ESP8266 as Receiver

[dobbsbp]

Currently the way things are set up, an ESP device communicates with a computer which in turn uses a key injector to perform "key presses".

I think a good expansion would be to have the ESP touch/button device connect to another ESP directly or via wifi network and control the gpio pins.

I believe this has an incredible amount of applications so long as the user is able to do the physical construction for whatever it is they would be trying to do. Can be something like a light switch, power outlet control, RC car or similar device and so on.

I'd be curious to hear other ideas for uses, but I do believe it would be worth it to further develop something like this.

Cheers!

[EvansJahja]

I'd like to give suggestion that the communication would have some sort of "channels" later on, to ensure different devices wouldn't unexpectedly interact with others. That way, we can have lots of devices without worrying that braking a RC car would turn off the light. :)

[ulno]

The channels are already working in MQTT mode - just work on different topic - in UDP/TCP this can be simulated talking to different hosts/ports.

[ulno]

It is also possible to remap the input keys to another set of keys as libni supports (at least in libgdx/java) a callback when a new controller is detected. You can then assign a new mapping to this or treat all keys the same.