Comments for Chris Mullins https://blog.christophermullins.com I occasionally write about things. Usually these things are about computers. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:38:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.12 Comment on Reverse engineering the new Milight/LimitlessLED 2.4 GHz Protocol by Dave https://blog.christophermullins.com/2017/03/18/reverse-engineering-the-new-milightlimitlessled-2-4-ghz-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-16972 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:38:16 +0000 http://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=238#comment-16972 Don’t suppose they would have included a Key to switch the encryption right out. (possibly for old remotes and globs) it would make life easier if they did.

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Comment on Milight WiFi Gateway Emulator on an ESP8266 by Dave https://blog.christophermullins.com/2017/02/11/milight-wifi-gateway-emulator-on-an-esp8266/comment-page-6/#comment-16971 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:30:34 +0000 http://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=207#comment-16971 Don’t suppose they would have included a key to switch the encryption  right out. (possibly for older remotes and globes) Why do they have to make it all so hard.

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Comment on Reverse engineering the new Milight/LimitlessLED 2.4 GHz Protocol by Dave https://blog.christophermullins.com/2017/03/18/reverse-engineering-the-new-milightlimitlessled-2-4-ghz-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-16970 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:27:39 +0000 http://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=238#comment-16970 Hi Chris

I think the work you have put into this project is a credit to you and what you have done so far is great!

I have bean playing with the code for this and some of the other linked projects and have not bean able to get anything happening. So I thought I would try the pre-compiled  file.

I have downloaded your hex bin file for ESP8266 node MCU and flashed it. I can connect to the WiFi and does not ask for a pass word. It comes up as FaryLink_CEAA52 the IP is 92.168.4.2 if enter into a browser I get a cannot be found message. If I open the serial monitor in Arduino and rest the ESP I get

NodeMCU 0.9.5 build 20150318 powered by Lua 5.1.4
lua: cannot open init.lua

I thought my ESP was a V2 however is has the elongated chip so maybe it is a V3 Do you have any idea what  I should try to get it going?

There is something else you may be able to tel me, with disco mode is the sequencing in the remote or in the bulb?

Thanks.

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Comment on Reverse engineering the new Milight/LimitlessLED 2.4 GHz Protocol by Dave https://blog.christophermullins.com/2017/03/18/reverse-engineering-the-new-milightlimitlessled-2-4-ghz-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-16943 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:32:04 +0000 http://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=238#comment-16943 I want to have a pay with the code for the MiLleght hub what I am trying to do replace the remote with a ESP8266 and sequence color changes of the MiLight globe  directly from ESP 8266 I chose the FUT104 globe because it is 12 volts and safe to play with. Not worry about extra banks of globes or anything like that at the moment. However I figure that are good price to start all day with the hub code. I have been trying to set up the project with Arduino IDE

I have downloaded the project file from GitHub and unzipped it. Then created a project with Arduino IDE named ESP8266-MyLight-Hub. In the unziped GitHub files in the SRC folder there is a the main file, I have copied the code from mane to my Arduino ESP8266-MyLight-Hub file. In the lib folder there are folders complaining library files .cpp and .h I have copied these folders and their contents to documents/arduino/libraries directory, along with a few other files that Arduino was asking for.

When I verify/Compile I get Errors, Arduino keeps asking for more libraries it seems there are libraries calling libraries. I cannot find all these libraries and the ones that I have found I am uncertain if I have the best alright ones. Somehow I don’t think I am setting the project up right, the structure does not look like something for Arduino. The structure looks more like something for code blocks no some other ide.

Can anyone help with how to set up the project on Arduino ide. Or possibly a cut down version, just ESP8266 remote, something really simple able to just turn on 4 or 5 colours flat out.

 

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Comment on Rescue Your Amazon Dash Buttons by chris https://blog.christophermullins.com/2019/12/20/rescue-your-amazon-dash-buttons/comment-page-1/#comment-16845 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 17:27:00 +0000 https://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=614#comment-16845 Hi Jean-Claude,

Yes, wav file is audible to me but only barely as it’s very high-pitched. I needed to play it through earbuds for it to work. The link to the wav file still works.

Chris

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Comment on Rescue Your Amazon Dash Buttons by Jean-Claude DuBois https://blog.christophermullins.com/2019/12/20/rescue-your-amazon-dash-buttons/comment-page-1/#comment-16844 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:26:23 +0000 https://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=614#comment-16844 Should the wave file be within the human hearing range?  When I play it, I hear nothing in headphones.  Is the wave file audio_exploit_write_customer_secret.s.wav on this page still a valid file?

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Comment on Milight WiFi Gateway Emulator on an ESP8266 by Thilo Bretschneider https://blog.christophermullins.com/2017/02/11/milight-wifi-gateway-emulator-on-an-esp8266/comment-page-5/#comment-16806 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:12:25 +0000 http://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=207#comment-16806 Hi there,
I have just received my Ready-made MiLight Hub (excellent stuff, thanks, Hans) and I would like to thank you very much for your work. The first time I heard about the “Cloud feature” of the official MiLight hub I cancelled my project completely. But thanks to your efforts I can proceed with my own local home automation app using the REST interface.

