Hi,
I got the following code from a astronomy forum (cloudy nights) member who has developed this system.
His git hub link
They might be on this forum so hopefully he can imput what we have done in this forum as well.
Any how i believe i have followed the instructions and have set the following parameters
Board manager url:
http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
Board parameters in attachment.
I can compile the program and it seems to upload to the device.
Here is the compile text box information when i uploaded the info.
Sketch uses 284728 bytes (27%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1044464 bytes.
Global variables use 28304 bytes (34%) of dynamic memory, leaving 53616 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 81920 bytes.
esptool.py v2.8
Serial port COM7
Connecting....
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
Crystal is 26MHz
MAC: a4:cf:12:d9:19:21
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Erasing flash (this may take a while)...
Chip erase completed successfully in 8.9s
Compressed 288880 bytes to 209631...
Writing at 0x00000000... (7 %)
Writing at 0x00004000... (15 %)
Writing at 0x00008000... (23 %)
Writing at 0x0000c000... (30 %)
Writing at 0x00010000... (38 %)
Writing at 0x00014000... (46 %)
Writing at 0x00018000... (53 %)
Writing at 0x0001c000... (61 %)
Writing at 0x00020000... (69 %)
Writing at 0x00024000... (76 %)
Writing at 0x00028000... (84 %)
Writing at 0x0002c000... (92 %)
Writing at 0x00030000... (100 %)
Wrote 288880 bytes (209631 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 18.6 seconds (effective 123.9 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Leaving...
Hard resetting via RTS pin...
I then unplug the usb and power it up but no AP shows up.
If i plug the USB back in and look at the serial it looks like this
13:42:57.656 -> ets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:1, boot mode:(3,1)
13:42:57.656 ->
13:42:57.656 -> load 0x4010f000, len 1392, room 16
13:42:57.656 -> tail 0
13:42:57.656 -> chksum 0xd0
13:42:57.656 -> csum 0xd0
13:42:57.656 -> v3d128e5c
13:42:57.656 -> ~ld
This is not what is supposed to be in there.
I know the chip somewhat works because after hours of stuffing around i loaded this program in it and i could see and connect to the AP. so i know it sort of works.
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h> // Include the Wi-Fi library
const char *ssid = "ESP8266 Access Point"; // The name of the Wi-Fi network that will be created
const char *password = ""; // The password required to connect to it, leave blank for an open network
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
delay(10);
Serial.println('\n');
WiFi.softAP(ssid, password); // Start the access point
Serial.print("Access Point \"");
Serial.print(ssid);
Serial.println("\" started");
Serial.print("IP address:\t");
Serial.println(WiFi.softAPIP()); // Send the IP address of the ESP8266 to the computer
}
void loop() { }
If anyone could shed some light on what i'm doing wrong that would be great. I have a basic grasp of development boards and very basic coding however i have no experience with WiFi.
please look in the github link for the code as I will run out of space. I will post it in the next post.
Sorry about the length of the post and for any formatting issues. I have tried to get the most information i can and if you need any more let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Steve
