Status LED

What the on-board LED colours and patterns mean.

ShutterBridge shows what it’s doing through the on-board LED at a glance - what you see depends on your board.

Waveshare ESP32-S3-Zero

This board has an RGB LED, so states are told apart by colour:

Connected Solid Camera connected and idle (not recording)

Recording Blinking Camera connected and recording

Searching Blinking Looking for the camera - not connected yet

Config Wi-Fi Solid A device is connected to the ShutterBridge Wi-Fi

Bridge mode Violet Betaflight bridge active - blinks until the Configurator connects, then solid

The LED reflects the camera link first: once a camera is connected it shows green (or blinking red while recording), regardless of Wi-Fi. Blue only appears when no camera is connected but someone is on the config Wi-Fi. Violet overrides everything while Betaflight bridge mode is active.

ESP32-C3 Super Mini

This board has a single-colour LED instead, so the same states are told apart by blink pattern:

Connected Solid Camera connected and idle (not recording)

Recording Fast blink Camera connected and recording

Searching Slow blink Looking for the camera - not connected yet

Config Wi-Fi Double flash A device is connected to the ShutterBridge Wi-Fi

Bridge mode Fast blink Betaflight bridge active - fast blink until the Configurator connects, then solid