ESP8266 Community Forum

- Thu Aug 06, 2015 12:41 pm #25209 I want to create a simple home automation system where I can turn off/on lights, check the temperature of the room and turn on the ac from my android device. whether this is from 4g or a different wifi network, I cant find any tutorials that dont connect via local network. ie 10.0.0.15 I tried to use ifttt with a email system but I cant find a way for the esp8266 to check email via imap. I am working with the arduino ide, the esp8266 is running the arduino code itself.
any idea would be greatly apreicted.

- Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:59 pm #25313 I'll just make sure you have seen the wiki on this page (scroll up) in the grey menu band . Bottom of first page has some email examples.

Yahoo and gmail use https connections and won't let you in directly so you have to use a go between like smtpcorp.com smtp2go.

Get you modules here:

https://www.banggood.com/custlink/KvGGhGF4wG

- Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:29 pm #25320 Two things you might try:

Blynk (http://www.blynk.cc) does exactly what you want. Free IOS and Android apps, Blynk code library on your ESP, and you can read/write any pin on your ESP directly, or change variables with "virtual pins," over the Internet. Free and easy - I had a temp sensor and LED demo running in 20 minutes.

IFTTT has a new "Maker" channel (https://ifttt.com/maker) that lets you control your processor from their interface. I haven't tried it yet, but it seems to do what you're looking for.

Good luck!