I’m about to give up on this one.
On this page, it gets stuck at preparing installation:
When I go here: https://web.esphome.io/
The esp8266 never goes past “connecting” after selecting "prepare for first use)
My esp shows up as com3
I have also used the same esp on the wled web installer and it works fine.
Can you all give me a bit of guidance as to what is going on? I should be able to provide an additional information on any follow up questions you all may have to help me figure this one out.
This is the nodemcu I am using:
Additional info, hooked up a wemos d1 mini and is worked immediately on https://web.esphome.io/
I have around 10 of those 8266s, so I’m hoping someone can help me figure out whats going on with those or I guess I’ll have to garbage them sadly.
Thank you all!
It sounds like you bought ones that have to be put in bootloader mode in order to be flashed. If that is the case, there is a button on the board that must be held down when it is initially plugged it. I can’t help on when exactly to let up on the button because I haven’t had much luck with the couple that I have bought with that feature.
EDIT: Zooming in on the photo of boards from Amazon listing, it does look like yours have the flash button indicated by red arrow. The blue arrow is a reset button.
Yeah, I haven’t been able to figure this out. They are real pains. I am considering junking them. I’ve spent at least 2 hours trying to get them working with the esp website.
I hate to be that wasteful but I’m running out of patience
Ahh, was it with one of the Amica 8266s? It has a white background on the backside with their logo. Or was it with another brand? (Blue on both sides probably. Thank you ahead of time for your response.
