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Internet of Things with ESP8266

You're reading from   Internet of Things with ESP8266 Build amazing Internet of Things projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468024
Length 226 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marco Schwartz Marco Schwartz
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Preface 1. Getting Started with the ESP8266 FREE CHAPTER 2. First Projects with the ESP8266 3. Cloud Data Logging with the ESP8266 4. Control Devices from Anywhere 5. Interacting With Web Services 6. Machine-to-Machine Communications 7. Sending Notifications from the ESP8266 8. Controlling a Door Lock from the Cloud 9. Building a Physical Bitcoin Ticker 10. Wireless Gardening with the ESP8266 11. Cloud-Based Home Automation System 12. Cloud-Controlled ESP8266 Robot 13. Building Your Own Cloud Platform to Control ESP8266 Devices Index

Connecting the ESP8266 board to your cloud server


We now actually want to test the server that we just deployed on the cloud. To do so, we are going to see how to configure the hardware we built earlier so it can connect to your own cloud server:

  1. First, we need to include all the required libraries:

    #include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
    #include <PubSubClient.h>
    #include <aREST.h>
    #include "DHT.h"
  2. Next, we define which pin the DHT sensor is connected to:

    #define DHTPIN 4
    #define DHTTYPE DHT11
  3. Next, we create an instance of the DHT sensor:

    DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE, 15);
  4. After that, we create clients to connect to your cloud server:

    WiFiClient espClient;
    PubSubClient client(espClient);
  5. Next, we create the aREST instance. This is where you need to pass the IP address of your remote cloud server as an argument:

    aREST rest = aREST(client, "192.168.0.103");
  6. You also need to give an ID to your current device:

    char* device_id = "01e47f";
  7. Next, set the Wi-Fi name and password of the sketch:

    const char* ssid...
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