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Even tough I managed to run the program and the main window came up on the screen, most of the functions gave problems. The Qt5 version even more than the Qt4 version. Finally I decided to modify the QT5 version of the program myself and to try correct the errors one be one until the program could be used for the AFNOG workshop. Since the original documentation is also obsolete I re-wrote it for my new version. For a description on how to use the program please refer to the github Wiki pages. | ||||||||
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> > | Getting the tools to work starting from a freshly installed UbuntuQuite a few packages must be installed on Ubuntu before you can use the tools needed. The terminal emulators I installed where
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Unfortunately uPyCraft relies on the serial connection between the PC on which it runs and micro Python on the IoT node. When taking the ESP01 off its "programmer" this serial connection will be cut and uPyCraft, in its current state, cannot be used any longer. It is however possible to enable webrepl on the micro Python node, allowing access to the REPL loop through a websocket interface. | ||||||||
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< < | Then install the webrepl client on your PC. Start the browser and enter the URL file://directory_of_webrepl/webrepl.html. In the window coming up enter the websocket server consisting of ws://IP_of_your_IoT_node:8266, where 8266 is the port number. After entering the password you defined during the webrepl_setup step you should get connected to the REPL loop of your micro Python IoT node. For more information please consult the micro Python tutorial. | |||||||
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Accessing Micro Python on the IoT NodeIntroductionOnce micro Python is running on the node we must be able to upload Python programs on the node and execute them there. In case of processor board with a micro-USB connector it is easy to connect to the micro Python REPL loop through a simple serial interface and a terminal emulator like minicom. In addition you can use ampy to up - and download files. A standard editor like emacs or a specify Python editor like idle can be used to edit the Python code. More comfortable though is the use of an IDE like uPyCraft which has editing, up and download features, library functions and a collection of examples built in. uPyCraft can be found as binaries for Windows, Mac and Linux. When trying to install the Linux binary I got problems with library version incompatibilities on zlib but even when solving this problem the program did not work as expected (the Windows version worked fine). uPyCraft is a Python program whose source is available on github. In fact I found 2 versions: Even tough I managed to run the program and the main window came up on the screen, most of the functions gave problems. The Qt5 version even more than the Qt4 version. Finally I decided to modify the QT5 version of the program myself and to try correct the errors one be one until the program could be used for the AFNOG workshop. Since the original documentation is also obsolete I re-wrote it for my new version. For a description on how to use the program please refer to the github Wiki pages.Accessing micro Python over WiFiUnfortunately uPyCraft relies on the serial connection between the PC on which it runs and micro Python on the IoT node. When taking the ESP01 off its "programmer" this serial connection will be cut and uPyCraft, in its current state, cannot be used any longer. It is however possible to enable webrepl on the micro Python node, allowing access to the REPL loop through a websocket interface. In order for this to work we first must enable the webrepl server: Connect the node to the programmer to get access through the serial interface and type import webrepl-setup and follow the instructions. Then install the webrepl client on your PC. Start the browser and enter the URL file://directory_of_webrepl/webrepl.html. In the window coming up enter the websocket server consisting of ws://IP_of_your_IoT_node:8266, where 8266 is the port number. After entering the password you defined during the webrepl_setup step you should get connected to the REPL loop of your micro Python IoT node. For more information please consult the micro Python tutorial. As you can see, There are also buttons available to transfer files from and to the IoT node. -- Uli Raich - 2019-03-01Comments
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