ESP8266 Community Forum

- Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:56 am #87419 Hi all,

I have a solar inverter that my phone can connect with via bluetooth. But the inverter doesn't have wifi functionality.

I am wondering, would it be possible to use a Wemos D1 mini pro to act like a 'brigdge' between my network and the solar inverter? I only wan to read some values and be able to display them in HTML and / or store them on SD.

I'd have to figure out the commands / codes between the app on my phone and the inverter. Could I 'eavesdrop' this communication with the Wemos?

Why a Wemos? No particular reason, I just happen to have some of them. I also have some ESP32-CAMs, so I could use those as well.

Any place I could check for this kind of bluetooth info?
I know arduino / ESP2866, but I'm completely new to bluetooth.


Thanks in advance!

- Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:00 am #87435 there is no bluetooth on Wemos D1 mini pro ...

- Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:48 am #87439 Oh, ok.
But that was not the core of my question.
I'll get a shield or use the ESP-32 CAM.

The question is if I can connect with my inverter and make a 'bridge' to my internet.

- Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:30 pm #87445 I thought the idea of Bluetooth is that any Bluetooth device can connect to any other Bluetooth device.

I would suggest that you would need to buy the parts and try.