this is using the mbed os version 5-13-1

Dependencies:   mbed-http

Revision:
74:f26e846adfe9
Parent:
73:6f5021cbe752
Child:
75:08eff6258e1b
--- a/source/network-helper.h	Thu Feb 28 18:13:48 2019 +0000
+++ b/source/network-helper.h	Sun Mar 10 09:46:06 2019 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,74 @@
             return "Unknown";
     }
 }
+#define MAX_CHANNEL_NUM 4
+const int channel_list [] = {1,11, 36, 44};
+int getAPcount(WiFiInterface *wifi)
+{
+    int count = 0;
+    for(uint8_t idx=0; idx< MAX_CHANNEL_NUM;idx++){
+        printf("\n Scanning channel %d - APs so far = %d\n", channel_list[idx], count);
+        wifi->set_channel(channel_list[idx]);
+        count += wifi->scan(NULL,0);
+        wait_ms(150); // wait for 150 ms between scans
+    }
+    printf("\n Total APs found = %d\n", count);
+    return count;
+}
+
+#define MAX_APs_PER_CHAN 3
+int getAPdetails(WiFiAccessPoint *ap, WiFiInterface *wifi, int apCount)
+{
+     int count =0;
+     for(uint8_t idx=0; idx< MAX_CHANNEL_NUM;idx++){
+        printf("\n Scanning channel %d - APs so far = %d  apCount =%d\n", channel_list[idx], count, apCount);
+        wifi->set_channel(channel_list[idx]);
+        count += wifi->scan(&ap[count],(apCount - count) % MAX_APs_PER_CHAN);
+        wait_ms(150); // wait for 150 ms between scans
+        if(count >= apCount) break;
+    }
+    wifi->set_channel(0);
+    printf("\n Total APs found = %d\n", count);
+    return count;
+}
+
+int scan_demo2(WiFiInterface *wifi)
+{
+    WiFiAccessPoint *ap;
+
+    printf("Scan:\n");
+
+    //int count = wifi->scan(NULL,0);
+    int count;
+    count = getAPcount(wifi);
+    if (count <= 0) {
+        printf("scan() failed with return value: %d\n", count);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Limit number of network arbitrary to 15 */
+    count = count < 15 ? count : 15;
+
+    ap = new WiFiAccessPoint[count];
+    //count = wifi->scan(ap, count);
+    count = getAPdetails(ap, wifi, count);
+
+    if (count <= 0) {
+        printf("scan() failed with return value: %d\n", count);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        printf("Network: %s secured: %s BSSID: %hhX:%hhX:%hhX:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx RSSI: %hhd Ch: %hhd\n", ap[i].get_ssid(),
+               sec2str(ap[i].get_security()), ap[i].get_bssid()[0], ap[i].get_bssid()[1], ap[i].get_bssid()[2],
+               ap[i].get_bssid()[3], ap[i].get_bssid()[4], ap[i].get_bssid()[5], ap[i].get_rssi(), ap[i].get_channel());
+    }
+    printf("%d networks available.\n", count);
+
+    delete[] ap;
+    return count;
+}
+
 
 int scan_demo(WiFiInterface *wifi)
 {
@@ -62,6 +130,7 @@
 }
 
 
+
 /**
  * Connect to the network using the default networking interface,
  * you can also swap this out with a driver for a different networking interface
@@ -79,20 +148,35 @@
         printf("ERROR: No WiFiInterface found.\n");
         return NULL;
     }
+    nsapi_error_t error;
+    
+    error = network->set_blocking(false);
+    printf("Wifi Interface set to Non-Blocking .\n");
+    printf("Waiting for 30 seconds before starting scan...\n");
+    for(int i=0;i<30;i++){
+        printf("%d", i);
+        wait(1);
+    }
     int count;
     count = scan_demo(network);
+    //count = scan_demo2(network);
     if (count == 0) {
         printf("No WIFI APNs found - can't continue further.\n");
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    //printf("\nConnecting to %s...\n", MBED_CONF_APP_WIFI_SSID);
+    printf("\nConnecting to %s...\n", MBED_CONF_APP_WIFI_SSID);
     //ret = network->connect(MBED_CONF_APP_WIFI_SSID, MBED_CONF_APP_WIFI_PASSWORD, NSAPI_SECURITY_WPA_WPA2);
     //if (ret != 0) {
     //    printf("\nConnection error: %d\n", ret);
     //    return -1;
     //}
 #endif
+    printf("Waiting for 30 seconds before connecting...\n");
+    for(int i=0;i<30;i++){
+        printf("%d", i);
+        wait(1);
+    }
 
     //nsapi_error_t connect_status = network->connect();
     nsapi_error_t connect_status = network->connect(MBED_CONF_APP_WIFI_SSID, MBED_CONF_APP_WIFI_PASSWORD, NSAPI_SECURITY_WPA_WPA2);