smart-locker

An open source, cost effective, WiFi controlled smart locker created as a senior project.

Tutorial

Download and Install XAMPP:

This software is optional but allows us to run a PHP server locally. If you use another software or pay for cloud hosting this does not pertain to you.

1. Download and install XAMPP 8.0.5 for Windows from their website.
2. Run the setup script inside the /src folder using Powershell.
3. Launch the XAMPP Control Panel and start both the Apache and MySQL servers.

Configuring the ESP8266:

Open the lock.ino source code in the Arduino IDE and perform the following:

1. Add the ESP8266 server to the Additional Boards Manager URLs in File > Preferences.
2. Add the three libraries in the /dependencies folder by going to Sketch > Include Library > Add .ZIP Library...
3. Alter the domain string in the source code to be the IPV4 of the device running the Apache server.
4. Alter the ssid string to be the SSID of the router you want the ESP8266 to connect to.
5. Alter the password string to be, you guessed it, the password to the router you want the ESP8266 to connect to.
6. Upload the code to the ESP8266 and voila.

Dependencies

• ESP8266
• ESPAsyncTCP
• ESPAsyncWebServer
• AsyncHTTPRequest
• XAMPP 8.0.5