G+_Rud Dog Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Let me rephrase. The ability to remotely sense or control things using the ESP8266 is an addition to my hobby list. As it stands now I cut and past the C++ sketches and trim to fit my needs. (I have an extremely rudimentary understanding of C++) The best fit for displaying graphics, on many devices, is HTML allowing such things as dials, buttons, graphs and other eye candy. What I would like to avoid is the wormhole which encompasses the deep understanding of HTML programming. Just want to get it done. If you know of such a genie-type solution please point me in that direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Is there some way to have the sketch commands embedded in the ICONs shown below and return conditions sent to return action led? It would be great if HTML could directly talk and listen to the IOT device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I think Open HAB is what you're looking for. Still a learning curve, but it's a way to get nice displays/interfaces without thousands of lines of HTML, PHP, JS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Ben Reese Just started reading and watching videos on this and must say it looks promising. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Ben Reese Here are some items of interest to anyone going down this road. openHAB requires a system online all the time. If I read it correctly the Rpi will meet the requirements. The initial setup is via "command line" and there are some requirements in the form of up to date Java platform. Until I read this didn't know there were three different versions, Zulu, Oracle Java and OpenJDK. The instructions are very good. Also they warn to keep in mind verion1 instructions found on the web will conflict with version 2 so be aware. I am still reading but my feeling of darkness from above might be closing in. Then again what choice do I have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 BTW I while reading and following links I tend to see this phrase and was wondering what the toolchain means? "A powerful IDE and a Toolchain " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I don't remember if OpenHAB has a MQTT broker built-in, but it can interface with one. I haven't done much with it for a while, but I've got Mosquitto and OpenHAB on the same VM. They're commonly installed together on a Raspberry Pi and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a disk (SD) image with both pre-installed. As for "tool chain", I think it's referring to the list of plug-ins and capabilities. Others here have a lot more experience with OpenHAB, Mosquitto, and MQTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Peach Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Rud Dog Toolchain refers to the chain of tools that are used to do the programming needed. I'm not a programmer, but I think it would be like the development environment and compiler to actually create the executable version of the program. There may be other tools involved in the chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 David Peach Ben Reese Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 BTW if you can think of any phrases for running in google search please let me know. I don't mind doing the footwork but at this point, all the search input phrases I enter returns pretty much the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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