ESP8266 Community Forum

Hi everybody,
I, as all other here, play with ESP8266 for the Home Automation. I need to have a 'configuration' mode on the different nodes activated somehow. It will be used for general configs like WiFi settings, MQTT setup and etc.
One of the options, I have seen and used in LUA script is to wait for a button click within 5 sec from the powering of the esp in which case an AP and Web Server would be fired, otherwise, a normal execution is started.
In LUA I used a timer of 5 secs that at the end checked if the button has been pushed at least once within that period and if so, I run the 'config.lua' script, otherwise I run the 'main.lua' .

I want to implement similar behavior but in ESP-Arduino C code, as I don't want to run a whole AP and a Web Server all the time when it's needed once a year.
Anyone that could help with at least a working idea is welcome.
BTW if anyone has an alternative idea, it's welcome as well

Thanks,
Boyan.

why have a "timeout" for button press?
In setup() just check if button is pressed at startup, then branch to first init ...

10x I'll try it out... I thought that it would interfere with the initial push for programming mode, if I put that button on GPIO0.
For this "In setup() just check if button is pressed at startup, then branch to first init ..." can you give me a quick example?
Do you mean to set a flag in setup() based on that button state and in main to execute a setup function instead of calling a proper main loop? Or is there a better way to do it?

10x,
Boyan.

Hi,
with the button on GPIO0 it won't work.
And yes, the easiest way would be to setup common parts, then depending on button state the specific parts and a variable for the main loop ...