom, pressing this will start the scanning process to detect devices on your network.

Once scanning completes, it will refresh the page showing the devices it found on your network. If for some reason it fails to detect your network settings or any devices, you will be prompted to enter your network range. (i.e. 10.0.0 or 192.168.1). You only use the first 3 groups of numbers.

From the settings menu, you can also rename or remove a device by selecting the desired device. Their initial names will reflect their current network IP address.

You can also clear all settings, network range as well as stored devices, by pressing the red trash can in the top right of the settings screen.

Notes on your device and the Mobile app.

Some effects must complete their cycle before the light will change to a new effect, be aware of this if the speed is set low and you are attempting to change to a new effect or color.
If an effect page has a save button, this means changing the effect or color via the color wheel, you need to press save to apply the changes. This is the same for renaming a device, modifying speed or brightness and other settings.
If your device does not respond or is slow to respond, verify WiFi signal strength is good where the lights are, as well as your mobile device. Remove power from the light and plug it back in, verify it flashes green meaning its connected to WiFi. If it flashes Red, go back through the setup process to reconfigure the WiFi details on your light.

You can turn the light off and on by pressing the power icon in the top right of the device page. If the icon is white the light is on, black the light is off and red the light is inaccessible.

If the values for Brightness, Speed or other settings are blank, this also means the device is inaccessible, please check your settings and reboot your light.