Renamed example file to fit PlatformIO, added detailed quickstart #9
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I'm not really keen to rename credentials.h.example. There are 2 reasons:
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| This describes one fast and easy way to get started, though there are other options. | ||
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| - A wirless router, with a dedicated secured (WPA2, AES) 2.4Ghz network, set to control channel 1 (2.412 Ghz), auto 20/40Mhz mode |
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Channel 1 should no longer be necessary, since I've made the default be to use the staging tree
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Still needed it seems like, tried it out today. Not a bad comment to have regardless to reduce potential issues.
| 1b) Install the ESP8266MQTTMesh Library. PlatfromIO Home -> Libraries -> Search -> ```ESP8266MQTTMesh``` -> Install\ | ||
| This should automatically install all necessary pre-requisites. | ||
| 2) Install the MQTT Broker: Mosquitto and all pre-requisites https://mosquitto.org/download/ | ||
| 3) Install the MQTT UI/Monitor: MQTT.fx http://www.mqttfx.org/ |
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I think that installing MQTT is beyond the scope of what I'd expect in a tutorial...
MQTT.fx is certainly not necessary
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This would help debug issues
| 4) Install Python, and paho-mqtt. In Windows: ```python -m pip install paho-mqtt``` This is needed for OTA updates. | ||
| 5) In Windows, add outgoing and incoming firewall rules to allow ports 1883 and optionally 1884 | ||
| 6) Start the Mosquitto Broker. In Windows, start a administrator command prompt, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\mosquitto and type in ```net start mosquitto``` | ||
| 7) Start MQTT.fx and click connect. Button on the right should turn green. Go to the subscribe tab, and click scan under topics collector |
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Again, I think describing the setup on MQTT is unnecessary. Also, since I program exclusively in Linux, I cannot support any of these Windowsisms. This means I won't be able to help resolve issues related to windows setup.
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All of these programs have identical Linux versions, I happen to use both
| 9) Start the Serial Monitor in PlatformIO to see debug messages as needed. | ||
| 10) You should now see Topics appearing in MQTT.fx window from step 7). Clicking on a topic should show data | ||
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| 11) Publishing data to a node can also be done through the UI by selecting the esp8266-in/* topic that matches the esp8266-out/* topic seen in the subscribe window. |
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And again with the MQTT.fx
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This is actually helpful... |
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BUt I still dont understand how to use send_ota.py or how to start with it...please help |
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Something like this |
sending Ping Answer on InTopic exept on out Topic
Open to comments, change requests, etc.
Should be on 0.8.4