H801 : RGB controller based on ESP8266 avalaible from China

[luisfcosta]

Sorry guys, trying to include plugin 105_rgbw into the lates R2.0 dev10, but my arduino IDE keeps throwing error after error (cannot find file, library, etc)
Is there a more straightforward way than rearranging my .ino's and .h's + .cpp's?

Trying to get my h801 flashed with ESPEasy and the correct plugin (105_rgbw?)
Can connect it with TTL and even upload ESPeasy v2.0 (bin file), but board irresponsive to port commands (WifiSSID, ...).

Any .bin already out there with the plugin?

Thanks for your hints!

[xbmcnut]

Hey there,

Could someone give me a hint on how to add _P105_RGBW.ino for H801 to Platformio so I can compile? New to Platformio so any assistance would be appreciated.

[vojtishek]

Hey there,

Could someone give me a hint on how to add _P105_RGBW.ino for H801 to Platformio so I can compile? New to Platformio so any assistance would be appreciated.

Hi,
I'm using Espeasy r147 http://www.letscontrolit.com/downloads/ ... 47_RC8.zip.
Then you need to copy P105_RGBW.ino into following folder "ESPEasy_R147_RC8\Source\ESPEasy", then compile and flash.

You will select RGBw Milight as a device in ESPeasy and set following parameters, rgbw milight udp port 8899 red pin 15 green pin 13 blue pin 12 white pin 14.
Then add following in Domoticz, If you are using domoticz



Let me know if succesfull, otherwise I can send you better detail as I'm not currently at home.

[xbmcnut]

Then you need to copy P105_RGBW.ino into following folder "ESPEasy_R147_RC8\Source\ESPEasy", then compile and flash.

@vojtishek. Thank you so much!! Easier than I thought and quite obvious when I think about it. I'm using Home Assistant so will be controlling the device using MQTT. So this 105 plugin basically emulates a MiLight bridge?

[xbmcnut]

Then you need to copy P105_RGBW.ino into following folder "ESPEasy_R147_RC8\Source\ESPEasy", then compile and flash.

Whoops. Get these errors when trying to compile now. Do I need to define the plugin somewhere?

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Compiling .pioenvs\normal_4096\FrameworkArduino\Updater.o
C:/Users/peters/OneDrive/Home Automation/ESPEasy/ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev10/Source/src/_P105_RGBW.ino: In function 'boolean Plugin_105(byte, EventStruct*, String&)':
C:/Users/peters/OneDrive/Home Automation/ESPEasy/ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev10/Source/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:273:36: error: 'Plugin_105_FadingTimer' was not declared in this scope

{
^
C:/Users/peters/OneDrive/Home Automation/ESPEasy/ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev10/Source/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:331:29: error: 'Plugin_105_ProcessUDP' was not declared in this scope
if (Plugin_105_Pins[PinIndex].CurrentLevel <= Plugin_105_Pins[PinIndex].FadingTargetLevel && Plugin_105_Pins[PinIndex].FadingDirection < 0)
^
C:/Users/peters/OneDrive/Home Automation/ESPEasy/ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev10/Source/src/_P105_RGBW.ino: In function 'void Plugin_105_ProcessUDP()':
C:/Users/peters/OneDrive/Home Automation/ESPEasy/ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev10/Source/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:849:109: error: 'Plugin_105_HSL2Rgb' was not declared in this scope
Compiling .pioenvs\normal_4096\FrameworkArduino\WMath.o
Compiling .pioenvs\normal_4096\FrameworkArduino\WString.o
*** [.pioenvs\normal_4096\src\ESPEasy.ino.o] Error 1
 [ERROR] Took 5.11 seconds

[xbmcnut]

Hmmm. Do I need to be using older builds?

[vojtishek]

Hmmm. Do I need to be using older builds?

Ah, I didn't try v2.0.0-dev10 so I can't sat if it's functionable or not. Try to compile it for RC147. This one worked for me.

