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uniontownlabs
 
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Re: issue on esp8266 board manager

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@GuillaumeO: You could try quitting the Arduino IDE and removing these folders:

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/Users/Guillaume/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266
/Users/Guillaume/Library/Arduino15/staging
Then you should be able to reinstall the ESP8266 package. If you aren't using an Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266, then your best bet might be to use the new official ESP8266 Community package for the install:

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http://arduino.esp8266.com/package_esp8266com_index.json

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Re: issue on esp8266 board manager

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@uniontownlabs
So quitted the IDE, and removed as you asked the folders, then installed the esp8266 1.6.2 version and yes it compiles.
I did not succeeded in downloading the code to the device.

I quitted the IDE and removed again the packages and stating area and gave a try to the community package.
- with a esp8266 generic device, yes it compiles but did not succeed to download.
- with a nodemcu v1.0 version, yes it compiles and it downloads.

Thank you for this !

I also downloaded a firmware directly and that works with the same hardware (cable and device using http://blog.squix.ch/2015/05/esp8266-fl ... ac-os.html ).

Since those generic esp8266 device are sometimes not predictable, and knowing I can compile and download on the same devices with a windows 7 desktop, I guess I must find the correct combination of cable-pin connection ;-)

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Re: issue on esp8266 board manager

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At last made both version (adafruit package and community package) work on OS X.
Before each try, I clean up the staging and package/esp8266 directories.
- I used an other cable for tx/rx ; I could see the blue led blinking but it was not enough.
- I have to connect the reset pin of esp8266 to a 3.3v source (pull up through a 10k resistor) too.
Now I can compile and download to a generic esp8266.

Thanks

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