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Is it possible to use ESP8266's OTA capabilities?

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  • AndurilA Offline
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    Anduril
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    #7

    @tekka do you have and NodeMCU Devkit 0.9 or 1.0? I have a 1.0 and get the error. But I use it with fixed IP on the gateway sketch, maybe that's a problem. It uploads ok via serial. But when uploading via wifi (changed static ip for testing) it stuck. Maybe I will try it with dhcp enabled.

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    • AndurilA Anduril

      @tekka do you have and NodeMCU Devkit 0.9 or 1.0? I have a 1.0 and get the error. But I use it with fixed IP on the gateway sketch, maybe that's a problem. It uploads ok via serial. But when uploading via wifi (changed static ip for testing) it stuck. Maybe I will try it with dhcp enabled.

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      tekka
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      @Anduril I'm using a NodeMCU 1.0 (MySensors 2.0.0beta and ESP8266 lib 2.1.0) with fixed IP. Both, OTA and serial FW updates work flawlessly...

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        #9

        @tekka thanks for that info, I'm also using MySensors 2 beta but ESP lib 2.0 (as far as I know, corrently at work). I will check that later and test with updated ESP library.

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          #10

          @tekka did you changed any of the standard settings for ESP flashing? I simply updated ESP8266 library and reflashed, but I get an reboot loop. In the serial monitor I see:

          0‚~?–4“Ò¶£ÿOAaû0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RNNGE-, 2.0.0-beta)
          0;255;3;0;9;Radio init successful.
          scandone
          state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
          state: 2 -> 3 (0)
          state: 3 -> 5 (10)
          add 0
          aid 2
          cnt 
          
          connected with mDjEKlujYacByG5JtxlY, channel 1
          ip:192.168.38.19,mask:255.255.255.0,gw:192.168.38.1
          .IP: 192.168.38.19
          ¥üÊæ” ×Åü1¤ñþ0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RNNGE-, 2.0.0-beta)
          0;255;3;0;9;Radio init successful.
          scandone
          state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
          

          When going back to 2.0.0 it works without problems. Here my settings for flashing:
          0_1460916775416_flashing-nodeMCU.png

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          • AndurilA Anduril

            @tekka did you changed any of the standard settings for ESP flashing? I simply updated ESP8266 library and reflashed, but I get an reboot loop. In the serial monitor I see:

            0‚~?–4“Ò¶£ÿOAaû0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RNNGE-, 2.0.0-beta)
            0;255;3;0;9;Radio init successful.
            scandone
            state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
            state: 2 -> 3 (0)
            state: 3 -> 5 (10)
            add 0
            aid 2
            cnt 
            
            connected with mDjEKlujYacByG5JtxlY, channel 1
            ip:192.168.38.19,mask:255.255.255.0,gw:192.168.38.1
            .IP: 192.168.38.19
            ¥üÊæ” ×Åü1¤ñþ0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RNNGE-, 2.0.0-beta)
            0;255;3;0;9;Radio init successful.
            scandone
            state: 0 -> 2 (b0)
            

            When going back to 2.0.0 it works without problems. Here my settings for flashing:
            0_1460916775416_flashing-nodeMCU.png

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            tekka
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            wrote on last edited by
            #11

            @Anduril I'm using the NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module) settings / ESP 2.1.0 lib / and the latest MySensors dev (including PR#419 - there was indeed a rebooting issue before #419)...

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            • AndurilA Offline
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              Anduril
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              #12

              thanks a lot, working with newest dev build and ESP8266 lib version 2.1.0 as you said.

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              • AndurilA Anduril

                thanks a lot, working with newest dev build and ESP8266 lib version 2.1.0 as you said.

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                tekka
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                #13

                @Anduril excellent! Have fun :)

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                  Rasenheizung
                  wrote on last edited by Rasenheizung
                  #14

                  I'm trying to use the serial monitor but I'm always ask entering a password? Although I didn't used one?

                  Reflashing sketch via OTA worked without any issues.

                  Edit: Tried to use a real OTA password and it's still not working although I'm using the correct. ESP8266 Tools 2.2.0

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                    Anduril
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                    #15

                    to my last knowledge this feature is implemented but not working. If you want to see the serial monitor you have to connect physically.

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                    • AndurilA Anduril

                      to my last knowledge this feature is implemented but not working. If you want to see the serial monitor you have to connect physically.

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                      NeverDie
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                      #16

                      @Anduril

                      Regarding the bootloops: how you structure your code seems to have an effect. If you have busy-waits in your code, you're more likely to encounter the WDT timeout. I restructured my code to be more interrupt driven and to complete more frequent cycles through the main loop(). After doing that, the WDT timeouts stopped.

                      That said, I don't know whether your bootloop is caused by a WDT timeout or something else. At least in my case, the debug messages being printed in the serial window specifically mentioned WDT being involved.

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                        Mark Swift
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                        #17

                        I presume debugging via network is not supported, I read some posts on Github but couldn't be sure if it was implemented?

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                        • Mark SwiftM Mark Swift

                          I presume debugging via network is not supported, I read some posts on Github but couldn't be sure if it was implemented?

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                          @Mark-Swift

                          By debugging, do you mean looking at the serial console output over the network, or something else?

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                          • NeverDieN NeverDie

                            @Mark-Swift

                            By debugging, do you mean looking at the serial console output over the network, or something else?

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                            @NeverDie said:

                            @Mark-Swift

                            By debugging, do you mean looking at the serial console output over the network, or something else?

                            Yes, serial monitor via network within IDE...

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                              #20

                              I haven't tried it yet but this plugin for serial monitor over network looks nice https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues/1360

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