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@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ push them directly to an InfluxDB instance via WiFi.
 - WiFi available, plus access to it. (WPA2 PSK preferred)
 - Running INfluxDB instance on the same network
 - ESP8266 microcontroller (NodeMCU 8266 preferred)
+- git, since you're here, I assume this is already settled
+- Micropython tools: ampy, esptool
+- serial console emulator, I use picocom
 - CC1101 from Texas Instruments radio chip, the 868 MHz version! There are 433Mhz sold out there, read descriptions
 - a couple wires
 - 5V / 3.3V source, depending on what version of ESP you get. A stable 3.3V is preferred
@@ -16,7 +19,6 @@ push them directly to an InfluxDB instance via WiFi.
 ##Quick setup of HW:
 ###1, Interconnect these pins:
 
-
 ESP8266 | ESP8266 description | CC1101 | CC1101 description |
 |-------|---------------------|--------|--------------------|
 |GND    | GND                 | GND    | GND                |
@@ -31,10 +33,95 @@ ESP8266 | ESP8266 description | CC1101 | CC1101 description |
 IO pin, currently configured as interrupt, when new packet is received (i.e. goes HIGH).
 The functionality is currently just to light up a led, interrupt based receive is not implemented.
 
-###2, get Micropython
-###3, Upload Micropython
+###2, Clone this repo, get Micropython
+'''
+git clone https://bastart.spoton.cz/git/Ventil/esp8266_CC1101_davis_vantage_vue.git
+cd esp8266_CC1101_davis_vantage_vue
+wget https://micropython.org/resources/firmware/esp8266-20191220-v1.12.bin -P /tmp
+'''
+###3, Upload Micropython, check
+Need to delete the flash first, then write the custom firmware.
+You need to determine which device is the one
+to write to. If you have only one ESP8266, you are probably safe to use the ttyUSB0,
+I will use ttyUSB1 as I have multiple UARTS on my machine
+'''
+esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB1 --baud 115200  erase_flash
+esptool.py v2.8
+Serial port /dev/ttyUSB1
+Connecting....
+Detecting chip type... ESP8266
+Chip is ESP8266EX
+Features: WiFi
+Crystal is 26MHz
+MAC: cc:50:e3:56:b2:5b
+Uploading stub...
+Running stub...
+Stub running...
+Erasing flash (this may take a while)...
+Chip erase completed successfully in 7.8s
+Hard resetting via RTS pin...
+'''
+Now it is time to upload uPython:
+'''
+esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB1 --baud 115200 write_flash 0 /tmp/esp8266-20191220-v1.12.bin
+esptool.py v2.8
+Serial port /dev/ttyUSB1
+Connecting....
+Detecting chip type... ESP8266
+Chip is ESP8266EX
+Features: WiFi
+Crystal is 26MHz
+MAC: cc:50:e3:56:b2:5b
+Uploading stub...
+Running stub...
+Stub running...
+Configuring flash size...
+Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
+Flash params set to 0x0040
+Compressed 619828 bytes to 404070...
+Wrote 619828 bytes (404070 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 35.8 seconds (effective 138.6 kbit/s)...
+Hash of data verified.
+
+Leaving...
+Hard resetting via RTS pin...
+'''
+And of course, when you try to get to the serial console, you should get somethinglike this
+'''
+picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyUSB1
+picocom v3.1
+
+port is        : /dev/ttyUSB1
+flowcontrol    : none
+baudrate is    : 115200
+parity is      : none
+databits are   : 8
+stopbits are   : 1
+escape is      : C-a
+local echo is  : no
+noinit is      : no
+noreset is     : no
+hangup is      : no
+nolock is      : no
+send_cmd is    : sz -vv
+receive_cmd is : rz -vv -E
+imap is        :
+omap is        :
+emap is        : crcrlf,delbs,
+logfile is     : none
+initstring     : none
+exit_after is  : not set
+exit is        : no
+
+Type [C-a] [C-h] to see available commands
+Terminal ready
+
+>>>
+
+'''
 ###4, Freeze modules, or just upload the .mpy files
 ###5, Modify inte.conf
 ###6, Upload files
-###7, Restart esp8266
+###7, Restart esp8266, check data on serial
 ###8, explore data in Influx
+
+### Optionally, get grafana to plot the graphs for you