VScode and OTA-update MattzoControllers

[Pieter van den Bos]

Hello,

I am super excited about the MattzoBricks development and have automated several trains by now. Really super fun. But before I start configuring more Mattzo controllers I would like to master the OTA update principle first.

I was able to find an instruction for Arduino on the MattzoBricks website but with VSCode I can’t get it working (yet).

Does anyone have instructions on how to work with OTA-updates with VSCode and the MattzoControllers?

Thanks in advance for your response.

Pieter

[Matthias Runte]

Hi Pieter,
it’s always great to hear that people like our stuff.

I am using OTA with VSCode. The idea is to configure some parameters in the [env] section of the my_platform.ini file:

[env:esp12e]
; Use either the ‘upload_port’ line above if the ESP32 is connected to your PC’s USB port or enable/configure the three lines below to use OTA updates.
; The IP address should match that of the controller on your network.
; The should match the current password from the network_config.json you previously uploaded to the controller.
;upload_protocol = espota
;upload_port = 192.168.x.y
;upload_protocol = espota
;upload_flags = –auth=

Remove the semicolons ahead of the parameters and configure them correctly.

Does this help?

If not, there is a lot of Mattzobricks-unspecific documentation on the web, you can find it easily via Google.

Cheers,
Mattze

[Pieter van den Bos]

Hi Mattze,

Thank you for your quick response. And, SUCCES!, the OTA-update is now working. Super!!!

Keep up your good work.

Pieter

[Matthias Runte]

I am happy to hear that. You know that we have a “project” section in which I post some cool layouts of our users. Feel free to send me some media via e-mail. Thanks!

[Pieter van den Bos]

Hi Mattze,

I will definitely do that as soon as the layout of my legocitylayout takes its shape. So far it is mostly expirimenting with Mattzo-controllersettings, Rocrail, soldering, testing, etc. I have the MTC4PF and MLC working. My next step is testing with the MTC4PU. Very much looking forward to it.

Pieter

[Matthias Runte]

Looking forward to it! By the way, I’d recommend the MTC4BT instead of the MTC4PU.

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