8266 ESP-01 (stand alone) connect to Wi-Fi but not to Blynk

[jchonghing]

Hi,

I’m new on Blynk and I’m learning how to do things at the same time that I’m testing the different hardware before starting one of my projects. I’m just turning on/off a led.

I already have one NodeMCU ESP8266 working and Im trying the ESP-01 using the same sketch just changed the new “Auth Token” for the new button.
I can ping the ESP-01 and I see in my router that is connected. but in the cellphone app just say “Wasn’t online yet”

-Hardware:
8266 ESP-01
using a USB to ESP-01 Adapter (have a switch to program or uart)
a led connected to the GPIO2

-the app is running on android. is working fine, because I can control the other module.

• Blynk server

-Blynk Library version: 1.0.0 beta 3

-Code: I’m using the example in the website with no modifications.

#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>

char auth[] = "my token is here";

char ssid[] = "REYALLI";
char pass[] = "786444a318954";

void setup()
{
  // Debug console
  Serial.begin(9600);

  Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass);

}

void loop()
{
  Blynk.run();

}

[PeteKnight]

@jchonghing

Blynk Library version: 1.0.0 beta 3

First things first, uninstall this library and install 0.6.1 instead and re-test.

@jchonghing

using a USB to ESP-01 Adapter (have a switch to program or uart)

In UART mode, what does your serial monitor show?

@jchonghing

a led connected to the GPIO2

Try disconnecting the LED and re-testing.

Incidentally, your sketch shows no code to control the LED attached to GPIO2, so I assume that you are planning on using digital pins for your app widgets.
Once you have your current code working, you should forget digital pins and switch to virtual pins for your actual project.

Read this:

Using Virtual Pins to control physical devices

I thought I’d write a guide about how to use virtual pins with app widgets such as buttons, to control physical devices such as relays, LEDs etc… Why use virtual pins anyway? I’d always recommend using virtual pins over physical pins when developing your code. There are a number of reasons, but here are what I consider to be the main ones: Virtual pins are hardware independent. This means that it’s far easier to port your code from one hardware platform to another in future (when you realise…

Pete.

[jchonghing]

Thank you for your quick answer…

this library load like 2 times faster than the other.

the serial monitor receive the message that is connecting to blynk-cloud.com an invalid auth token.

I copied and pasted the token one more time to be sure that was not a problem in the copy but still have the same issue.

I leave the led disconnected.

I didn’t add any code because adding the button in the app allow me to turn on/off this port and for now this is the only thing I’m trying. I already read something about the virtual pins, but will read your article too. apparently this is part of the key to do complex system. thank you.

[PeteKnight]

@jchonghing

invalid auth token.

Well, clearly this is the problem.

Try re-generating that auth token in the app and using the new one that is emailed to you.

Pete.

[jchonghing]

Now is working, I learned that “refresh” in the app create a new token… that was what I did the first time that doesn’t worked but continue using the old token…
I don’t know if the changed of the library did something.

Thank you for your Help.