I've got a neat little project where an ESP8266 (ESP-01) is gathering some data from inputs, and posting it to a server -- also an ESP. Next, I want to get rid of the esp server, and rather have the sensor (client) post directly to, say, Firebase or similar.
I've set up the WiFi Manager library to have the esp's configure wifi settings, so that I don't have to hard code any settings. Can something similar be done for the Firebase config? I see that the WiFi Manager also supports setting custom parameters, but what I'm really looking for is how to set up a "setup page" for each such sensor when powered on.
I mean, if this were a product and you had four such units, does it make sense to have the user go to each AP, set up by the respective wifi managers, and configure wifi + firebase account/key (or whatever)? Or is there some better/easier/more fancy way? I understand I can make the config page as custom as I want, but it would still require four individual (identical) setups.
Ideally, I'd envision powering on the sensors and go to some single setup page which would take care of all of the units...
I know it is common to find new questions in "Installation and Troubleshooting", but it really beggars the imagination to understand why someone would post a question in "Introductory Tutorials"!
Oh well, I suppose that goes some way to explaining posting in random places, mobile phones are an extremely poor way to perform any data entry and tablets little better (as Mike well knows).
As I have no experience whatever with whatever "Firebase" is, I can't really help.
Well, the question is not really related to Firebase, specifically. It's more of a question of extending the config provided by WiFi Manager, which let's the user configure ssid/pass in a web interface. If one is going to use any remote service, the ESP will need some setup/config for that. While it is possible to configure arbitrary parameters through wifi manager, I was wondering if there might maybe be some even better way. It just seems a bit complex for the user (if this were an actual product) to power on each sensor, and wait for the setup page to be spun up on some new wifi network... But maybe this is how it is? Ideally, I'd like to be able to power on all sensors, and then configure them all through some website, that would somehow interface with all the wifi managers.
Maybe this isn't very well formulated, or technically sound, but hopefully the concept is easily understood?
