Configuring IoT modules

In this page, we will explain how you can configure the IoT Homelab modules for your router and selected MQTT broker. To configure the modules you will need:

1. Wifi name and password.
2. MQTT broker IP adress, port and username and password (if using password protected broker).
3. A laptop/PC with WiFi connection and a program capable of HTTP POST request.

To configure the IoT Homelab modules you will need some kind of a program that allows to make a HTTP POST request. In this tutorial we will be using Advanced REST Client (ARC) that can be downloaded here.

If you power on the module for the first time, it will go to Boot mode. That means it will create a Wifi access point that you can connect to with your laptop. That happens every time the module cannot connect to the router or the broker.

NB! If you want to reconfigure the module you have to first disable (or move out of range) the current router the module is configured to. That is because if the module can connect to the router and broker defined, it does not create an access point.