Getting going with Homekidd

[jeylites]

Hi

I thought I would test this interesting project and I got as far as the LCM AP but no webpage. I get the following pop-up error after awhile.

My hardware

Wemos D1 mini 
Mac Osx Catilina

Code line used

esptool.py -p /dev/cu.usbserial-1460 erase_flash

esptool.py -p/dev/cu.usbserial-1460 --baud 115200 write_flash -fs 4MB -fm dio -ff 40m 0x0 rboot.bin 0x1000 blank_config.bin 0x2000 otaboot.bin

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[jeylites]

There seems to be an issue with OTA upload.. at least it didn't work for me, tested the main.bin, it worked like a charm.

Hardware

WEMOS d1 Mini
PIR Motion

Line

esptool.py -p /dev/cu.usbserial-1460 erase_flash

esptool.py -p /dev/cu.usbserial-1460 --baud 115200 write_flash -fs 4MB -fm dio -ff 40m 0x0000 rboot.bin 0x1000 blank_config.bin 0x2000 main.bin

HomeKidd/ESP8266-HomeKit-Motion-Sensor-Elgato-Eve

[jeylites]

It would be nice if we could have one of the GPIO pins for LED on Motion.

[HomeKidd]

Hi! Sorry for the late answer! Yes thats the OTA whats not working properly, sadly the OTA part isnt my code and also a lot of people having the same issue with it as you, this is why i’m not using OTA in my latest projects 😬 Flashing the main.bin should work✌️

also, I realize the blank config bin is empty. Is it suppose to be like that?

Yes, its just a blank file - as i’be mentioned it in the Wiki -, its a default file when flashing with esptool.py ✌️

It would be nice if we could have one of the GPIO pins for LED on Motion.

GPIO2 is used for the LED, using the built-in one so you can connect an external LED to this GPIO, but keep in mind its active low, not active high by default ✌️

[jeylites]

tried the external LED - active low, can't seem to get it working on D3 (GPIO0). LED is always illuminated with or without motion

[HomeKidd]

tried the external LED - active low, can't seem to get it working on D3 (GPIO0). LED is always illuminated with or without motion

GPIO2 is the built-in LED and this can be used only for External LED and only active low! GPIO0 controls the device boot settings so adding an LED is definitely a bad idea! Also GPIO0 should be connected to a button for resetting the accessory as mentioned in the Wiki

[HomeKidd]

You can hook up any LED that can be driven from 3.3V:

• connect the LED's positive pin to 3.3V
• connect the LED's negative pin with the - correct value - resistor to GPIO02 / D4

You cannot use higher voltage than 3.3V for the LED (without much more circuitry) because the LED/resistor acts like a pullup resistor and the ESP has 3.3V GPIOs so pulling up the pins higher voltages then 3.3V will kill the ESP!

Other than that looks like the main problem solved so i close the issue 😄