I recently bought two “WiFi Serial Tranceiver Moudules” model 68Y0156. I have been trying to get one to work with a simple Arduino program that does nothing but send the module an AT command to it, and read the message returned from the module. According to the manual, if I send “AT” I should receive “OK” in return. But I actually get -1.
I used the diagram from here https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/WiFi_Serial_Transceiver_Module/ which shows how to connect the module to an Arduino. I’ve checked my wiring a dozen times, so I’m pretty sure it’s right. I’m using a Mega2560, and have connected the module to tx1/rx1 of the Mega so I am using hardware serial rather than the software serial option shown in the example on that page, but I think that should make no difference. Just in case it does I tried softserial as well, but got the same result.
I found another post that recommended using Serial.write (rather than Serial.println) but I couldn’t get it to work with a variable name, i.e. Serial.write(mystring); failed to compile, but Serial.write("AT+RST"); compiled okay, but still gave me the -1 return code.
What does return code -1 mean? What do I need to do to get this module to work?
I am just an amateur hobbyist, so I am unsure which firmware I should be downloading. I haven’t used ESP8266 before (or WiFi). There are several different versions so I downloaded the latest one, called ESP8266 NonOS AT Bin V1.7.3. Is this the correct version? I’m just interested in using WiFi to communicate to other devices, not connecting to the net or the cloud or anything.
I also don’t know how to burn the software to the device. I explored your site but I have to confess I ended up more confused than ever! Can you please point me to the documentation or instructions on how to do it? I am using the Arduino IDE so far, with the device connected to an Arduino Mega2560. Can I use the same setup to burn the firmware to the device?
This is Seeed’s e-commerce site. We help our partners who don’t have e-commerce sites to sell their products. The maintenance and management of the product is actually the responsibility of the partner.
Hi @Baozhu, thanks for the explanation. I hope you understand my assumption that you would support the product as it is advertised on your site and you also have a tutorial about how to use it on your site too.
Could you please advise who the partner is so I can find the forum for their products and perhaps get help there?
Hello, we are very sorry, our forum is unable to give you any help for the order issue, you need to send an email to [email protected] to inquire, thank you for your cooperation.
Our different departments have different jobs. I have no way to check your order information for you. Have you sent an email to our customer service? If so, you can tell me your email address, and I will give them feedback to help you deal with it. If you have not tried to send an email, please send an email to solve it. Thank you for your cooperation.
I have received 10 emails from customer service. All emails tell me that the order is on its way and i should go and check my local post office. I paid $25 for shipping and still the order is sent as ordinary mail. This is cheating. I am here not to ask you to help me, I know now that you work at Seeed and are supposed to ward off criticism. Its a shit service Seedstudtio is and my advice to everyone is not to buy anything from these shit people.
I am glad to see the solution of the problem, and I am sorry that I have not responded to your question in time because of the busy schedule these days.
