ESP8266 Starter System

Esp8266 Starter System - A Self-contained starter system for development of ESP8266 based projectsSystem includes the following base capabilities<ul ><li >WiFi support, including using WiFiManager to save credentials</li><li >A simple LittleFS based preferences system with web edit/save of configuration file (for non-wifi settings)</li></ul> - A fully functioning system control website with 1) a system status view 2) a view/edit settings capability 3) an event history (logging) capability 4) some basic system controls (reset, clear WiFi settings, send email msg, etc) - Code to send email using smt2go.com smtp services as well as integration of email settings into preferences system - A simple event history system that records event messages strings along with a timestamp of when event happened - Misc date and time utilities to help with displaying current date and time and elapsedmillis timestamps DependenciesESP8266WiFi, DNSServer, ESP8266WebServer, WiFiManager, NTPClient, WiFiClient, LittleFS, time.h, TZ.h ElapsedMillisAll of these are likely available through the Arduino IDE Library Manager, but some may need to be installed by.zip files downloaded from github. I seem to have downloaded.zips for wifimanager, ntpclient, and elapsedmillis but I think they're all available through library manager now.This project was developed on a NodeMCU 1.0 ESP-12E module using the Arduino IDE 1.8.15, with this additional board manager: <a href="http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json">http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json</a>The project implements a web control panel for management of the systemAll of the pages of the control website include a left-side button panel with buttons that either link to other pages of the system or invoke operations.<figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/8af300f8-d7f4-4d81-aff4-f02dcc946cf8.PNG /><figcaption>Home page of the ESP8266 Starter System Project</figcaption></figure>Button Function--------- -----------------Home Displays basic operational statusHistory Links to a page with the Event History (see eventHistory.ino)Settings Links to edit/save settings file pageRestart Calls soft restart function to init counters, timers, etcSend Mail 1 Calls sendmail(1) through a helper function in Esp8266Starter.inoSend Mail 2 Calls sendmail(2) through a helper function in Esp8266Starter.inoErase WiFi Calls WiFiManager.resetSettings() then ESP.reset() (after confirm popup)Hard Reset Calls ESP.reset() (after confirm popup) <figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/4f30b924-acd3-493f-96c5-4aca9c61e152.PNG /><figcaption>This page lets you edit settings and save them (WiFiManager used for wifi settings)</figcaption></figure>Next, there's an event history page <figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/74c8b817-edd9-46c7-aa83-c810ba95da9b.PNG /><figcaption>Screenshot of Event History webpage</figcaption></figure>Finally, here's a sample email that was sent by the ESP8266 system:<pre ><code >To: me@gmail.com From: someone.else@emailserver.com Subject: ESP8266 Monitor Alert: System event 1 has occurred Message-Id: <A1mz-wSE-OF@message-id.smtpcorp.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 17:35:39 +0000 This likely means that something has happened. Most Recent Events Entry 1: Sat Jul 17 13:35:35 Email 2 message was sent successfully Entry 2: Sat Jul 17 13:35:22 Configuration settings were saved Entry 3: Sat Jul 17 13:35:13 Soft restart completed This e-mail was sent by the ESP8266 System Monitor Program. </code></pre>

ESP8266 Starter System

Self-contained starter system for ESP8266 projects. Includes a web console, web editable preferences system, event log, email capability