Theengs Bridge - ESP32 BLE MQTT gateway Wifi, Ethernet, external antenna development board

Setup with hassle

Nice device, works like expected. Some hints: 1) for update from the web you must use a specific web browser (no firefox). The switch on the back of the box has to be in the right position. 2) for me the uploaded firmware from the stable branch did not work, after flashing the device from development branch everything was O.K. 3) the user for the web frontend is "admin". Password is set in the captive portal on AP. So you have to enter the capitive portal even when you just want to use network connection via ethernet port.

Good, but with room for improvement.

I generally like Theeng's bridge, but I'm surprised it doesn't have a built-in CC1101 chip for 433 MHz signals.

Support of decryption missing

I was looking for a quick solution to record the Bluetooth data from a Victron Energy Blue Smart IP65 charger. Unfortunately, only now, after receiving the Theengs Bridge, I realized that it runs with the OpenMQTT gateway, while I need TheengsGateway to read the encrypted data. So, I've been forced to switch to a Raspberry Pi and can't use the bridge for now. Will you also support decryption on the bridge in the future? Apart from that, setting the bridge up was very simple, and I like the device. Unfortunately, I don't have a specific use case for it yet.