I am running a short Micropython intro workshop. The workshop gets attendees to use Rshell to interact with a wemos D1 mini (esp8266 port).
There is a strong likelihood that people will show up at my next workshop with MS Windows installed on laptops so I thought I had better check Rshell works ok with non-Linux systems.
I installed rshell and pyreadline library through pip on an old laptop but rshell still failed to run.
I note the (reopened) issue # 17 which did indicate that others had managed to get rshell working with Windows at this point, while others failed.
Can anyone write a quick guide to how they got rshell to work on Windows? Any tricks?
using Rshell with windows
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Re: using Rshell with windows
I would be interest to hear if anyone has gotten rshell to work on windows as I couldn't make it go but have used mpfshell and ampy with ESP8266. Of course ESP8266 does have the webrepl where you can both use repl and upload files over a webpage hosted by the ESP8266.
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Re: using Rshell with windows
Just a quick update to this thread. Particularly to help those who thought running a quick workshop would be a great way to introduce Micropython to others...
I really think those new to Micropython would benefit from a painless IDE like MU, so perhaps it may be better to select boards that are compatible with the MU IDE.
- Linux users installed and interacted well with Rshell
- Windows users managed to use MPFshell with the usual driver updates required
- I could not get the mac users working with a single solution for both repl and file transfer.
- webrepl is not really an option when you have a room full of micropython wifi-enabled boards as it is impossible to know which one is yours on the list of wifi access points!!
I really think those new to Micropython would benefit from a painless IDE like MU, so perhaps it may be better to select boards that are compatible with the MU IDE.
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Re: using Rshell with windows
Maybe before hand you could set the SSDI name of each board then put a sticker on that board with its name.webrepl is not really an option when you have a room full of micropython wifi-enabled boards as it is impossible to know which one is yours on the list of wifi access points!!
I have always wondered how it well it would work with a large number if wifi all using 2.4GHz in the 1 room, will they interfere with each other??