Questions tagged [esplorer]

ESPlorer is an IDE for esp8266 developers

ESPlorer is a JAVA program available from http://esp8266.ru/esplorer/.

It allow to develop using in lua using or in python using and to interact with an through a serial line.

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ESP8266 Constantly Restarting

I have been struggling for some time now trying to get my ESP8266 ESP-12 to work. I was able to get it loaded with the NodeMCU software. Now, the board constantly restarts itself. Whether I have a script loaded on it or not, the module seems to…
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ESPlorer can't communicate with ESP8266

I flashed the NodeMCU v0.9.5 to one of my ESP8266 modules. Now I'm trying to send a Lua script to my module using ESPlorer. I already double-checked the wiring. When I press the "Send to ESP" button, it shows an error: PORT OPEN 9600 …
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Wifi mesh-like network using nodeMCU

I have 2 nodeMCU modules, which I want to connect to an MQTT broker and send some data every 5 seconds. The topology I am trying to achieve is sth like [router]<==[nodeMCU#1]<==[nodeMCU#2] It looks like [nodeMCU#1] is a wifi extender, but at work…
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Are Lua scripts loaded into the memory before execution?

I stumbled across a problem where I am able to save my code onto the flash memory of an ESP8266 successfully, but as soon as it starts I get a "not enough memory" error. The code itself doesn't create a lot of objects. It appears to me as if the…
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NodeMCU - ESPlorer unable to use custom builds ESP8266

I have ESP-01, ESP8266, 8Mb I'm able to flash the nodemcu_float_0.9.5 ok, and then use ESPlorer on baud 9600. Responds ok, I'm able to connect and load innit files. I tried to use the custom nodemcu firmware builder with the latest flasher tool,…
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Lua script does not execute in sequence

I want to get the time using an EPS8266 with nodeMCU to set my RTC over I2C. This is my sript: -- file print.lua local file = assert(loadfile("httpget.lua")) file() --get Date and Time from google print("Print…
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Can I read file content hosted on NodeMCU?

I have uploaded some files to NodeMCU via ESPlorer, and I am able to list them all. The problem is that I don't know what the content of some files is, as they are modified with Lua scripts. Is it possible to read file content using ESPlorer, or if…
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What is the file size limit? (NodeMCU, Esplorer)

I recently tried to host a little web interface from my ESP8266. But something kept failing until I realized that a bigger file (around 10kb) was corrupt. Well, not really corrupt, but simply incomplete. And no matter how I changed it, the file was…
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LUA Programming ,ESP8266 NODEMCU Serial communication

I am trying to send data over the serial port of the ESP8266 12E NODE MCU dev kit to an arduino serial port. I've having a hard time trying to find an example of the syntax used and I tried using serial.print() via the arduino to send data and it…
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NodeMCU returns ERROR for commands sent from ESPlorer

I have a NodeMCU dev kit v2 (Lolin) and I am trying to program it with NodeMCU script. I am using ESPlorer and so far I have managed to talk to it using AT commands (of course from ESPlorer tool). I managed to connect to Wi-Fi network using AT…
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Why does   produce blue dash

I am working on an IoT project that uses an ESP8266 WIFI module. For those unfamiliar, suffice to say it's an SOC with wifi capabilities that can be used in station or AP mode. There are several ways to upload programs to this little marvel, I am…
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Why is wifi.sta nil even after wifi.setmode(wifi.STATIONAP)?

EDIT: what I'm trying to do is essentially configure the station after the softap is running a TCP server. I get a panic error for wifi.sta being nil when I call wifi.sta.config(station_cfg) even after I configured it properly before. When I…
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Lua mqtt client, (a nil value) error

I'm trying to test programs with a concept of Internet of Things. I got this simple mqtt lua's client. It works fine after flashing my devkit nodemcu v2, but when i restart it or i save it again ESPlorer says: test.lua:2: attempt to call field…
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NodeMCU ESP8266MOD Esplorer MQTT simple MQTT by foobarflies

I am a C# .net Xamarin developer who is now stuck porting an MQTT client to an ESP8266MOD wifi chip because the guy who was supposed to do it didn't. Anyhow not knowing much of anything I have flashed a custom NodeMCU build from fightanic with file,…
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NodeMCU and HX711 using ESPlorer

I don't know if his is the correct topic to ask this but here it goes: I have a NodeMCU devkit 0.9 and I'm am able to use ESPlorer to upload basic code like the web server with some buttons that turn on and off LEDs on the board. I was trying to…
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