Hey! I have a question about interacting with the ESP8266 shield and Arduino. I have been searching in your forums all day, do figure out how to be able to continue running the main loop, while there are no internet connection. I have found many sites referring to to ESP_standalone or by using ETHERNET. But I could really not figure out how to do this with a shield communicating using Serial and AT-commands. Appreciate if you guys have any answers, or can refer to a thread explaining this.
Thanks!
Basicly you are looking at using Blynk.config() instead of Blynk.begin()
Search around for Blynk config and check it out in the Documents:
Yeah, I know. But as far as i know, Blynk.config() is not
available using the esp shield.
@marehegg I believe you are right about Blynk.config() not being available when using the Arduino with ESP WiFi shield connection method.
Maybe try the ESP with Arduino shield method i.e “ESP standalone” but hooked up to an Arduino.
I believe that this is not possible, because the “espStandalone” project is configured to run on an esp, and not a shield. Due to that, I think it would be unpossible to upload it to the Arduino Uno.
@marehegg you are mistaken, you run the ESPStandalone on the ESP and you don’t upload the sketch to the Uno. On the Uno you upload a sketch to interface with the ESP, but not the ancient AT commands.
Oh, okay, I understand. But the current esp module I own, is actually not a shield, but a esp communicating using just Serial commands. So I wont be able to upload code to it, I guess?
Commonly known as an ESP07.