install_manual.md

📎 Setup and instruction

So you've decided to play with WatchTower, that's great 👍 Follow this tutorial to get yourself started.

🥩 Sources

Ok, assuming you have Arduino IDE setup and working properly:

Download latest sketch folder from here to your desktop. Open up with Arduino IDE, choose your board and compile / upload to your ESP32.

📦 Release

The easiest way is to upload binary directly to the ESP device, so:

• Grab latest release
• Use esp.huhn.me to upload the binary over WWW

📓 Important

🛑 Red LED

WatchTower was written with the use of M5Stack AtomU which has a RGB led built in, but it also uses LED_BUILTIN on PIN 2 for notification. If none is working, you might consider updating the source code to fit your needs.

💾 SPIFFS

WatchTower uses SPIFFS for storage, do ensure that when working with sources, you set a proper partitioning there to allow file storage and OTA

⏬ OTA

WatchTower supports OTA, again as above, ensure partition is set properly before uploading.

🧮 Setup

Once you're done with uploading the software to your ESP32 device, it's time to set it up. Grab yourself a ☕ and lets begin.

Initial setup (reset) - fresh

When just uploaded or reset, WatchTower will wait for your inputs on Serial. I will use great online Serial Terminal to guide you through, so if you enjoy new tools - follow me.

1. Open up https://serial.huhn.me/
2. Plug in your WatchTower
3. Click Connect

4. Select serial port and hit Connect

5. Follow the instructions on the terminal

   

6. Hit Enter to start

7. Provide your WiFi

8. Provide your WiFi Password

9. You're done, WatchTower will now connect to your WiFi and start monitoring it.
10. Close the webterminal page.