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Hi Martin

Which ESP build version are you using ?

I could not workout how to find the build version. BUT when I opened Board Manager, in the ESP8266 section there was an install button active. I assumed that this meant there was an update to be had so I clicked it and the update installed.

All is now working as expected.

I would not have known that there was a new ESP Build avaiable. It would be nice if the Arduino IDE gave a message when such updates were available!

Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this.

Regards

BillP

I'm glad that you resolve the issue !

The concept of BoardManager is pretty recent, so, it not provide yet feedback that new updates are available.
To figure out which version you have, simply look at your Arduino User's folder.

In Linux, it is in your home at ~/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/, and you will see a sub-folder such as 1.6.5-947-g39819f0/ indicating your version.

If there are several, better delete the old ones, because I saw that BM doesn't really do update, but simply install newer one. It can lead to conflicts, so personally, I've deleted the oldest ones.

The 1.6.5-947-g39819f0 version is dated from July 23th. I'm petty sure there will be a new ones in the following days or weeks, but IGRR is busy these days.

Hi Martin

For Windows users I found it in C:\Users\MyUserID\AppData\Roaming\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266

The version I found there was 1.6.4-673-g8cd3697! I have now deleted it.

Thanks again

BillP

You're welcome !