Need help connecting to Cayenne with ESP8266

[vapor83]

When the esp8266 is connected to the usb uart and I select generic 8266 under boards and select the appropriate port I get this message at the bottom of the ide

what are you trying to upload in Arduino IDE regarding the ESP? You need a separate program to flash the AT instruction firmware not the Arduino IDE.

Also, your sketch looks like its using Ethernet as a connection method. This won’t work with the ESP.

Here is another post with steps how to setup the Uno and ESP8266 in addition to the link @adam provided.

Good luck & let us know how it goes.

Esp8266

So I’ve been using the ESP8266-01 & the new ESP8266-01S. I take a proto shield and mount the ESP to it or use a breadboard adapter if you want to be able to remove it (see pics). I basically make a ESP shield that goes to the Serial RX/TX with a switch on it for easy uploading to the arduino. [image][image] First you need to upload the AT firmware for the ESP so the arduino/cayenne can talk to it using AT commands. You need the following: ESP_download_tool_v2.4 & the ESP_IOT_SDK 1.0.0. I …