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ESP8266 AT command

Q&A Forum › Category: Home Automation › ESP8266 AT command
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Mike asked 6 years ago

Hi…I’m sending AT command to the ESP8266 through “putty” and it works successfully. But after I burn a simple code into the ESP8266, the AT command no longer working from putty. May I know what should I do? Is it the firmware broken?
Thank you.

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Rui Santos Staff answered 6 years ago

Hello Mike, I think you already know the answer, because you’ve closed the question. 
But I’ll post an answer anyway. When you upload a firmware or a sketch to your ESP, it erases the AT firmware (that’s why will no longer answer the AT commands).
You can only have one firmware running at once:

  • AT firmware
  • Arduino IDE sketch
  • MicroPython firmware
  • Lua firmware

I hope that helps.
Regards,
Rui

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Mike answered 6 years ago

Thanks for answering Rui, may I know the best way to re-program the AT firmware to the board again? Thanks again.

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Rui Santos Staff answered 6 years ago

Hello again, the easiest way to flash a firmware to an ESP32/ESP8266 is using the esptool.py: https://github.com/espressif/esptool

In this Guide I show how to use the esptool.py to flash the ESP with MicroPtyhon firmware (you just need to flash the AT firmware instead). https://www.espressif.com/en/support/download/at

To be honest I think only 1% of users run the ESP with AT firmware, for most applications you can use the ESP as as standalone microcontroller.

You can use the esptool.py to flash the AT firmware.

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