For the protocol: I am using a FUT006 remote to control FUT036S LED dimmer. Its monochrome LED stripes only, so , and are all I need and use. The brightness control of this dimmer has 10 states: [0, 26, 51, 77, 102, 128, 153, 179, 204, 230, 255] which correspondend to a 10% increase of the LED stripe brightness. The device setting is “cct”.

Regards, Thilo

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Comment on Milight WiFi Gateway Emulator on an ESP8266 by Filip https://blog.christophermullins.com/2017/02/11/milight-wifi-gateway-emulator-on-an-esp8266/comment-page-5/#comment-16292 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 15:45:10 +0000 http://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=207#comment-16292 Hey Pav,
Did you finally get it working… I have also a FUT036, but currently don’t manage to get it working. Don’t know if it related to the controller or another problems…

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Comment on DIY Pet Treat Dispenser by neal https://blog.christophermullins.com/2019/06/11/pet-treat-dispenser/comment-page-1/#comment-15408 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:11:45 +0000 https://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=436#comment-15408 Trying to do this model.. Ive printed it and will order the motors and stuff, but do you have the video assembling it. I just don’t know where all the parts go?

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Comment on Milight WiFi Gateway Emulator on an ESP8266 by Justin https://blog.christophermullins.com/2017/02/11/milight-wifi-gateway-emulator-on-an-esp8266/comment-page-5/#comment-15250 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:50:37 +0000 http://blog.christophermullins.com/?p=207#comment-15250 So I’m having a heck of a time getting this to work. I have PlatformIO installed in VS Code. I have a NodeNCUv2. The following is in platformio.ini:

[env:nodemcuv2]

platform = espressif8266
board = nodemcuv2
framework = arduino
upload_port = COM[4]
monitor_speed = 74880

 
When I run Upload and Monitor, this is what I get:

 

* Executing task in folder esp8266_milight_hub: C:\Users\User\.platformio\penv\Scripts\platformio.exe run –target upload –target monitor –environment nodemcuv2
Processing nodemcuv2 (platform: espressif8266; board: nodemcuv2; framework: arduino)————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–Verbose mode can be enabled via -v, --verbose optionCONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif8266/nodemcuv2.htmlPLATFORM: Espressif 8266 (4.0.1) > NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)HARDWARE: ESP8266 80MHz, 80KB RAM, 4MB FlashPACKAGES:- framework-arduinoespressif8266 @ 3.30002.0 (3.0.2)- tool-esptool @ 1.413.0 (4.13)- tool-esptoolpy @ 1.30000.201119 (3.0.0)- tool-mklittlefs @ 1.203.210628 (2.3)- tool-mkspiffs @ 1.200.0 (2.0)- toolchain-xtensa @ 2.100300.210717 (10.3.0)LDF: Library Dependency Finder -> https://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldfLDF Modes: Finder ~ chain, Compatibility ~ softFound 35 compatible librariesScanning dependencies…No dependenciesBuilding in release modeRetrieving maximum program size .pio\build\nodemcuv2\firmware.elfChecking size .pio\build\nodemcuv2\firmware.elfAdvanced Memory Usage is available via “PlatformIO Home > Project Inspect”RAM: [=== ] 34.0% (used 27892 bytes from 81920 bytes) Flash: [== ] 24.9% (used 260093 bytes from 1044464 bytes)Configuring upload protocol…AVAILABLE: espota, esptoolCURRENT: upload_protocol = esptoolLooking for upload port…Auto-detected: COM4Uploading .pio\build\nodemcuv2\firmware.binesptool.py v3.0Serial port COM4Connecting….Chip is ESP8266EX Features: WiFi Crystal is 26MHz MAC: c8:c9:a3:5c:94:e6Uploading stub… Running stub… Stub running… Configuring flash size…Compressed 264240 bytes to 194515…Writing at 0x00000000… (8 %)Writing at 0x00004000… (16 %)Writing at 0x00008000… (25 %)Writing at 0x0000c000… (33 %)Writing at 0x00010000… (41 %)Writing at 0x00014000… (50 %)Writing at 0x00018000… (58 %)Writing at 0x0001c000… (66 %)Writing at 0x00020000… (75 %)Writing at 0x00024000… (83 %)Writing at 0x00028000… (91 %)Writing at 0x0002c000… (100 %)Wrote 264240 bytes (194515 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 17.2 seconds (effective 123.0 kbit/s)…Hash of data verified.
Leaving…Hard resetting via RTS pin…====================================================================================================================== [SUCCESS] Took 20.44 seconds ======================================================================================================================— Terminal on COM4 | 74880 8-N-1— Available filters and text transformations: colorize, debug, default, direct, esp8266_exception_decoder, hexlify, log2file, nocontrol, printable, send_on_enter, time— More details at https://bit.ly/pio-monitor-filters— Quit: Ctrl+C | Menu: Ctrl+T | Help: Ctrl+T followed by Ctrl+H
ets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:2, boot mode:(3,6)
load 0x4010f000, len 3460, room 16tail 4chksum 0xccload 0x3fff20b8, len 40, room 4tail 4chksum 0xc9csum 0xc9v00040830~ld

 
After that, I press the reset button, but no lights ever come on. I cannot see any wifi network either. Any ideas??? Thanks!

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