Fixed MAC reverse byte order by adding new function to the ESP32SPI library calling the actual MAC address and providing a usage of the function in the webserver code within WSGISERVER.

Author: mytechnotalent

adafruit_esp32spi/adafruit_esp32spi.py

@@ -333,6 +333,14 @@ def firmware_version(self):
 
     @property
     def MAC_address(self):        # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+        """A bytearray containing the MAC address of the ESP32"""
+        if self._debug:
+            print("MAC address")
+        resp = self._send_command_get_response(_GET_MACADDR_CMD, [b'\xFF'])
+        return resp[0]
+
+    @property
+    def MAC_address_actual(self):        # pylint: disable=invalid-name
         """A bytearray containing the MAC address of the ESP32"""
         if self._debug:
             print("MAC address")
@@ -761,5 +769,4 @@ def set_analog_write(self, pin, analog_value):
         resp = self._send_command_get_response(_SET_ANALOG_WRITE_CMD,
                                                ((pin,), (value,)))
         if resp[0][0] != 1:
-            raise RuntimeError("Failed to write to pin")
-            
+            raise RuntimeError("Failed to write to pin")

examples/server/esp32spi_wsgiserver.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 esp = adafruit_esp32spi.ESP_SPIcontrol(spi, esp32_cs, esp32_ready, esp32_reset) # pylint: disable=line-too-long
 
 print("MAC addr:", [hex(i) for i in esp.MAC_address])
+print("MAC addr actual:", [hex(i) for i in esp.MAC_address_actual])
 
 """Use below for Most Boards"""
 status_light = neopixel.NeoPixel(board.NEOPIXEL, 1, brightness=0.2) # Uncomment for Most Boards
@@ -214,5 +215,4 @@ def led_color(environ): # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     except (ValueError, RuntimeError) as e:
         print("Failed to update server, restarting ESP32\n", e)
         wifi.reset()
-        continue
-        
+        continue