SensESP Troubleshooting - ESP 32 TShoot

[@billlindner]

Really enjoy your digitizing a sailboat videos. I was going over your main.cpp visual studio code. You have a duplicate line in your include statements. #include "sensesp/sensors/digital_input.h". I'm sure some geek has already mentioned it in the comments and it has been fixed.

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Hi, Many thanks for your comments and also pointing out that duplicate include statement. I've updated the code online now. Thanks.

[@johnsevieri7280]

Hi Matt, thanks for this update. The timing is perfect. It has helped me connect my ESP32 to the Pi4. After trying to get the connection to work, your tip re switching on mdns in Server options did the trick. I can now see some of the sensors working on the SK Data Browser, I'll now have to work out why the rest aren't communicating yet.

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Hi John, glad it’s helped. I can’t remember if that setting was a default a few versions back but it’s definitely a question that’s come up more often. Are the other sensors all on the same ESP?

[@johnsevieri7280]

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys Hi Matt, all sensors are on the ESP, except a BME280 for the saloon temperature and I plan to connect my Victron smart shunt direct to the Pi soon. At present, I can't see any info from the engine bay BME280 or more than one 1wire sensor.

[@johnsevieri7280]

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys Hi Matt, I'm after some help please re a BME280 sensor on the ESP32. I have now managed to see all 1 wire sensors on the ESP and they are working ok. I have looked at my coding for the BME280 against your coding (I know you've opted for the BMP280) and can't see any difference, I've also amended address (0x76) in the coding, but all I see on the SK data browser are null values for temperature and pressure and a zero value for the relative humidity. Any help will be appreciated. Regards, John

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Hi, I think i had to call that sensor library as a dependency, in the code, take a look at the platformio.ini file and look for adafruit/Adafruit BMP280 Library @ ^2.5.0, try replacing that with adafruit/Adafruit BME280 Library @ ^2.2.4 i think its version is related to this www.arduinolibraries.info/libraries/adafruit-bme280-library Im just guessing on this one so let us know. You might also have to add humidity in the main code as my only does temp/pressure.

[@johnsevieri7280]

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys Thanks Matt, I already had the BME280 2.2.2. library added in the ini.file, I've now updated it to the 2.2.4 version, but alas no change. Still see 2 nulls and a zero for the temp/pressure/humidity values. I've tried removing the 0x76 from bme280.begin(0x76); still no joy.

[@laoan]

Really enjoy the videos and the work you have gone to Matt to share this. I used openplotter to provide AIS across to Cherbourg on a Hurley 22. I've been playing with ESP32 with aim of using onewire temp sensing and rpm. I got the onewire sensor to work on a breadboard but after soldering to strip board sensesp just says 'FATAL: Unable to allocate a OneWire sensor for /coolantTemperature/oneWire. All sensors have already been configured. Check the physical wiring of your sensors.'

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Hi, many thanks for the comments. How many sensors are setup in your code and how many plugged in? If you connect to the SensESP web page can you see addresses on the sensors? We did the same with OpenPlotter and AIS. We used it when we crossed to Alderney from Studland Bay. We got a bit stuck in the fog and it was great to track the big ships.

[@laoan]

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys Commented out all but one sensor, and only one sensor attached. The sensor is 'playing dead', showing only 0000's and 'false' in signal k. Gotta be something simple! Thanks

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

If you go back to your breadboard setup, is it working? Do you have a resistor across the data line?

[@laoan]

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys changed the 1w sensor and I got an address - on breadboard yes.

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Is that sensor now working on your other setup?

[@DeadQuirky]

Great tutorial thanks!

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Thanks for your comments

[@imoldovan]

I have a couple of esp32 devkitv1 boards that I could not get them to work. They would not save the wifi credentials. Is it because of the v1 boards??

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Hi, it shouldn't be the board version, I've also had this problem. Have you tried setting that information in the uploaded code? Does that make them work? When I had this issue, I had to flash the board with a completely different set of code and then start again. Making small code changes didn't help. Let us know home you get on.

[@davidcharlton1228]

I also am having this problem. Using the captive portal, save button on wifi won’t do anything when pressed. Tried multiple boards, tried specifying the wifi ssid and password in the code. No matter what I do, they won’t connect to any wifi. Using a “normal” Arduino code works fine 😞

[@davidcharlton1228]

I too have the same “non branded” dev kit boards (cheap ones from AliExpress). I wonder if there’s a difference in wifi chip or something…

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Interesting- maybe it is that board. My 2nd one was one of these. The FireBeetle I got from Pihut just worked, never had any issues with that one. Maybe it is the WiFi chip

[@imoldovan]

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys I tried setting wifi credentials in the code and also different versions of sensesp including the very latest Version 3. Nothing worked. I do have some v3 boards on order to test. I'll let you guys know how they work. Also not much help from the github community.

[@DidierVDA]

Thanks for the way to find Sensesp devices. New for me. BR

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Many thanks for your comments - Glad it was helpful.

[@SAMSUNGTABLET-uh9is]

Por favor activen los subtítulos al español, gracias

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Hola, haz clic en el engranaje en la parte inferior del video y luego en los subtítulos y en la traducción automática. El español debería estar ahí como opción.

[@SAMSUNGTABLET-uh9is]

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys Buenos días, en la rueda de opciones de KZbin, no está activada la elección del español. Tiene que seleccionar usted en qué idiomas quiere que sea traducido su video. El usuario que vea el vídeo seleccionará entre los idiomas que usted haya activado. Envío foto para que vea que solo puedo ver la traducción al inglés, porque solo el inglés fue el que usted activó o es el único que sale por defecto. Gracias Este mensaje iba a ser enviado por el correo que me envió, pero no acepta respuestas y no pude enviar la prueba con una captura de pantalla, dónde en la rueda de opciones sólo sale el inglés como única elección.

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

@SAMSUNGTABLET-uh9is Hola, he vuelto a mirar y todas las opciones de traducción automática están marcadas. Debajo de donde dice inglés, ¿ves Traducción automática? Lo probé en un par de dispositivos y puedo ver esa opción en todos ellos.

[@SAMSUNGTABLET-uh9is]

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys sí, es cierto, ya lo he visto, me encanta tus videos, me voy a hacer el de el número de velocidades. Gracias

[@BoatingwiththeBaileys]

Excelente - muchas gracias