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I am thinking the issue is with the wiring of the flasher board I made. I am able to flash with no problems. In run mode, however, doesnt seem to be able to connect to the web ide (used to do with no problems).

I am able to connect via COM3 to my ESP8266, flashed with 1.87, 115000 baud, but cannot see replies to the text sent to device. Please advise on how to resolve

ERROR: RECEIVE ERROR: {"connectionId":14,"error":"frame_error"}
Disconnect callback...
>>> Disconnected
>>> Connecting...
Set Slow Write = true
[object Object]
Connected [object Object]
Found a prompt... great!
>>> Sending...
---> "echo(0);\nconsole.log(\"<\",\"<<\",JSON.stringify(process.env),\">>\",\">\");echo(1);\n"
Sending block "echo(0);\nconsol", wait 50ms
Sent
Sending block "e.log(\"<\",\"<<\",", wait 50ms
Sent
Sending block "JSON.stringify(", wait 50ms
Sent
Sending block "process.env),\">", wait 50ms
Sent
Sending block ">\",\">\");echo(1)", wait 50ms
Sent
Sending block ";\n", wait 50ms
Sent
>>> Sent
WARNING: No result found - just got ""
Device found (connectionId=15)
>>> Connected to port COM3

I've solved the problem. I now can write applications that allow ESP to get it's SSID/pass from the users. Might later add ability to "scan" available AP's, but content with this for now.

Feel free to share:
https://github.com/wga22/esp8266/blob/master/espurino/AP_test.js

I had a similar problem. I could create an AP, but couldnt connect to it. The fix was to "reset" the ESP8266 AFTER the AP was turned on.

WIFI.startAP("landscape", null, function(){console.log("connected as AP");});
WIFI.save();
ESP8266.reboot();

I am in the last stages of testing my project, code is here.

To power a ATX power supply put the GPIO2 to pin 16 on ATX power supply and this will turn it on.

I think you have to make the async call when an initial page is called, then present the list when user clicks a button on a 2nd page.

BTW, I have since learned, that wifi also has a save, which is smartly independent of the generic save. I recommend to readers to know uses of both:

wifi.save()
wifi.restore()

reset()
save()

@Gordon - safe to assume it requires "reset" to be connected to GPIO16 to work?

I found a project on github with similar goals. My "goal" will be to merge in a folder with same code, but for Espurino/ESP8266.
github-wifimanger

Does the AP code have something equivalent to the arduino code to start DHCP?

wifi.setmode(wifi.SOFTAP)
wifi.ap.config({
    ssid = 'myssid'
    pwd = '12345678'
})
wifi.ap.dhcp.start()  -- important!

Can someone direct me to an example using ESP8266 as access point? As near as I can tell, I am unable to get DHCP to return an IP address for my phone. It doesn't stay connected long enough for me to get to the 192.168.4.1 page.

Here are what my settings look like:

>wifi.getAPIP();
={
  "ip": "192.168.4.1",
  "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
  "gw": "192.168.4.1",
  "mac": "1a:fe:34:da:70:c8"

>wifi.getAPDetails()
={
  "status": "enabled",
  "authMode": "wpa2",
  "hidden": false, "maxConn": 4,
  "ssid": "will",
  "password": "password",
  "savedSsid": null,
  "stations": [  ]
 }

Espruino on ESP8266.

I am thinking of having a small switch on one of the GPIO to put it into station mode, then allow user to connect via phone/laptop to set the wifi credentials of the wifi router.

I'll post the code once I am done.

Has someone put into their project a way to initially have their device first run as a host / access point and receive wifi information for subsequent bootup into client/station mode?

This is similar to how you first setup a chromecast to go onto your wifi. Application of this would be to allow your "station device" to be deployed to different wifi routers.

Code is updated.

New code updated
https://github.com/wga22/esp8266/blob/master/espurino/landscape.js

Code for sleeping until the sunset, based upon the wunderground API:

      if(nHoursTilSunset > 0)
        {
			//add 15 minutes from sunset
			var nMinutesTilSS = weather.moon_phase.sunset.minute - weather.moon_phase.current_time.minute + 15;
			var nSleepTime = (nHoursTilSunset*nMilisPerHour) + (nMinutesTilSS*60000);
			setMode("sleeping until sunset", "Turn on lights", nMilisForLights);
			setTimeout(turnOnLights, nSleepTime);
        }

5v standby power is sufficient to run the ESP8266 via buck converter.

This project is to build a "modern" landscape light timer from an ATX power supply.

The purpose/features that make this "better" than common setup using a wall timer are:

1. Easier ownership - user never has to change the timer to a new time between seasons.
   
2. Efficient - power for ESP8266 chip is less than that consumed by mechanical timer.
   
3. Cost effective - ATX power supplies are readily available, and effecient ones are far more inexpensive than professional 12v lighting equipment power supplies.
   
4. Unique - features ability to turn on/off from webpage (IOT friendly). you can even expose port 80 to internet to control from internet (how many times have you wanted to run your landscape lights from other location (cough, cough)? )
   
5. Fun - for those like me, ability to write code to solve a problem is fun.... (answering critics who say too complex).
   
6. Flexible - ESP Web IDE is still accessible when deployed, so new code can be added easily.
   
   

Software design:
The application is written to pull sunset info from wunderground for my location. It then determines how long until sunset, and sleeps. It then runs for predetermined number of hours, turns off, and repeats again the following day.
A webserver is also run on port 80 that allows review of system status, turning on the lights, etc.
The latest version of the software can be found at
https://github.com/wga22/esp8266/blob/master/espurino/landscape.js

Hardware design:
Simple. The ESP8266 is running off of the 5V standby line (via buck converter down to 3.3). The "green" signal line, on the ATX, is pulled to ground via "D4" digital line on the ESP8266, across a 10k resistor to turn on the ATX supply.

Pardon the "in progress" look. Still doing testing.

Thank you, everyone!

Sorry if I missed instruction/step, but it seems that I have to re-upload my code everytime the ESP8266 is rebooted. Am I missing a step to "flash" the code on top of the firmware?