What about a password input in section COMMUNICATION to unlock console during connect?

[MaBecker]

Hi,

tried E.setPassword(password) and E.lockConsole();

disconnected and connect, and got this as expected ;-)

password>
  Invalid password
Unable to retrieve board information. Connection Error?
Connected to /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART (No response from board)
password>
  Invalid password
password> 

Workaround:

• enter password
• disconnect, connect

password>
  Logged in.
Disconnected
>
Found ESP8266_4MB, 2v01.85
>
Connected to /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART
> 

[gfwilliams]

Yes, sounds like a good plan. I believe the IDE/EspruinoTools has a 'connect' event that you could hook onto to send the password - but I guess you might want to check for a password prompt first so you don't just end up writing the password as plain text on any device you connect to that doesn't want a password!