Introduction
Micropython FW for your Ruuvi Gateway's ESP32 module.
Features
- Continous UART reading
- Asynchronous MQTT/HTTP endpoints
- Both HTTP and MQTT can be used at the same time
Known Issue
- Currently no SSL support. (Awaiting a PR to be approved for Micropython)
- Web Server removed due to memory/threading issue whilst using lan. Asynchronous web server might be used in the future.
Flashing
The prebuilt FW should be flashed onto the Ruuvi Gateway as this includes the frozen modules. It can be found on the Releases page.
pip3 install esptool
esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 erase_flash
# Assumes only on is present in Downloads
esptool.py --chip esp32 --port /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash -z 0x1000 ~/Downloads/ruuviGW_v*
Configuration
Configuration is done via a python file, which can be found in the CONFIG folder.
mpfshell can be used to upload this once it has been edited for your environment.
git clone https://github.com/theBASTI0N/ruuvi.gateway.micropython.git
cd ruuvi.gateway.micropython
cd CONFIG
pip3 install mpfshell
mpfshell
# May be different on you system. Use ls /dev/tty* to look at devices
open ttyUSB0
put config.py
repl
Once the file has been placed on the device either restart it, or press CTRL+D when in the REPL.