Well darn it - it must be child-proof!

[davecason]

Hi Folks,

A while ago (about 2019 - grin) I got a few Wemos ESP8266 and used them to monitor my hot tubs temperature, they worked great and were happy.
I ordered some new ones last week with a new set of DS18b20 probes and some new SSD1315 OLEDs to build more......


My problem is right now I can't see the Wemos when they're plugged in to my computers, the USB to serial drivers are unhappy.
I've tried 4 different PC's from old WIn7 to Win10 tables and old Tecra laptops and no joy, I do use the laptop's to program ham radios with Chirp so I know they work(ed).

I've installed SPARKFUNS CH340 driver and some older USB ones and still nothing and swapped out various cables - I have two Wemos units here now that are from before
and plugged in to the PC they both power up happy but I can't program them or update the firmware.


Now it has been a while since I used these - but I'm pretty sure you can just plug Esp8266 D1 Mini Pro's in to any USB serial port with a micro USB to USB A cable and see and flash them.

I'm at a loss ..... am I missing something? I don't recall using a ModeMCU before so I don't think that's the problem. For now I go with: "there child-proof!"

Cheers'
Dave

[Ath]

Have you tried swapping the micro-usb cable with another one? Seen too many issues like this just because the cable was wonky...

[TD-er]

Does the device get recognized in Windows device manager?

Also you mention the SSD1315 OLED displays.
I don't recognize those numbers, but maybe Ton does know whether those can be used in ESPEasy?

[Ath]

The SSD1315 seems to be compatible with the SSD1306 (at least some example code I found was using the ug8l library with the SSD1306 driver, and it's monochrome), but haven't seen such display yet. YMMV.

[davecason]

Hi,

Well a bit further progress - in a way - I have two ESP that's programmed up but I can't get in to one of them .......
The AP comes up when I power it up the segments light up on the display (even tho a few pixels are optional)

The name of the unit still comes up: Dave_Temp It says: IP (IP Unset)

I can see it on my cell phone too but the password is long gone - does the reset button on these D1 Mini actually do a hard factory reset or is it just a power off/on thing?

Cheers'
Dave

[bidrohini]

Hi,

Well a bit further progress - in a way - I have two ESP that's programmed up but I can't get in to one of them .......
The AP comes up when I power it up the segments light up on the display (even tho a few pixels are optional)

The name of the unit still comes up: Dave_Temp It says: IP (IP Unset)

I can see it on my cell phone too but the password is long gone - does the reset button on these D1 Mini actually do a hard factory reset or is it just a power off/on thing?

Cheers'
Dave

Did you test the Wemos board in any platform other than ESPeasy ? Like the Arduino IDE? I think you need to check the board in other platforms. If it fails, you can be sure that the board is damaged.

[TD-er]

To do a factory reset, you can also short RX and TX and then boot the device.
The reset button only pulls the EN pin so the device reboots.