ESP8266 Community Forum

- Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:29 pm #49259 Has anyone had any success with connecting to this WIFI board?

- Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:19 pm #52806 I have the same problem. I see some posts saying you need wiring rx<->tx

- Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:50 am #53085 Wow, I don't see a good post on here yet suggesting anything so here is my attempt. First of all, there is almost no information that I could find using the link to the described WiFi shield on how it works. It looks as though most of the headers are just passing through pins from whatever board you are connecting to. There appears to be a 90 degree pinout with 5 seperate pins (Tx, Rx, 5V, GND, 3V). The ESP chip can run programs by itself, so in its default configuration it is set up to run AT commands (at least any default setup I have seen). I would try connecting the Tx of your board (like an Uno or a Mega most likely) to the Rx pin on the shield and vice versa for the other Rx/Tx. Use serial communication to send AT commands. You can search the AT commands pretty easy, but if it is set up like i suspect you can communicate via serial AT commands with the board you are using.

- Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:46 pm #54195 Filipe Pinto.

Did you solve the problem? if yes, please let me know.
I have the same problem.

Thanks.