I’m trying to use a sketch from this repository which uses MQTT to send a notification to Home-Assistant that acts a “presence sensor”. When the NodeMCU comes into range of the specified SSID, the controller connects to WiFi and sends a MQTT message to home-assistant which can then perform some home automation commands. This code does exactly that. The MQTT messages are sent and received.
What is not working is that I can’t update the sketch over the air (OTA) via the included ArduinoOTA library. After uploading this sketch to the NodeMCU, it connects to WiFi and I am getting a message from the console output that the device is ready for OTA updates. From everything that I’ve read I beleive there is supposed to be an option in the Arduino menus where I can specify that I want to update OTA instead of a com port. How can I enable this in the IDE? Also, is there a way to “connect” to the serial monitor so that I can also see the output OTA?
I’m attaching the sketch for your convenience:
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// Modify these values for your environment
const char* wifiSSID = "wifissid"; // Your WiFi network name
const char* wifiPassword = "wifipassword"; // Your WiFi network password
const char* otaPassword = "myotapassword"; // OTA update password
const char* mqttServer = "192.168.1.2"; // Your MQTT server IP address
const char* mqttUser = ""; // mqtt username, set to "" for no user
const char* mqttPassword = ""; // mqtt password, set to "" for no password
const String mqttNode = "CarPresence"; // Your unique hostname for this device
const String mqttDiscoveryPrefix = "homeassistant"; // Home Assistant MQTT Discovery, see https://home-assistant.io/docs/mqtt/discovery/
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// Home Assistant MQTT Discovery, see https://home-assistant.io/docs/mqtt/discovery/
// We'll create one binary_sensor device to track MQTT connectivity
const String mqttDiscoBinaryStateTopic = mqttDiscoveryPrefix + "/binary_sensor/" + mqttNode + "/state";
const String mqttDiscoBinaryConfigTopic = mqttDiscoveryPrefix + "/binary_sensor/" + mqttNode + "/config";
// And a sensor for WiFi signal strength
const String mqttDiscoSignalStateTopic = mqttDiscoveryPrefix + "/sensor/" + mqttNode + "-signal/state";
const String mqttDiscoSignalConfigTopic = mqttDiscoveryPrefix + "/sensor/" + mqttNode + "-signal/config";
// And a sensor for device uptime
const String mqttDiscoUptimeStateTopic = mqttDiscoveryPrefix + "/sensor/" + mqttNode + "-uptime/state";
const String mqttDiscoUptimeConfigTopic = mqttDiscoveryPrefix + "/sensor/" + mqttNode + "-uptime/config";
// The strings below will spill over the PubSubClient_MAX_PACKET_SIZE 128
// You'll need to manually set MQTT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE in PubSubClient.h to 512
const String mqttDiscoBinaryConfigPayload = "{\"name\": \"" + mqttNode + "\", \"device_class\": \"connectivity\", \"state_topic\": \"" + mqttDiscoBinaryStateTopic + "\"}";
const String mqttDiscoSignalConfigPayload = "{\"name\": \"" + mqttNode + "-signal\", \"state_topic\": \"" + mqttDiscoSignalStateTopic + "\", \"unit_of_measurement\": \"dBm\", \"value_template\": \"{{ value }}\"}";
const String mqttDiscoUptimeConfigPayload = "{\"name\": \"" + mqttNode + "-uptime\", \"state_topic\": \"" + mqttDiscoUptimeStateTopic + "\", \"unit_of_measurement\": \"msec\", \"value_template\": \"{{ value }}\"}";
// Set the signal strength and uptime reporting interval in milliseconds
const unsigned long reportInterval = 5000;
unsigned long reportTimer = millis();
// Set LED "twinkle" time for maximum daylight visibility
const unsigned long twinkleInterval = 50;
unsigned long twinkleTimer = millis();
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266mDNS.h>
#include <WiFiUdp.h>
#include <ArduinoOTA.h>
#include <PubSubClient.h>
WiFiClient wifiClient;
PubSubClient mqttClient(wifiClient);
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// System setup
void setup() {
pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println("\nHardware initialized, starting program load");
// Start up networking
setupWifi();
// Create server and assign callbacks for MQTT
mqttClient.setServer(mqttServer, 1883);
mqttClient.setCallback(mqtt_callback);
// Start up OTA
if (otaPassword[0]) {
setupOTA();
}
Serial.println("Initialization complete\n");
}
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// Main execution loop
void loop() {
// check WiFi connection
if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
setupWifi();
}
// check MQTT connection
if (!mqttClient.connected()) {
mqttConnect();
}
// MQTT client loop
