Introducing Annex Version 1.50.8 and New Websites for Updates and Flashing

[lyizb]

No extra spaces, but I was able to get a fixed IP on the second ESP32 S2Mini by following the same process--delete the fixed IP and restart to get a DHCP-provided IP, go into CONFIG at that IP and add the fixed IP address, save and restart. Whew.

[PeterN]

How would I use DHCP? Leave IP address blank?

Yes

That worked--but I always use fixed IPs. Any idea why that wouldn't work (it did for the three ESP32 D1Minis)?

I was able to go into CONFIG for the DHCP address given, change it to the fixed IP I wanted, save it and restart. Then I had the desired fixed IP.

Strange.

For fixed IP assignment, it is best to avoid the range of DHCP addresses that your router can/will provide. This range can be set in the router.
The router will try to reassign an address to other devices if it is not (anymore) in its internal list of already assigned IP addresses. So then this address could be assigned to TWO devices at the same time (manually and via DHCP).
If you take an IP address outside this range, there can be no collision if YOU take care that this address is not assigned twice by mistake.

[lyizb]

My router is set to provide IPs numbering above 199, so I have lots of room in the lower part of the range. There was not a conflict with the numbers I attempted to use (and have now successfully applied).

[PeterN]

Then only the famous strange earth rays remain as a cause, which confused the electrons on their way through the microcontroller;-)

[lyizb]

There is much weirdness to be encountered on this journey.

[Electroguard]

What is the wokwi bin update for ?

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[cicciocb]

What is the wokwi bin update for ?


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It is a test version but is not useful as is.

[PeterN]

Experiences with the NETBIOS function.
I just want to give some positive feedback about the experience with a renewed(?), very useful feature:
Interaction with the Windows NETBIOS name service now seems to work reliably.
It takes the AP name in the configuration file to report the name to the Windows name service.
So in my CHROME browser, I can now reliably use:
http://THE_MODULES_NAME/edit or even just THE_MODULES_NAME.

No more trying in vain to remember the IP address or even looking for it in the serial monitor etc!

I haven't yet tested how Windows behaves when two modules are used consecutively or simultaneously that have the same name in the configuration file. So now I pay more attention to unique names in the config

Thanks to Francesco

[efalken]

Hi Ciccio,
it's me again, struggeling with MQTT.
I am on the newest ESP32 release 1.51.1 lfs
I want to publish a message to the mosquitto broker with the retain flag set to make homeassistant recognize the device.
But in the execellent MQTT-Explorer this flag is not shown like on many other messages in my system.
The broker responds normaly as if the message is recieved correctly.
Am I missing something.
If I succeed somehow I will write a post about including Annex devices into homeassistant (the best IoT server around).
Besides my problems I very much apprechiate your work.
Regards
Erhard

[cicciocb]

Hi Ciccio,
it's me again, struggeling with MQTT.
I am on the newest ESP32 release 1.51.1 lfs
I want to publish a message to the mosquitto broker with the retain flag set to make homeassistant recognize the device.
But in the execellent MQTT-Explorer this flag is not shown like on many other messages in my system.
The broker responds normaly as if the message is recieved correctly.
Am I missing something.
If I succeed somehow I will write a post about including Annex devices into homeassistant (the best IoT server around).
Besides my problems I very much apprechiate your work.
Regards
Erhard

HI,
please give me a test case that I can use to check the problem.

edit :

I tried to use MQTT Explorer and I confirm that Annex send correctly the flag "retain" :

I used this little example

Code: [Local Link Removed for Guests]

' MQTT SSL test program
' Using mosquitto test server
' a complete help of Annex32 can be found here
' https://cicciocb.com/annex32help/V1.442/

received = 0
onmqtt mqtt_msg
print mqtt.setup("mqtt://test.mosquitto.org", 1)
print mqtt.connect("", "") ' No login / pass required

print mqtt.publish "/AnnexTest", "fromAnnex", 2, 1
wait

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