FINDTracker

This project aims to provide an easy to use interface and implementation for the Client specifications of the FIND project by Hypercubeplatforms. The project can be found on GitHub and on the project page. All credit for the "Framework for Internal Navigation and Discovery" goes to Hypercubeplatforms since this is only a project that uses the ESP8266 chip as a client for the API provided by the FIND server.

Setup

To install this onto your beloved ESP8266 you shall download and install PlatformIO. Once you did that successfully you can proceed by downloading this repository by pressing the shiny green button on the top right. Once downloaded you should connect your ESP8266 to your PC, open up a terminal inside the downloaded files and run the following commands (replace <YourBoard> according to this e.g. esp01):

platformio run --target upload -e <YourBoard>

SKIP_WEBPACK=true platformio run --target uploadfs -e <YourBoard>

Now you shall look onto your WiFi network list and discover your very own FINDTracker network. Connect to it and execute the following:

# Replace YourSSID and YourPassphrase with the credentials of your WiFi network
./setWiFiNetwork.sh "YourSSID" "YourPassphrase"

FAQ

I left the range of my WiFi network and now it doesn't work anymore

When you have tracking enabled and leave the range of your WiFi it enters a deep sleep mode to preserve power. In order to wake up from this prolonged sleep you have to wire GPIO16 and the RESET pin together. If you don't it'll just enter an everlasting sleep period from which only a reset could raise it.

I do not see it the WiFi network

• When tracking and connected to your network the ESP8266 disables the AP to preserve power
• When tracking and not connected it goes into sleep to preserve power as well
• Make sure the ESP8266 is blinking in a regular interval of about 1Hz.
  • If it is the case then reflash the ESP and try again
  • If that's not the case connect GPIO12 and GND together and reset which disables tracking.

I forgot my password

• Connect GPIO14 and GND then reset. It'll restore factory defaults

What does the light mean?

There's several different types of signals:

• Blinking
  • Really fast (150ms cycle) means it is receiving updates OTA
  • Slow (1s cycle) means it is searching for a WiFi network
    • Note that this only happens when it is not in tracking mode!
  • Three times in a row after it was illuminated means it failed to connect to the network
• Illumination
  • Constant means it is in the process of connecting to a WiFi network

Contributing

Building

Make sure you installed PlatformIO, git, npm and gzip and then run

git clone https://github.com/TheMegaTB/FINDTracker.git && cd FINDTracker

## Linux and macOS
./flash.sh

## or in seperated steps
platformio run --target upload
platformio run --target uploadfs

## Sorry windows...you have to wait some more days

PlatformIO

This project relies on PlatformIO to manage dependencies, compile them as well as the projects source and uploading that and the SPIFFS to the device. In order to effectively use this project it is required that you install either a standalone version of PlatformIO or download the PIO IDE.

WebServer

In order to develop the website without the need to upload the SPIFFS on every change you can run a local webserver (which doesn't feature config loading or writing as well as training) by executing the following command

cd http
./devServer.sh

OTA Serial port

You can connect to the serial monitor of this device by executing the following command:

telnet FINDTracker 23

OTA upload

To upload the C++ or JS code without a USB connection you can run the script provided by executing the following command:

## C++ code
./OTA.sh

## Code in /http (also runs webpack)
./OTA-SPIFFS.sh