# HG changeset patch # User Radomir Dopieralski # Date 1466851659 -7200 # Node ID 61d01865fc8694f265083800cbe6d41600a5df5a # Parent 071f5f765ec875940a8ee5b5941a898e71ea5621 Update setup instructions. diff -r 071f5f765ec8 -r 61d01865fc86 setup.rst --- a/setup.rst Fri Jun 24 00:01:40 2016 +0200 +++ b/setup.rst Sat Jun 25 12:47:39 2016 +0200 @@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ * If it's Windows or Mac OS, make sure to install `drivers`_ for the CP2102 UBS2TTL chip. MacOS El Capitan requires `disabling kext signing`_ to install it. * A micro-USB cable with data lines that fits your USB port. * You will need a terminal application installed. For Linux and Mac you can - use ``screen``, which is installed by default. For Windows we recommend `PuTTy`_ + use ``screen``, which is installed by default. For Windows we recommend `PuTTy`_ or `CoolTerm`_. * Please note that the workshop will be in English. .. _drivers: http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx .. _disabling kext signing: http://farazmemon.com/2016/02/07/flashing-latest-firmware-on-nodemcu-devkit-v0-9-osx-el-capitan/ .. _PuTTy: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html +.. _CoolTerm: http://freeware.the-meiers.org/ In addition, at the workshop, you will receive: * "NodeMCU AMICA" development board with ESP8266 on it, @@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ You will take all that home with you. +The firmware that is flashed on the boards is also available at https://bitbucket.org/thesheep/espworkshop/downloads/firmware-combined.bin + There will be also some additional hardware available for experimenting, which you won't take home. @@ -94,17 +97,21 @@ Linux and MacOS --------------- -Simply open a terminal and run the following command:: +Simply open a terminal and run the following commands. On Linux:: screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 +On MacOS:: + + screen /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART 115200 + To exit screen, press ctrl+A and then capital K. Windows ------- -For the serial interface to appear in your system, you will need to install the drivers_ for CP2102. Once you have that, you can use either Hyper Terminal or PuTTy to connect to it, following this guide_. +For the serial interface to appear in your system, you will need to install the drivers_ for CP2102. Once you have that, you can use either Hyper Terminal, PuTTy or CoolTerm to connect to it, following this guide_. The parameters for the connection are: 115200 baud rate, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.