user16639: I have ESP8266, FTD232 UART, Linux mint 17.3 OS, Arduino IDE 1.6.7,
Following are the connections:
External Power source  ESP8266
  3.3 V                  VCC
  GND                    GND
  3.3 V                  CHPD
  3.3 V                  GPIO0

FTD232 UART  ESP8266
    RX         TX
    TX         RX

Plus FTD232 GND and Power Source GND are connected to make sure that there is a common reference.
I open the Arduino IDE and select Generic ESP 8266 board.
Open Serial Monitor:
AT command, no response..?
I have tried lots of different things found from web, even a new ESP8266, but no response.
Can anybody provide help...?

user15819: The ESP8266-01 will boot and show some boot up messages at baud rate 76800 before switching to the default configured baud rate of 9600 or 115200.
Try setting the baud rate to 76800 and reset the ESP8266 to see if you can see the boot up messages first to determine if your circuit is working. You might see something like this:

ets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:4, boot mode:(3,7)


user16717: 
1.What firmware ? AT commands do not work in nodeMcu firmware. 
Usually the AT firmware work to 115200 bps.
2.If your FTD232 works at 5V, you will need resistor between Arduino TX and ESP RX. ESP8266 only works at 3.3V.
3.Try esplorer - is a very nice tool to test ESP8266:
http://esp8266.ru/esplorer/

16639: <p>I have ESP8266, FTD232 UART, Linux mint 17.3 OS, Arduino IDE 1.6.7,</p>

<p>Following are the connections:</p>

<pre><code>External Power source  ESP8266
  3.3 V                  VCC
  GND                    GND
  3.3 V                  CHPD
  3.3 V                  GPIO0

FTD232 UART  ESP8266
    RX         TX
    TX         RX
</code></pre>

<p>Plus FTD232 GND and Power Source GND are connected to make sure that there is a common reference.</p>

<p>I open the Arduino IDE and select Generic ESP 8266 board.</p>

<p>Open Serial Monitor:</p>

<p>AT command, no response..?</p>

<p>I have tried lots of different things found from web, even a new ESP8266, but no response.</p>

<p>Can anybody provide help...?</p>
 15819: <p>The ESP8266-01 will boot and show some boot up messages at baud rate 76800 before switching to the default configured baud rate of 9600 or 115200.</p>

<p>Try setting the baud rate to 76800 and reset the ESP8266 to see if you can see the boot up messages first to determine if your circuit is working. You might see something like this:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>ets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:4, boot mode:(3,7)</p>
</blockquote>
 16717: <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dQo7D.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dQo7D.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
1.What firmware ? AT commands do not work in nodeMcu firmware. 
Usually the AT firmware work to 115200 bps.</p>

<p>2.If your FTD232 works at 5V, you will need resistor between Arduino TX and ESP RX. ESP8266 only works at 3.3V.</p>

<p>3.Try esplorer - is a very nice tool to test ESP8266:
<a href="http://esp8266.ru/esplorer/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://esp8266.ru/esplorer/</a></p>
