One button ESP-Link installer

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For those of you struggling with the installation of ESP-Link (a serial to wifi module for ESP8266’s)
I created a one-button installer page for ESPLink on my GitHub page

Just connect the ESP8266 module to a serial port (or by usb), and hit 'Connect" :wink:

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Once flashed, it will come up with its own wifi network.
Connect to it and configure the esp-link further on http://192.168.4.1

PS: Everything is on GitHub, so you can check the sources if you want to.
The binaries I recompiled; it now uses port 23 and 2000 (instead of the standart port 2323); the rest is copied 1:1 from GitHub - jeelabs/esp-link: esp8266 wifi-serial bridge, outbound TCP, and arduino/AVR/LPC/NXP programmer

ESPLink / ESP-Link / Ser2TCP / Ser2Net / serial over tcp

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PS…just found out I used the wrong offset on one bin.
Corrected now.

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And in case the WebInstaller doesn’t work, added ESP-FlashTool:

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Hello, esp-link is for esp8266, not esp32 like you said in your original post. Or have you ported it to esp32?

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sorry will correct it, thanks for pointing it out :+1:t4:

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lol alright, to be honest I was kinda hoping you managed to get it to work on esp32 since thats what im currently trying to do

anyway thanks for the quick reply

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@McMelonTV
Had a look at this one?

I used it while for my pellet stove, but not so stable on esp-01, but maybe works better on esp32?

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hmm, I will have a look, thanks

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Sorry to bump this, do you happen to have an OTA flashable .bin compiled? I don’t have physical access to the ESP8266 but it’s currently flashed with another bit of software which supports OTA.

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Hi @metaljay,

Sorry, I don’t think that is possible for ESP-Link, as it contains of 4 bin files (boot_v1.5.bin,user1.bin,esp_init_data_default.bin and blank.bin).

However, with the Stream server (serial-to-wifi bridge) for ESPHome, that would be possible (just create the yaml in the ESPHome addon, and during compile select 'manual download, save it somewhere, and then use OTA on the device, using the downloaded bin file.
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