A relatively self-contained starter system for use in Esp8266 based projects.
The idea is to use this project as a base when you start your project. This base system offers a web control panel, settings edit/save, and event logging. With these basic features already built/working, you can focus on coding the specifics of your project.
This system includes the following base capabilities
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WiFi support (through Esp8266WiFi, including using WiFiManager to save credentials)
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A simple LittleFS based preferences system with web edit/save of configuration file (for non-wifi settings)
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A fully functioning system control website that includes
- system status view
- preferences/settings view/edit
- view event history
- some basic system controls (reset, clear WiFi settings, test sending email, etc)
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Code to send email using smt2go.com smtp services as well as integration of email settings into preferences system
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A simple ram based event history system that records event message strings along with a timestamp of when event happened
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Misc date and time utilities to help with displaying current date and time and elapsedmillis timestamps
Dependencies - ESP8266WiFi, DNSServer, ESP8266WebServer, WiFiManager, NTPClient, WiFiClient, LittleFS, time.h, TZ.h (from Esp8266 core) ElapsedMillis
Web Control Panel Overview
| Button | Function |
|---|---|
| Home | Displays basic operational status |
| History | Links to a page with the Event History (see eventHistory.ino) |
| Settings | Links to a page to edit/save the settings file managed by prefsMfr.ino (uses html <textarea>) |
| Restart | Calls doSoftReset() function in Esp8266Starter.ino to init counters, timers, etc |
| Send Mail 1 | Results in a call to sendmail(1) through a helper function in Esp8266Starter.ino |
| Send Mail 2 | Results in a call to sendmail(2) through a helper function in Esp8266Starter.ino |
| Erase WiFi | Calls WiFiManager.resetSettings() then ESP.reset() (after confirm popup) |
| Hard Reset | Calls ESP.reset() (after confirm popup) |
Check out the wiki for screenshots: https://github.com/magellannh/Esp8266Starter/wiki/Esp8266-Web-Control-Panel