Your main-page claims that I have my first App up and running in 5 minutes.
But the webpages does not explain where to get the auth-token.
It says
I looked up the App but could not find any kind of option that would give me an auth-token.
You have hidden away this option very good or the description does no longer fit
You should not disappoint potential customers within the first 15 minutes o ftrying your service
So from where do I get the auth-token?
Do I have to fall back into the 1980s where tinkering around by guessings was the standard-way of learning?
Hi John,
thank you for answering so quick.
I clicked around your website but I’m comletely lost even to find the website that your screenshot shows
To me it seems that there are a minimum of three different blynk websites
general information
blink developper
blink console
Do you have a screenshot for screenshot pictured manual that shows each and every step of the process or can you provide a link that guides directly to that website your screenshot is hsowing?
where can I find a democode that has all lines of code to make a demo run?
It is a very common sense that to libraries there are some examples that show some real action that goes beyond
the example-code of the IDE which has only
void loop() {
Blynk.run();
}
Aha Blynk.run() and function run() reads my mind
“do blink the onboard LED?”
Open Blynk App sound like open the App on my android smartphone but it seems not
The link behind the word “Blynk App” is pointing to the docs https://docs.blynk.io/en/blynk.apps/overview
Like most libraries, when you install the library you also install the example sketches, so in the IDE going to Examples > Blynk will give you examples for a wide variety of different boards and connection types.
It’s the Blynk IoT app on your phone.
I think you’ve skipped over a few of the key steps somehow. Did you start by creating your account at Blynk.io ?
not sure didn’t thought that there is another website called Blynk.io
The demo-code uses a virtual LED named “V1” so I tried to find where to adjust the virtual LED of the smartphone template from “V0” to “V1” but I was unable to find this.
So I did it the opposite I changed the name inside the ESP32-arduino code from “V1” to “V0”
Now in this smartphone-template the LED is blinking.
But still where can I adjust the LED-Number inside the smartphone template “MyFirstTemplate”?
Is it possible to adjust this inside the smartphone App?
Or do I have to use a browser logged in to which of your multiple websites?
You seem to think that “we” are Blynk staff. This is a community forum, so we are Blynk users (although some Blynk staff do visit fairly frequently).
Most operations are best done via the web console (Blynk.cloud).
Data streams are edited via the template screen, and once you’ve either attached the existing datastream to a different virtual pin, or cloned the existing datastream and assigned it to V1, it will be available to select within the widget in the mobile app dashboard.
Take a look into the tutorials of Random Nerd Tutorials. In short “RNT”
RNT has a genius way of showing the steps to do.
RNT focuses on the nescessary steps with screenshots.
There is ONE site that you scroll down. Only in case you need more basic information of a prequisite step there is a link which is clearly titled in this way
example
The basic principle is
Follow these steps shown in screenshots to get a demo-code up and running.
A predefined demo-code that cares about ALL DETAILS except
SSID, password, authentification
Copy & paste into IDE change SSID, password and authentification and the thing runs.
The way it is explained in what I found as documenation does
NOT
present a predefined demo-code
Of course BLYNK is across a lot of platforms / microcontrollers.
So setup such a tutorial for each and every type that blynk supports
and add a pre-selection that is DAU-tested. (DAU dumbest assumed user)
= put your grandma in front of the screen and let her try
