[Colchester] continued ESP8266 and MQTT

[Wayland Sothcott]

Heck this bit belongs on the mailing list, it's interesting...

Yes I used (who hates me top posting?) MQTT with the Raspberry PI on a 
prototype in 2017. It was pretty cool and I used Node-RED to program it. 
A very cool setup which other members maybe interested in trying.

I always give my PI the best possible SD card so as to shorten the time 
it spends writing to it. If the power goes off mid-write then the system 
can be screwed.
They are cool but perhaps not the best devices for a finished product. I 
toy with reflashing one of those Android MXQ TV boxes but you know how 
it is with reflashing stuff, its a different challenge for every 
different version of the same box.

With the website I'm really imagining one where each member can create a 
section. A bit like how WikiPedia was before Jimmy took away our ability 
to edit it.

On 01/09/2019 18:15, Stewart Larner wrote:
> They are great little devices. Many more things I want to do with them 
> just don’t have the time.
>
> Basicly the ESP’s talk to the server using MQTT (Mosquito)
>
> I’ve given up with raspberry pi’s it kills the memory cards just 
> becomes annoying.
>
> I would happily write up what I’ve done for the website or a wiki.
>
> Stewart
>
> On Sun, 1 Sep 2019 at 17:17, Wayland Sothcott <wayland at sothcott.co.uk 
> <mailto:wayland at sothcott.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     I know very little about home automation but it's an area I'm
>     going to need to get very good at. Those ESP8266 things are
>     amazing, so cheap and so Linuxy.
>     I did do a prototype project using something called Mosquito for
>     communicating with sensors on a PI.
>
>     You should post this on the main mailing list.
>
>     Perhaps the website should be done as a Joomla, a WiKi or a
>     Wordpress so that projects can be written up and contributed to.
>     If everyone adds their bit then we will have quite a manual for a
>     wide range of projects.
>
>     How's the PI controlled Air suspension on the VW?
>
>     On 01/09/2019 17:07, Stewart Larner wrote:
>>     I’m still around!
>>
>>     I’ve been using Linux quite a bit recently on a little home
>>     project. VMware server with Debian (one my all time favourites)
>>
>>     This is using HomeAssistant and many nodemcus (ESP8266)
>>     controlling leds/heaters/ceiling lights.
>>
>>     Spent a lot of time making it work!
>>
>>     Stewart
>>

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