[vojtishek]

Did you download whole master zip from https://github.com/ESP8266nu/ESPEasyPluginPlayground and extract only _P105_RGBW.ino?

[xbmcnut]

Did you download whole master zip from https://github.com/ESP8266nu/ESPEasyPluginPlayground and extract only _P105_RGBW.ino?

I downloaded the RAW data for the plugin and created a file in Notepad++. Will that not work?

[xbmcnut]

Downloaded plugin zip from GitHub and extracted P105 to ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev10\Source\src. Same error.

[vojtishek]

Just mention that, because I've downloaded by save as just the plugin from github and that doesnt work. There is need to download whole master zip and extract just the plugin from it and copy into release folder ESPEasy
Try another release

[Blacky's Boss]

Tonight I Flashed my H801, ESPEasy 2.0.0-dev-11, Arduino 1.8.4, Milight RGBW plugin (P105).

All seems to work, but the colors are wrong.... Because I have a cheap strip with seperate colored led's, it's simple to see...

If I set the color to &h 00ff00, Green is full on. Correct.
If I set the color to &h 0000ff, Blue is full on. Correct.
If I set the color to &h ff00ff, both Red and Blue are on. Correct
If I set the color to &h ff0000, Red is on, but also Green...
[edit]Forgot to mention this is all in Domoticz
Oh, and setting an orange color makes it go green
Something tells me the calculations are off, but am I the only one?[/edit]

Why?

[pearson]

Tonight I Flashed my H801, ESPEasy 2.0.0-dev-11, Arduino 1.8.4, Milight RGBW plugin (P105).

How did you manage to get ESPEasy 2.0.0-dev-11 to compile with P105? Several of us here are getting "was not declared in this scope" errors when building with it.

(I'd normally think that a header file was missing, but I'm new to Atom and .ino files and I'm a bit mystified at the lack of header files. )

Edit: I got it to build by moving those methods to the top of the _P105_RGBW.ino file, but that's obviously a hack. If someone could explain what simple thing I must be missing here, I'd really appreciate it.

[Blacky's Boss]

These are the steps I took:
- Downloaded from github: https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEas ... -dev11.zip
- extracted to a folder ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev11
- renamed the folder src to ESPEasy
- renamed the folder lib to libraries
- deleted all the other crap
- set the sketchfolder in the Arduino IDE to the ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev11
- Restarted the IDE
- Ignore the message from the IDE that there are updates for some of your librairies!!!!!
- opened sketch ESPEasy and compiled!

Oh, and offcourse I downloaded the pLugins and dragged the P105 in the ESPEasy folder.

[Blacky's Boss]

So, no one?

[HAMFAM]

hi Blackys Boss

i am just starting a home automation system (Espeasy + sonoff + yeelight + ledstrips + Domoticz) and i just about got a working ledstrip RGB and getting weird results

ESPEasy v 2.0.0-dev11
arduino v 1.8.4 windows
_P105_RGBW
H801

compiled the plugin and downloaded to the H801 (using 256k spiff) and setup the H801
Milight as a device in ESPeasy, rgbw milight udp port 8899 red pin 15 green pin 13 blue pin 12 white pin 14.

using jason - http://192.168.x.x/control?cmd=pwm,12,1024 (blue) http://192.168.x.x/control?cmd=pwm,13,1024 (green) http://192.168.x.x/control?cmd=pwm,15,1024 (red) so that is working right

but i still have a problem with Domoticz, the ledstrip flashes the colour but then always turns white (0 to 100%) regardless of the target colour on the RGB Dimmer

Can you help me?

[Blacky's Boss]

I wish I could... I seem to have the same setup, but mine sort of works, except for the wrong colours, offcourse...

[pearson]

These are the steps I took:
- Downloaded from github: https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEas ... -dev11.zip
- extracted to a folder ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev11
- renamed the folder src to ESPEasy
- renamed the folder lib to libraries
- deleted all the other crap
- set the sketchfolder in the Arduino IDE to the ESPEasy_v2.0.0-dev11
- Restarted the IDE
- Ignore the message from the IDE that there are updates for some of your librairies!!!!!
- opened sketch ESPEasy and compiled!

