WiFiManager Time Question

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After numerous setbacks I finally have most of my code working.
The problem is that it times out after about a minute, and I would like no timeout.
This is mostly taken from the example under "WiFiManagerNonBlocking, and is as follows.
All I have added is the "while" loop.

// 
//  Below is fine, provided a network is selected within about a minute.
#include <WiFiManager.h> // https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager
WiFiManager wm;

void setup() {
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA); // explicitly set mode, esp defaults to STA+AP
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(115200);

  //reset settings - wipe credentials for testing
  //wm.resetSettings();

  wm.setConfigPortalBlocking(false);
  wm.setConfigPortalTimeout(600000); // Originally 60, but makes no difference
  //automatically connect using saved credentials if they exist
  //If connection fails it starts an access point with the specified name
  if (wm.autoConnect("AutoConnectAP")) {
    Serial.println("connected...yeey :)");
  }
  else {
    Serial.println("Configportal running");

    while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {

      // FLASH RED/GREEN LEDS
      Serial.println("======== start flash ===========================");
      pinMode( 13, OUTPUT );   // Green LED
      pinMode( 15, OUTPUT);    //  Red  LED

      for (int  i = 100; i >= 0; i--) { // do it 50 times, or about 7 second!
        wm.process();
        //Turn Red On and green off; then reverse; 0.1 sec/cycle
        digitalWrite(15, HIGH); // Red
        digitalWrite(13, LOW ); // Green
        delay(90);
        digitalWrite(13, HIGH); // Green
        digitalWrite(15, LOW ); // Red
        delay(90);

      } // end of flash for
    } // end while
  } // end else
} // end setup

void loop() {
  wm.process();
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

I have added a "while" loop if no network is found and "ConfigPortal" is running..
I flash the LEDs to alert the user to do something.
I also don't understand the line " wm.process();" - but this seems to be needed.

All I need is a command to allow more time for configuration.

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you want the config portal to run all the time?

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I think so.
I want it to run until a network is selected.
Once I select a network all seems to go OK.
However, after about a minute I no longer see "AutoConnectAP" on my cellphone screen.
During the time it appears everything runs OK. Once it goes away I'm stuck!

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Problem solved!
Sorry about that.
Setting ConfigPortalTimeput to 600000 should have allow me ten minutes.
HOWEVER - when I tested after only a minute or two, it reset so that after that the config mode was exited.
Being more patient, and waiting before testing for a network, the reset is NOT triggered, and all works fine!

Thanks to anyone who read this.
- Matt

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