ESP made easy

[Mediacj]

Here you can get them cheap:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/4M-4FLAS ... 62166.html

[mvdbro]

i dont find it easy at all... (okey.. compared to mysensors.org)... but i am not giving up yet

Well of course, "easy" is subjective.

Our primary targeted audience for the "ESP Easy" are the hardware oriented users that are interested into building their own sensor devices without any programming skills. And it needed to be a multifunctional device so you can attach multiple sensors without changing firmware.

Personally I believe that we have succeeded to a reasonable degree on our challenges, but sure there's room for improvement. Users that are new to ESP, better buy a NodeMCU 1.0 development board first to get them confident with this kind of stuff. Getting this development board up and running with ESP Easy is certainly easier than the ESP-01 or ESP-201 modules.

Could you provide some feedback on your experiences with the ESP Easy? Maybe we can learn from it and try to improve our work.

[Timdgr]

I used a NodeMCU board with ESP Easy on it, and it took me only 5 minutes to get the firmware loaded.
This is a really nice board and it's even so cheap (7 euro's!). Just plug into the USB port of my computer and plug it in a breadboard.

And the I2C scanner also helps to check connections.

But to make it more easy, if the devices are created without doing this manually in Domoticz you can't make errors then with that.

[Timdgr]

I also have run the ESP Easy mysensors version today and it was not so difficult. It is nice that the sensor is automatically created in Domoticz now, so you don't have to search for the idx value and put this into ESP Easy.

But one little problem, if I reboot the ESP, I also need to disable and enable again the MySensors Gateway with LAN interface hardware. If I do not do this, there is no more data coming in.

[Kubra]

I have an esp-12 with an oledscreen ssd1306 attached. Adding a line of text directly in the ESP Easy interface, works fine.

However I want to push data (temperature, humidity etc.) from Domoticz to this module, so it displays the data on the oled screen.

In this article http://www.esp8266.nu/index.php/OLEDDisplay, at the end of the article, the HTTP control command to use, is given. I tried to put this commandline with the ip-address of the esp, row, column etc. in Domoticz (via Setup>More options>Data push>HTTP>Edit link) but whatever I try, it doesn't give the desired output to the oled screen.

Can't someone please explain how to get this done right.

[superczar]

I gotta admit this is the first microcontroller device that I found setting up so easy.
I received my first breakout testing board today and all it took was an hour from start to finish
You guys have done some great work on this - PLanning to order a bunch of these to add into production.

I do have one quick question though - I couldn't find any option to add a PIR sensor in the devices dropdown - Not sure if I am missing something obvious

[Alomamabobo]

Nice work guys.
Testing with a BMP180 at this moment, since 20 hours no problem Thank You.

[SparX]

Hey guys,

I am amazed by the fantastic results one can achieve with the ESP easy!
Still, being a noob at domoticz and the 8266, I think I need some help.
I am trying to read the P1 port on my KWh meter with the simple design I found here.
I inverted the signal before it is being fed into the RX pin of my 8266 (V1)
After that i followed the posting above, and added the "P1 Smart Meter with LAN" in domoticz as suggested.
Again, being a noob and probably asking stupid questions, How can I put a panel in my dashboard with the power KWh data?
Probably I am at it to long, ( started HOURS ago and inhaled to much solder fumes ) so I got a little lost in the process.

Any help is very welcome!

Thanks guys.

Henk

[juppetup]

However I want to push data (temperature, humidity etc.) from Domoticz to this module, so it displays the data on the oled screen.
In this article http://www.esp8266.nu/index.php/OLEDDisplay, at the end of the article, the HTTP control command to use, is given.
Can't someone please explain how to get this done right.

Hi, i have the same problem here. Did you get an answer or found the solution?

Joop

[Kubra]

Hi, i have the same problem here. Did you get an answer or found the solution?
Joop

Nope, I stuffed this project in the freezer because the problem drained too much of my time and patience.

[gomario]

I just wanted to say BIG THANKS to all the great folks involved in developing ESP Easy.
I still can't believe how easy it is to setup, deploy and maintain. Everything I threw at it worked right away or after a short duh! realisation on my side...

I really dig the way you managed to cram so much functionality into it.
I've been playing around with Esp8266 (NodeMcuV3) for a few months but only when I discovered ESP Easy I got really excited about it.
Currently running stable and latest on multiple ESPs and all is well, working 100% for days... I mean, lads, you rock!

Again, many thanks!! I wish there was a donate button somewhere

[michalke]

Hi, I have NodeMCU with ESP8266 4M chip, firmware version is 78. I connected 4 sensors ( ds18b20, DTH22, TSL2561 and BMP085 ) and all of them works fine. I can see this sensors in Domoticz and read data. But i have problem with BMP085 - in ESP Easy Device tab sensor show for example 988.84 but in domoticz sensor shows 27,09hPa.

Any idea?

Best regars
Mike

[Kunjmon]

Hi, i have the same problem here. Did you get an answer or found the solution?
Joop

Nope, I stuffed this project in the freezer because the problem drained too much of my time and patience.

Hi,
try this method. i didn't bcz don't have device with me now.

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local devicename="yourdevice name"
commandArray = {}

if devicechanged[devicename] then
    commandArray['OpenURL']='10.20.30.40/control?cmd=oled,7,1,Temp:'..otherdevices_svalues[devicename]..'*C'
   end
return commandArray

i use the same lua code send device value to dweet.io and work well

https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Events#By ... on_folder.

[xl15]

Hello everybody, first post here
I just started fiddeling with Domoticz. I'm a big Arduino fan and the NodeMCU with espeasy seemed lika a nice start.
And boy it was easy! Worked on the first try. I also added a generic ESP8266 just as easy.
But...
I use both as a switch just to see that they talk to Domoticz.
I get a delay of about 5 (9 in the movie) seconds from when I push the button until the "lamp" in Domoticz reacts.
But the "Last seen" is without delay?
In the movie I push the button 07:20:20
The lamp goes out 07:20:29
Last seen and the log says 07:20:20
Can anyone explain? Is it ESP made easy or Domotics that's the problem?

[Derik]

mm think this is the react time of your browser.

The esp act very fast with domoticz when you have a real switch on the ESP [ motion] en you switch a Kaku or Zwave device in domoticz.

Have more ESP working with ESPeasy, no delay

[xl15]

I have no sender for 433 Mhz or Z-wave yet.
But I can of course use a ESP8266 as receiver as a test.
I'll connect a LED to a gpio and run some tests.

[Derik]

I have no sender for 433 Mhz or Z-wave yet.
But I can of course use a ESP8266 as receiver as a test.
I'll connect a LED to a gpio and run some tests.

Or try a dummy switch in Domoticz

[xl15]

Sorry, I'm new to Domoticz.
But isn't a dummy switch what I have set up with ESP made easy?

[Derik]

Sorry, I'm new to Domoticz.
But isn't a dummy switch what I have set up with ESP made easy?

mmm yes..
You can make a dummy Motion from your esp.
Then a dummy switch in your domoticz
make them a group, or a blockley..

when the motion is on the other dummy is....

Or buy a RFlink or a RFXComE...
And some Chinese sensors for the ESP
And you will have more fun...

[xl15]

But it seems to me that it is the dummy switch that has the lag/delay?