provision-node

Bring an ESP32 sensing node online.

1. Pick a firmware variant

• s3-8mb (display build) — ESP32-S3 N16R8 / 16MB; AMOLED optional. The display-detect

fix (#1000) means a bare board still captures CSI (MGMT+DATA).

• s3-4mb (no-display) — ESP32-S3 4MB; dual-OTA, display disabled.
• c6 — ESP32-C6 + Seeed MR60BHA2 (60 GHz mmWave + WiFi CSI). The mmwave probe

requires a validated MR60 header (#1107) so an empty UART never false-detects.

Prebuilt binaries: GitHub release v0.8.1-esp32 (hardware-validated on S3 QFN56 rev v0.2).

2. Flash

Use a release flash bundle (or release_bins/<variant>, or an ESP-IDF build/).

The harness flashes on Windows, macOS, and Linux through python -m esptool:

npx @ruvnet/ruview doctor --group python,serial,firmware   # esptool, pyserial, ports, bundle checksums
npx @ruvnet/ruview flash-plan --port <PORT> --bundle <dir> --variant s3-8mb
npx @ruvnet/ruview flash --port <PORT> --bundle <dir> --variant s3-8mb --confirm

flash verifies SHA256SUMS, refuses a chip that does not match the variant

(esptool chip_id), writes 0x0 / 0x8000 / 0xf000 / 0x20000 (NVS preserved),

then captures a boot log. hardwareValidated: true requires CSI callbacks in

that log. Over MCP, ruview_node_flash needs the hardware-write grant and

confirm: true.

Building from source still uses ESP-IDF v5.4 (Docker or the Windows subprocess

flow; Git Bash/MSYS is unsupported, so strip MSYSTEM* env vars).

3. Provision

python firmware/esp32-csi-node/provision.py --port <PORT> \
  --ssid "<SSID>" --password "<secret>" --target-ip <server-ip> --target-port 5005
# optional ADR-060 overrides:
python firmware/esp32-csi-node/provision.py --port <PORT> --channel 6 --filter-mac AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF

Never echo or commit the WiFi password.

4. Confirm CSI is flowing

ruview_node_monitor {port} — PASS criteria: serial shows CSI cb #... callbacks and

(on a bare board) CSI filter upgraded to MGMT+DATA. No callbacks → the node isn't

capturing; do not proceed to calibration.