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M7CDW-CYRIL
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Will
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@m7cdw-cyril

Thanks for that info, it looks like quite handful.

Could you maybe describe how you think it's not working, does it transmit commands, are the commands received, does the stepper motor move, does it move in the right direction(s), does it move at the expected speed, have you tested each component separately before you hooked them altogether ?

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@m7cdw-cyril

Actually, another piece of information that would help us understand your problem is a description of how much of the circuitry and code is yours and how much was copied from other places.

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It appears to be this project?

 


   
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Posted by: @robotbuilder

It appears to be this project?

Indeed it does, well spotted !

So, @m7cdw-cyril, if it's an established project, what have you changed that it's gone wrong ?

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M7CDW-CYRIL
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I have never stated this is my project I just stated this project I can't get to work yes it is the same project you're looking at that's why if you look in the source code it has got the gentleman's project name on there I've never said it was my project I just haven't been able to get it to work and that's what I want to be able to do unfortunately I haven't got the experience to look into the code to understand why it's not working and this is why I joined the forum and in my opening statement I made it quite clear I have nothing to offer yeah so yeah I've never never actually status and I design project is just trying to get to work


   
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@m7cdw-cyril Ok, so did you then build the same thing? Did you copy paste the code or did you read it and re-key it. Did you change ANYTHING? Having debugged all kinds of other peoples code around the globe for over 50 years, I can tell you I almost never encountered copied code that was an actual copy. ANYTHING other than copy paste can and will introduce errors.

Can you describe exactly what does not work?

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@m7cdw-cyril 

It doesn't matter that it's not a project you made yourself from scratch, nobody is accusing you of pretending that it's your original work. What matters is that now we know that you started from a project that DID work for somebody else and we don't have to nitpick over every detail.

Also, don't feel bad about being new and "not having anything to offer", this forum is to service a wide range of people from those who are learning to those well experienced. The goal is to spread the knowledge base and help each other achieve our goals. Some re here tolerant, some to teach and some for both 🙂

If everyone here already knew everything it'd be a pretty dull place.

So, now that that's out of the way, what changes (if any) have you made to the project besides changing away from an ESP8266 board ? The sketch you posted still appears to be using the ESP8266WiFi library.

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M7CDW-CYRIL
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As I stated in a previous post I never stayed as my project if you look at the top of a project it's  got the project owner stated in the top of  the code it's just that I can't get the the project to work so I come on to the forum to hopefully find some people that would help me get it to work and not to make me feel like I'm being interrogate so I hope there is some people out there that are willing to help me to get the project working thank you very much


   
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@m7cdw-cyril 

I guess you're referring to me, so let me apologize if I have offended you and I'll back out now.

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M7CDW-CYRIL
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As I've stated what I tried to get going and what's the esp8266 I have now gone and upgraded to esp32 to giving you what was happening in an Arsenal of code it's a bit pointless because it may not be the same for the 32 so what I will do is I will try and load it up when the 32 turns up hopefully tomorrow and see if I get any error codes because it's obviously going to be for the 30th to 8682 6632 and I don't know what difference it would make and then we go from there you guys could see if you could get it working and to see whether it was me or whether it was the code thank you


   
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M7CDW-CYRIL
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  1. @robotbuilder if you look at the top of the code you would see that I've left the project owners name in there knowing forward it wasn't my project you just one I'm trying to do

   
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Posted by: @m7cdw-cyril
  1. if you look at the top of the code you would see that I've left the project owners name in there knowing forward it wasn't my project you just one I'm trying to do

You do realize, don't you, that we don't know your name, just the handle you have chosen. So assuming that we can tell that's not your name in the sketch isn't going to fly.

You may have used the CYRIL part of your handle after your pet duck's name 🙂

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M7CDW-CYRIL
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Ok I'm I'm sorry it's just that I jumped on the offensive because it was like being back at.  school and being a thick one at the back of the class the code I  posted on the page is the original code from the owner. I did use another copy to change bits of that  on way to trying to get the project to work that is why I pasted an original copy I managed to get the code to verify ok that it was when I was up uploading it to the 8 to 66 but it kept coming up with error codes and it is where the problems started I looked on different people on the internet for about 3-weeks to try and pick up bits of wireless go wasn't working but I just wasn't getting anywhere this is why I now come on as a foreign just purchased a ESPN 32 with an extended extension aerial which is what I want to try and get working I'm I presumed that the the software or the coding will be the same for the ezy8266 apart from the different libraries different libraries if I presume wrong I'm big grateful and you'll be able to tell me but I view the code is the same but you just on the variations of it so this is where I need some help thank you


   
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M7CDW-CYRIL
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  1. Sorry I did put me name at the bottom of the first post and my name is Cyril the M7CDW is an amateur callsign

   
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