ESP8266 Community Forum

- Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:03 am #24348 So generally speaking,

Lets say I have a server ESP and a client ESP and I want the server to read some sensor data from the client. How would that look Arduino style?

Essentially, I am looking to have a server mounted atop my garage door opener and client mounted to the door which will host a tilt switch. So when I open the server IP from my smartphone; it will ask the client the status of the garage door then send a response to the smartphone. At which time I could push a button that will send a request to the server to activate the opener.

I don't need it 100% spelled out for me but at least a good nudge in the right direction would be most appreciated.

Cheers,

Clayton Allen

- Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:55 pm #24426 Clayton,

maybe something like this where the ESP is its own AP
https://www.hackster.io/rayburne/esp8266-access-point-using-arduino-ide

If you want the ESP logged onto your home WiFi, then more like this:
https://www.hackster.io/rayburne/esp8266-01-web-server
This means you can "see: the ESP on an address which is shared with the same AP your cellphone normally connects.

Both versions have benefits.


Ray

- Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:15 pm #24427 Hi Clayton,
Hi Ray, good to cross each other here !

@Clayton, for having 2 ESPs talking each other, I've posted some tiny example 2 weeks ago, which seems to have been good startup for other people.

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