if (mqttClient.connected()) {
mqttClient.loop();
}
// LED twinkle
if (mqttClient.connected() && ((millis() - twinkleTimer) >= twinkleInterval)) {
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, !digitalRead(LED_BUILTIN));
twinkleTimer = millis();
}
// Report signal strength and uptime
if (mqttClient.connected() && ((millis() - reportTimer) >= reportInterval)) {
String signalStrength = String(WiFi.RSSI());
String uptimeTimer = String(millis());
mqttClient.publish(mqttDiscoSignalStateTopic.c_str(), signalStrength.c_str());
mqttClient.publish(mqttDiscoUptimeStateTopic.c_str(), uptimeTimer.c_str());
reportTimer = millis();
}
// OTA loop
if (otaPassword[0]) {
ArduinoOTA.handle();
}
}
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// Functions
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// Handle incoming commands from MQTT
void mqtt_callback(char* topic, byte* payload, unsigned int payloadLength) {
}
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// Connect to WiFi
void setupWifi() {
Serial.print("Connecting to WiFi network: " + String(wifiSSID));
WiFi.hostname(mqttNode.c_str());
WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
WiFi.begin(wifiSSID, wifiPassword);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
// Wait 500msec seconds before retrying
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("\nWiFi connected successfully and assigned IP: " + WiFi.localIP().toString());
}
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// MQTT connection and subscriptions
void mqttConnect() {
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
Serial.println("Attempting MQTT connection to broker: " + String(mqttServer));
// Attempt to connect to broker, setting last will and testament
if (mqttClient.connect(mqttNode.c_str(), mqttUser, mqttPassword, mqttDiscoBinaryStateTopic.c_str(), 1, 1, "OFF")) {
// when connected, record signal strength and reset reporting timer
String signalStrength = String(WiFi.RSSI());
reportTimer = millis();
String uptimeTimer = String(millis());
// publish MQTT discovery topics and device state
Serial.println("MQTT discovery connectivity config: [" + mqttDiscoBinaryConfigTopic + "] : [" + mqttDiscoBinaryConfigPayload + "]");
Serial.println("MQTT discovery connectivity state: [" + mqttDiscoBinaryStateTopic + "] : [ON]");
Serial.println("MQTT discovery signal config: [" + mqttDiscoSignalConfigTopic + "] : [" + mqttDiscoSignalConfigPayload + "]");
Serial.println("MQTT discovery signal state: [" + mqttDiscoSignalStateTopic + "] : " + WiFi.RSSI());
Serial.println("MQTT discovery uptime config: [" + mqttDiscoUptimeConfigTopic + "] : [" + mqttDiscoUptimeConfigPayload + "]");
Serial.println("MQTT discovery uptime state: [" + mqttDiscoUptimeStateTopic + "] : " + uptimeTimer);
mqttClient.publish(mqttDiscoUptimeConfigTopic.c_str(), mqttDiscoUptimeConfigPayload.c_str(), true);
mqttClient.publish(mqttDiscoUptimeStateTopic.c_str(), uptimeTimer.c_str());
mqttClient.publish(mqttDiscoBinaryConfigTopic.c_str(), mqttDiscoBinaryConfigPayload.c_str(), true);
mqttClient.publish(mqttDiscoBinaryStateTopic.c_str(), "ON");
mqttClient.publish(mqttDiscoSignalConfigTopic.c_str(), mqttDiscoSignalConfigPayload.c_str(), true);
mqttClient.publish(mqttDiscoSignalStateTopic.c_str(), signalStrength.c_str());
Serial.println("MQTT connected");
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
}
else {
Serial.println("MQTT connection failed, rc=" + String(mqttClient.state()));
}
}
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// (mostly) boilerplate OTA setup from library examples
void setupOTA() {
// Start up OTA
// ArduinoOTA.setPort(8266); // Port defaults to 8266
ArduinoOTA.setHostname(mqttNode.c_str());
ArduinoOTA.setPassword(otaPassword);
ArduinoOTA.onStart([]() {
Serial.println("ESP OTA: update start");
});
ArduinoOTA.onEnd([]() {
Serial.println("ESP OTA: update complete");
});
ArduinoOTA.onProgress([](unsigned int progress, unsigned int total) {
//Serial.printf("Progress: %u%%\r", (progress / (total / 100)));
});
ArduinoOTA.onError([](ota_error_t error) {
Serial.println("ESP OTA: ERROR code " + String(error));
if (error == OTA_AUTH_ERROR) Serial.println("ESP OTA: ERROR - Auth Failed");
else if (error == OTA_BEGIN_ERROR) Serial.println("ESP OTA: ERROR - Begin Failed");
else if (error == OTA_CONNECT_ERROR) Serial.println("ESP OTA: ERROR - Connect Failed");
else if (error == OTA_RECEIVE_ERROR) Serial.println("ESP OTA: ERROR - Receive Failed");
else if (error == OTA_END_ERROR) Serial.println("ESP OTA: ERROR - End Failed");
});
ArduinoOTA.begin();
Serial.println("ESP OTA: Over the Air firmware update ready");
}