ESP8266-H801-MQTT

ESP8266 / H801 RGB controller using MQTT and WiFi (with soft fade)

I have had to re-visit this repository because the wifi manager library seems to have connection problems with the ESP8166EX chip

Just in case it does get fixed, I have the left the original sketch in (called "mqtt_withparms_RGB.ino"). However, in the mean time, I have added the following 2 replacement programs which will work OK

• mqtt_H801_send_in_network.py

  • This is an example python program that you can execute in your desktop to control the LED strip via MQTT
  • Please see the program comments on how to use
  • Reference info can be found here
    • https://www.emqx.com/en/blog/how-to-use-mqtt-in-python#full-python-mqtt-code-example

• H801_MQTT.ino

  • This is the Arduino code that you need to flash into the H801
  • Please see the program comments on how to use
  • Reference info can be found here
    • https://github.com/knolleary/pubsubclient
    • https://www.inspectmygadgets.com/flashing-the-h801-led-controller-with-tasmota-firmware/
    • https://tasmota.github.io/docs/devices/H801/#hardware

Old References (for the old "wifi manager" version - not needed now)

This is based on the following sources

• https://web.archive.org/web/20171221004955/https://eryk.io/2015/10/esp8266-based-wifi-rgb-controller-h801/
• https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager