Wemos D1 Mini
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How to load Tasmota on the Wemos D1 Mini
If you're insterested in just putting Tasmota on a Wemos D1 mini, use esptool.py and upload tasmota.bin straight onto it
Do NOT use the debian apt version of esptool, but grab it from github or pip
apt-get install pip (or python3-pip) pip install esptool (or pip3 install esptool)
apt-get install git git clone https://github.com/espressif/esptool.git
to upgrade pip: pip install --upgrade pip
Grab the latest Tasmota.bin from the developer's website: https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Download/
Then just connect the board to the computer with a USB cable (no need to do anything with reset buttons or jumper leads etc..)
Command to flash tasmota onto the esp8266:
esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash -fm dout 0x0 tasmota_8.1.0.bin
After uploading the firmware the Wemos D1 mini will broadcast a WLAN captive portal. Set the SSID and password, reboot and
connect to the 'tasmota-2323' (or whatever number you saw) website (http://tasmota-2323/)
If your device doesn't show up in your router's DHCP table, it may still be in 'captive portal' mode and it will advertise its own WLAN. Connect to that and it will take you straight to the internal running tasmota web server. Configure your wifi credentials and reboot. Then set up your mqtt settings.