Oh, and offcourse I downloaded the pLugins and dragged the P105 in the ESPEasy folder.

Thank you very much! I was so focused on the PlatformIO / Atom business that I wasn't using the Arduino IDE.

Oddly, I had to change my flash mode for the one I'm trying with ESPEasy. The first one I flashed had an ESP-12S, but the next two (from the same order) have a mystery unshielded (ie. no metal box covering it) ESP unit. The chip is ESP8266, but it has a PN25F08B flash that others in these forums have noted requires the DOUT flash method.

[elmicha]

Edit: I got it to build by moving those methods to the top of the _P105_RGBW.ino file, but that's obviously a hack. If someone could explain what simple thing I must be missing here, I'd really appreciate it.

It also works if we just declare these functions before the Plugin_105() function:

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void Plugin_105_FadingTimer();
void Plugin_105_ProcessUDP();
void Plugin_105_HSL2Rgb(float h, float s, float l);

I guess the Arduino IDE automatically extracts the function declarations and prepends them, so the compiler is happy. But Platformio doesn't do this.

[rpa]

Can anybody upload this compiled firmware to.... Google drive and share it.

[coolduke]

hi,

which is the best plugin for H801?

P141 or P142?

I want to use H801 with MQTT and openhab.

H801 connected to RGB Strip and 2 separate white led strips.

thx!

[tparvais]

Hello

I up this post for some fresh feedback

I use Milight with its remote control to pilot some ledstrip RGB.

Is there still plugin for Espeasy to control it ? (by using UDP gateway) or directly via another element such as the one just on the post above ? can we load espeasy FW on it ?

[tparvais]

Hello

is this plugin usable with Milight Wifi gateway in UDP ?

if yes, +I cannot get compilation properly.

I tried to compile this Plugin 105: RGBW / Milight with last master build from github and platformio without any success: many compilation errors

Platformio/projects/ESPEasy-mega-20201102/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:267:31: error: 'SENSOR_TYPE_DIMMER' was not declared in this scope
Device[deviceCount].VType = SENSOR_TYPE_DIMMER;
^
Platformio/projects/ESPEasy-mega-20201102/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:298:20: error: 'WebServer' was not declared in this scope
String plugin1 = WebServer.arg("plugin_105_port");

...

it seems this plugin is not aligned with last builds and new structure as types are not defined, etc...

Any idea to solve it simply ?

Thomas

[TD-er]

WebServer
Change into: web_server


Device[deviceCount].VType = SENSOR_TYPE_DIMMER;
Change into: Device[deviceCount].VType = Sensor_VType::SENSOR_TYPE_DIMMER;

[tparvais]

Thanks, I progress. Now next error:

/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:432:34: error: invalid initialization of non-const reference of type 'String&' from an rvalue of type 'char*'
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = str2int(TmpStr1);

same for these lines

if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = str2int(TmpStr1);
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 3)) Par[2] = str2int(TmpStr1);
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 4)) Par[3] = str2int(TmpStr1);
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 5)) Par[4] = str2int(TmpStr1);
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 6)) Par[5] = str2int(TmpStr1);
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 7)) Par[6] = str2int(TmpStr1);
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 8)) Par[7] = str2int(TmpStr1);

[TD-er]

if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = str2int(TmpStr1);

Can be done in 2 ways:

if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = str2int(TmpStr1.c_str());

or

if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = TmpStr1.toInt());

[tparvais]

hello

thankl you

I tried both , but still the same issue

/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:432:34: error: invalid initialization of non-const reference of type 'String&' from an rvalue of type 'char*'
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = TmpStr1.toInt();
^


it seems that the problem is in the GetArgv

thank you

[TD-er]

Maybe command is of type String here?

