Simple, secure control of ESP8266 via a phone
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:30 amHi,
I've recently purchased an ESP8266 and, was pleased to get it running with a simple web server very quickly.
I'd like to use it for a home heating control project, but using a WWW server has some drawbacks:
- Requires a static IP for access from the web
- Isn't secure
I don't need instantaneous responses from the ESP, so I wonder if a good solution might be to use a 3rd-party service which the ESP can connect to and poll every few minutes, which I can update securely from anywhere with a phone app?
There seem to be a number of projects online offering solutions for remote control, but without experience it's hard to know where to begin. I wonder if someone with some experience of these things could give me a recommendation to get me started?
The project for a relative who's not especially technically-minded, so the simpler the final solution the better!
Thanks.
I've recently purchased an ESP8266 and, was pleased to get it running with a simple web server very quickly.
I'd like to use it for a home heating control project, but using a WWW server has some drawbacks:
- Requires a static IP for access from the web
- Isn't secure
I don't need instantaneous responses from the ESP, so I wonder if a good solution might be to use a 3rd-party service which the ESP can connect to and poll every few minutes, which I can update securely from anywhere with a phone app?
There seem to be a number of projects online offering solutions for remote control, but without experience it's hard to know where to begin. I wonder if someone with some experience of these things could give me a recommendation to get me started?
The project for a relative who's not especially technically-minded, so the simpler the final solution the better!
Thanks.