WAF in jeopardy today

[kimot]

@dbemowsk
It is from here:
https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/releases/tag/v2.0-20180322

I connect it like you wrote.

[dbemowsk]

@kimot Thanks, I will try flashing them tonight.

[dbemowsk]

@kimot So I don't do a lot with python, and when I try to use a command similar to what you posted I get errors. So here is some background on the file structure that I have. I downloaded the ESPEasy_v2.0-20180322.zip file and unpacked it to a folder. That contained a source folder, the .bin files and a set of windows esp flash tools. I noticed that it didn't include the esptool.py python scripts, so I downloaded the source code zip file and unpacked the test folder into the same folder as the .bin files, since that looked like it had the necessary python scripts. So now I have a source and test folder, the .bin files and the windows executables. I navigated a terminal window into the test folder and ran this:

./esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 115200 write_flash 0x00000 ../ESP_Easy_v2.0-20180322_normal_ESP8285_1024.bin

This is the errors that I got when I ran it.

[dbemowsk@phpwebscripting test]$ ./esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 115200 write_flash 0x00000 ../ESP_Easy_v2.0-20180322_normal_ESP8285_1024.bin
esptool.py v1.3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./esptool.py", line 1328, in <module>
    main()
  File "./esptool.py", line 1236, in main
    esp = ESPROM(args.port, initial_baud)
  File "./esptool.py", line 75, in __init__
    self._port = serial.serial_for_url(port)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/__init__.py", line 88, in serial_for_url
    instance.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 265, in open
    self._update_dtr_state()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 595, in _update_dtr_state
    fcntl.ioctl(self.fd, TIOCMBIS, TIOCM_DTR_str)
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
[dbemowsk@phpwebscripting test]$

I must be missing something, but I cannot figure out what it is.

EDIT: if it matters, I am running Fedora 28 linux.

[kimot]

@dbemowsk

You must install esptool:
https://diyprojects.io/esp-easy-flash-firmware-esptool-py-esp8266/
or
https://github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota/wiki/Esptool#esptool-executable-windows--linux

Attention, there are some dependencies...

Then normally go to folder where .bin file is placed and run command:

esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 115200 write_flash 0x00000 ESP_Easy_v2.0-20180322_normal_ESP8285_1024.bin

or

python esptool.py .........................

not ./esptool.py

But I suggest first try :

esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 flash_id

To check if every is OK ( port, etc )

[dbemowsk]

@kimot I had already tried that through dnf prior to running that, but I did it again.

[root@phpwebscripting test]# sudo dnf install esptool
Last metadata expiration check: 2:13:12 ago on Wed 27 Feb 2019 04:35:51 AM CST.
Package esptool-2.3.1-1.fc27.noarch is already installed, skipping.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[root@phpwebscripting test]# 

[wallyllama]

I know WAF is not a joking matter, but I immediately heard Greg Kihn sing, " my WAf's in jeopardy, baby".

[dbemowsk]

@wallyllama YES.....Drop the mic.

[dbemowsk]

@kimot So I'm a bit confused. I ran this:

pip install esptool

and then got this:

[root@phpwebscripting test]# esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 115200 write_flash 0x00000 ../ESP_Easy_v2.0-20180322_normal_ESP8285_1024.bin
esptool.py v2.6
Serial port /dev/ttyUSB0
Connecting....
Detecting chip type... ESP8266
Chip is ESP8285
Features: WiFi, Embedded Flash
MAC: dc:4f:22:92:eb:55
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 1MB
Compressed 609280 bytes to 403063...
Wrote 609280 bytes (403063 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 36.0 seconds (effective 135.4 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.

Leaving...
Hard resetting via RTS pin...

So it worked. BUT, I connected a second one and tried running it again and got this:

[root@phpwebscripting test]# esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 115200 write_flash 0x00000 ../ESP_Easy_v2.0-20180322_normal_ESP8285_1024.bin
esptool.py v2.6
Serial port /dev/ttyUSB0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/esptool.py", line 2959, in <module>
    _main()
  File "/usr/bin/esptool.py", line 2952, in _main
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/esptool.py", line 2646, in main
    esp = ESPLoader.detect_chip(each_port, initial_baud, args.before, args.trace)
  File "/usr/bin/esptool.py", line 258, in detect_chip
    detect_port = ESPLoader(port, baud, trace_enabled=trace_enabled)
  File "/usr/bin/esptool.py", line 222, in __init__
    self._port = serial.serial_for_url(port)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/__init__.py", line 88, in serial_for_url
    instance.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 265, in open
    self._update_dtr_state()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 595, in _update_dtr_state
    fcntl.ioctl(self.fd, TIOCMBIS, TIOCM_DTR_str)
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

I ended up getting them all programmed, but I had to unplug and plug in the serial adapter a few times to reset it. It had even reset the device to /dev/ttyUSB1 for a couple of them. STRANGE...

Thanks for the help.

[kimot]

@dbemowsk
Yes, sometimes it got USB1 instead of USB0.
You can create fix symlink for your USBtoSerial adapter and then write for example ttySonoff and allways will be right.

[dbemowsk]

@kimot The main thing is that I got them flashed. I still have yet to figure out the new firmware and test them, but I am confident I can get them to work.

Thanks again.