2. File open fail msg is not normal operation of basic after hitting save.
3. 2 adresses?
AP IP is for running in access point mode it is for when there is no wireless available at this point. This is 192.168.4.1 at default.
I guess I'm not understanding the address part.
Are you sure that you have the latest firmware for the esp01 which should be the 512k version?
ESP should say your version number of 1.68 for the latest version.
It is possible that your unit is faulty but this is why I wanted you to try different code as print time was not added until a very recent version. And it may have been updated.
Try the code that I pasted below just in case.
DO NOT GIVE IT A FILE NAME JUST go to 192.168.4.1/edit
Enter this code:
cls
bla = "YES!!!!!!!"
wprint "HELLO WORLD"
wprint "CAN YOU SEE THIS?"
print bla
end
Then go to 192.168.4.1/run
after your code has saved
It should be a webpage with stuff printed on it.
This is bare minimum operation this works no matter what version of firmware you have...
Anyhow hope this gets to the bottom of things because I am running out of ideas for you at this point aside from remote access to see what you are doing....
Hrmmm could you record your screen when you are doing this stuff so I can be sure my directions are indeed clear enough to you using a screen recorder software then upload it to youtube and share the link to the video?
This way we will see exactly what is going wrong right off the bat.
Where I buy my ESP8266 boards from... (Banggood)