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if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = TmpStr1.toInt();

[tparvais]

more context:

i tried with first if then , but no results. I think indeed some mismatch in types

case PLUGIN_WRITE:
{
int Par[8];
char command[80];
command[0] = 0;
char TmpStr1[80];
TmpStr1[0] = 0;

string.toCharArray(command, 80);
Par[1] = 0;
Par[2] = 0;
Par[3] = 0;
Par[4] = 0;
Par[5] = 0;
Par[6] = 0;
Par[7] = 0;

String tmpString = string;
int argIndex = tmpString.indexOf(',');
if (argIndex) tmpString = tmpString.substring(0, argIndex);

if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = TmpStr1.toInt();
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 3)) Par[2] = str2int(TmpStr1.c_str());
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 4)) Par[3] = str2int(TmpStr1.c_str());
if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 5)) Par[4] = str2int(TmpStr1.c_str());

[Ath]

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		if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 3)) Par[2] = str2int(TmpStr1.c_str());
		if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 4)) Par[3] = str2int(TmpStr1.c_str());
		if (GetArgv(command, TmpStr1, 5)) Par[4] = str2int(TmpStr1.c_str());

Have you updated all those GetArgv calls? If not then I'd expect more compiler errors...

And for code reduction and readability you might want to consider to replace the 8 calls into a for loop using only 1 GetArgv() call:

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		for (uint8_t arg = 0; arg < 8; arg++) {
			if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, arg + 1)) Par[arg] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		}

(Air code, not at my dev computer atm.)

[tparvais]

Hello

I tried with code optim

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	case PLUGIN_WRITE:
	{
		int Par[8];
		char command[80];
		command[0] = 0;
		char TmpStr1[80];
		TmpStr1[0] = 0;

		string.toCharArray(command, 80);
		Par[1] = 0;
		Par[2] = 0;
		Par[3] = 0;
		Par[4] = 0;
		Par[5] = 0;
		Par[6] = 0;
		Par[7] = 0;

		String tmpString = string;
		int argIndex = tmpString.indexOf(',');
		if (argIndex) tmpString = tmpString.substring(0, argIndex);
/*
		if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 2)) Par[1] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 3)) Par[2] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 4)) Par[3] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 5)) Par[4] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 6)) Par[5] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 7)) Par[6] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, 8)) Par[7] = TmpStr1.toInt();
*/
// Code optim
		for (uint8_t arg = 1; arg < 8; arg++) {
			if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, arg + 1)) Par[arg] = TmpStr1.toInt();
		}

till two issues in bold:

C:/Users/tparvais/Documents/Platformio/projects/ESPEasy-mega-20201102/src/_P105_RGBW.ino: In function 'boolean Plugin_105(byte, EventStruct*, String&)':
C:/Users/tparvais/Documents/Platformio/projects/ESPEasy-mega-20201102/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:442:24: error: request for member 'c_str' in 'command', which is of non-class type 'char [80]'
if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, arg + 1)) Par[arg] = TmpStr1.toInt();

C:/Users/tparvais/Documents/Platformio/projects/ESPEasy-mega-20201102/src/_P105_RGBW.ino:442:71: error: request for member 'toInt' in 'TmpStr1', which is of non-class type 'char [80]'
if (GetArgv(command.c_str(), TmpStr1, arg + 1)) Par[arg] = TmpStr1.toInt();

probably because TempString1 & Command are char and not string

[tparvais]

hello

any news ? not familiar wit this code...

[TD-er]

I will have a look at the Playground code for this plugin later today.

[TD-er]

I fixed the compile issues and updated the playground code.
https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEas ... 5_RGBW.ino
Have not tested it at all.

Since it now uses this check:

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#ifdef USES_P105

Make sure to define that in your build configuration.
Either in src/src/CustomBuild/define_plugin_sets.h or in your Custom.h

[tparvais]

Thank you TD-ER, it's compiling.

This plugin does not what I was expecting (control Milight via UDP protocol). he's working with an external radio emitter 2.4G, maybe I'll give a try

Thomas