02-11-2017, 05:29 PM
That is the correct inverted (normal actually) handshaking.
It seems that 38400 is working, at least partially because you are changing the baud rate and then issuing the connect command (which is connecting). I usually connect at 2400 baud and then switch to 38400, but it doesn't matter which order you do things in. I have not tried this since I switched to the later ESP8266 libraries, so I need to check that to see if the newer libraries are causing a problem.
It seems that 38400 is working, at least partially because you are changing the baud rate and then issuing the connect command (which is connecting). I usually connect at 2400 baud and then switch to 38400, but it doesn't matter which order you do things in. I have not tried this since I switched to the later ESP8266 libraries, so I need to check that to see if the newer libraries are causing a problem.