- Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:35 pm
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That means that you don't have a configured IP address and the clock is probably not talking to the ESP for one reason or another. One of the suggestions I made early on was to check into whether you needed a different firmware on the clock. (not the esp01). That might be a root cause.
Either way, I would just do the wifi communication directly on the esp01 instead of expecting the clock to do it. That might not get you anywhere; if the clock can't talk to the ESP well enough to configure the WIFI it might also not talk to the esp01 for configuring the time.
With that said -- use the AT commands to connect to your router.
Then plug the esp8266 back into the clock and see if it starts talking.
BTW are you sure that it has power while plugged into the clock? Does the light blink (assuming there's an LED on yours).
So these are the steps to get your esp8266 configured for wifi.
AT+CWMODE=1
AT+CWJAP="mySSID","MyWifiAPPassword"
The quotes are required.
You should see OK as a return.
You should also get something sane back if you do AT+CWJAP?
It will remember that configuration even if it's powered off. It gets saved to non-volatile flash. Once you do that, then you should see that it's connected to your router and you can try plugging it back into the clock.
Just throwing things to try out there...
Dacflyer wrote:OK UPDATE
i am trying a different wifi module ( just in case it has a glitch , sometimes it hangs RX TX lights stay on full and it starts to overheat )
ok, i have a new module today... redid all that i learned ( lil easier this time )
issue now is my router does not see any connection.. i am wondering id it only tried to connect at certain time or what..
trying to get this answer out of the maker.
anyway i tried a earlier suggestion to get current IP info ? )
i typped this command and got result at bottom..
AT+CIPSTA?
+CIPSTA:"0.0.0.0"
mean anything ? should i see a valid IP number stored in the wifi module ?
or will this number only be seen when it is in the clock ?
if it needs to be in the wifi module is there a easy way to program it?
or does anyone have ideas why the router does not see the connection...
That means that you don't have a configured IP address and the clock is probably not talking to the ESP for one reason or another. One of the suggestions I made early on was to check into whether you needed a different firmware on the clock. (not the esp01). That might be a root cause.
Either way, I would just do the wifi communication directly on the esp01 instead of expecting the clock to do it. That might not get you anywhere; if the clock can't talk to the ESP well enough to configure the WIFI it might also not talk to the esp01 for configuring the time.
With that said -- use the AT commands to connect to your router.
Then plug the esp8266 back into the clock and see if it starts talking.
BTW are you sure that it has power while plugged into the clock? Does the light blink (assuming there's an LED on yours).
So these are the steps to get your esp8266 configured for wifi.
AT+CWMODE=1
AT+CWJAP="mySSID","MyWifiAPPassword"
The quotes are required.
You should see OK as a return.
You should also get something sane back if you do AT+CWJAP?
It will remember that configuration even if it's powered off. It gets saved to non-volatile flash. Once you do that, then you should see that it's connected to your router and you can try plugging it back into the clock.
Just throwing things to try out there...
