- Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:40 pm
#19891
All sorted
http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3486&p=19890#p19890
http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3486&p=19890#p19890
Moderator: igrr
- Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:06 pm
#19950
I had a better look at this now and I am sure it can be very useful.
It seems to me though that if you want to send an email in that system you have to give them your username and password ? Did I get that right ?
So, do you trust them ? After all they are doing that for free. There is also the fact that if they are storing your passwords their security will be a lot less than larger organisations so hacking is a distinct possibility
I also was looking at Ubidots. I don't know enough about that yet but sending an email from them does not require you to give out private details , just a recipent.
http://app.ubidots.com/ubi/insights/#/list
torntrousers wrote:As an alternative to having the ESP send the email you could use the FRED NodeRed service - https://fred.sensetecnic.com/
Thats gives you a free cloud based NodeRed server instance and you can set up an http enpoint which an ESP can send data to and then have a Node Red flow that does things with the data like sending emails. There is a little learning curve to learn about NodeRed but its really quite easy.
I had a better look at this now and I am sure it can be very useful.
It seems to me though that if you want to send an email in that system you have to give them your username and password ? Did I get that right ?
So, do you trust them ? After all they are doing that for free. There is also the fact that if they are storing your passwords their security will be a lot less than larger organisations so hacking is a distinct possibility
I also was looking at Ubidots. I don't know enough about that yet but sending an email from them does not require you to give out private details , just a recipent.
http://app.ubidots.com/ubi/insights/#/list
- Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:47 pm
#19968
Moin,
FRED is hosting node red for you.
If you take a rpi or similiar I guess you can be "hosting" that yourself.
Thats the kind integration hub i am talking about above.
Cal
FRED is hosting node red for you.
If you take a rpi or similiar I guess you can be "hosting" that yourself.
Thats the kind integration hub i am talking about above.
Cal
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 4:35 am
#20015
Yes you need to use an email userid/password in the NodeRed sending email node , i just create a new gmail account for that - myesp8266.sensor27@gmail.com - type thing, so if someone did hack it its no big deal really.
NodeRed is pretty powerful and very easy to use, and its great for this sort of intermediary gateway for IoT devices. If for you did choose to have a Pi or something under your stairs and host your own local gateway server, then running NodeRed on that could be a good choice. What FRED provides is an easy stepping stone on the way to that towards that without having to worry about buying hardware or configuring servers etc, and you can easily export your flows to you local system later if that ends up more appropriate.
tytower wrote:torntrousers wrote:As an alternative to having the ESP send the email you could use the FRED NodeRed service - https://fred.sensetecnic.com/
Thats gives you a free cloud based NodeRed server instance and you can set up an http enpoint which an ESP can send data to and then have a Node Red flow that does things with the data like sending emails. There is a little learning curve to learn about NodeRed but its really quite easy.
I had a better look at this now and I am sure it can be very useful.
It seems to me though that if you want to send an email in that system you have to give them your username and password ? Did I get that right ?
So, do you trust them ? After all they are doing that for free. There is also the fact that if they are storing your passwords their security will be a lot less than larger organisations so hacking is a distinct possibility
I also was looking at Ubidots. I don't know enough about that yet but sending an email from them does not require you to give out private details , just a recipent.
http://app.ubidots.com/ubi/insights/#/list
Yes you need to use an email userid/password in the NodeRed sending email node , i just create a new gmail account for that - myesp8266.sensor27@gmail.com - type thing, so if someone did hack it its no big deal really.
NodeRed is pretty powerful and very easy to use, and its great for this sort of intermediary gateway for IoT devices. If for you did choose to have a Pi or something under your stairs and host your own local gateway server, then running NodeRed on that could be a good choice. What FRED provides is an easy stepping stone on the way to that towards that without having to worry about buying hardware or configuring servers etc, and you can easily export your flows to you local system later if that ends up more appropriate.
