Hi.
Are you sending the messages to the telegram bot?
Regards,
Sara

Hallo Sara,
it’s the first time I use Telegram. Perhaps I configured something wrong.
It locks like it is possible to create and delete bots without a problem. It would be helpful to create a dummy bot and use its values in the documentation as clear text. Like this it will be easier to follow the tutorial.
For example: is “user ID” = “CHAT ID” (from the lenght I used it)
To my problem. If I send the command “/start” to my bot, nothing changes at the serial monitor, nor in the Telegram App.
Thanks, Peter

Hi.
 
Yes, user ID is the CHAT ID.
For example, in my case, I have the following.
String CHAT_ID = “6458875877”;
String BOTtoken = “6528995186:AAG_modamiJmDjQEqA1PMqPH72qSUbI-6oU;//
The Bot Token is a very long string. So, make sure you copy it properly.
Your issue is probably with the Chat ID or bot token, or you are not sending a message to the right bot.
 
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Sara
 
 

Hello Sara,
thanks for yor help.
I copy/paste the CHAT_ID and BOTtoken to the Script from BotFather and IDBot.
I have only one Bot.
I replaced the ESP32-CAM with unused one.
Arduino IDE is v2.3.2
Universal-Arduino-Telegram-Bot is 1.3.0
ArduinoJson was 7.0.3, changed to 6.152 as in Project Book used.
Got more infos in serial monitor:
…

configInitCamera()

configInitCamera() done

WiFi Connecting to (Name of my SSID) 

cam_hal: EV-EOF-OVF

cam_hal: EV-VSYNC-OVF

..

ESP32-CAM IP Address: 192.168.1.108

Still no response from /start
Copied your script again from github and reloaded it, same result.
Are there other software versions which may be my problem?
Thanks a lot, Peter

Hi.
I just tested the project again.
Everything is working as expected.
The only thing that I can see that might be wrong for it to not working is the bot token.
You can use Web Telegram and copy the BOT token from there to make sure you’re not making mistakes.
https://web.telegram.org/
Additionally, make sure you’re sending the message to the bot you just created (not the Bot Father).
 
If you still cannot make it work, send me some screenshots of the relevant sections of Telegram. To send screenshots, you can upload the pictures to google drive, for example, and then share a link to the files.
 
Regards,
Sara
 
 
 

Hello Sara,
After I controlled every thing once again, I deleted the bot and created a new one the same way … and it is working. “Miracolo”.
Now I will add a BME280 to get the temperature and humidity in our vacation home too.

Thanks for your patience with me and for the many helpfull tutorials.
Peter

Great.
I’m glad everything is working now.
I’ll mark this issue as resolved. If you need further help, you just need to open a new question in our forum.
Regards,
Sara