Pycom - expansion board3 and WiPy3

[Kosta185335]

Greetings all.
First time here and I hope someone can assist. I am starting to dabble with IOT and wireless sensors stuff and for starters, have been trying to get the Pycom - Expansion board 3 and Wipy 3 running. However, I have run into roadblocks.

1. I have been unable to install Pymakr under atom. I did read that this setup environment is kind of been phased out… After many failed attempts I moved to PyBytes which I believe is the preferred platform.

2. I followed the procedure under PyBytes and still could not get the device connected. The two components were recognised and I proceeded with the setup procedure. I did deploy the Wi-Fi stuff to the board but did notice that the word password was misspelt. It that a big deal? Once I completed the last step, the device did not connect so I don’t understand what I did wrong. Has anyone else run in this problem?

Cheers

[Liam]

Hi Kosta,

Welcome to the forum!!

Just before we jump into things, which version of the expansion board did you have?
And what error were you having when installing Pymakr?

I think PyBytes is oriented towards industry/people that are getting into the Maker scene.

I’ve got a WiPy and expansion board 3.0 sitting in front of me know, trying to get it setup!

I’ll update this topic with my findings
Liam

[Liam]

I havent had any luck yet but another user on the forum @Liam120347
Suggested a couple of fixes a while back on the topic: Which LoRa module for sending temperature data 1km "peer to peer"? - #5 by Liam120347

@Liam120347

Interesting, thats a very dauting error message. It looks like its a mismatch with Python versions. Tucked away down the bottom of the PyMakr install is a common issues section with a supposed fix.

Commands and copy-able stuff:

echo "python=/usr/bin/python2.7" >> ~/.atom/.apmrc
apm install
~/.atom/packages/pymakr

Let us know how you go with that!