Hello, I am using an Arduino UNO R3 with an ESP8266 WiFi Shield to connect 2 DHT-11 sensors to upload their data to ThingSpeak. Sometimes ThingSpeak would only post data on a certain sensor for a bit and then upload to the other randomly. I want ThingSpeak to pick up the sensors within 30-40 seconds of each other consistently. I believe there might be something wrong with my code. I was hoping to get some help on it. Anything is appreciated.
Below is provided code
SoftwareSerial esp8266(RX,TX);
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
esp8266.begin(38400);
sendCommand("AT",5,"OK");
sendCommand("AT+CWMODE=1",5,"OK");
sendCommand("AT+CWJAP=\""+ AP +"\",\""+ PASS +"\"",20,"OK");
}
void loop() {
String getData = "GET /update?api_key="+ API +"&field1="+getTemperatureValue()+"&field2="+getHumidityValue();
sendCommand("AT+CIPMUX=1",5,"OK");
sendCommand("AT+CIPSTART=0,\"TCP\",\""+ HOST +"\","+ PORT,15,"OK");
sendCommand("AT+CIPSEND=0," +String(getData.length()+4),4,">");
esp8266.println(getData);delay(6000);countTrueCommand++;
String getData2 = "GET /update?api_key="+ API +"&field3="+getTemperatureValue2()+"&field4="+getHumidityValue2();
sendCommand("AT+CIPMUX=1",5,"OK");
sendCommand("AT+CIPSTART=0,\"TCP\",\""+ HOST +"\","+ PORT,15,"OK");
sendCommand("AT+CIPSEND=0," +String(getData2.length()+4),4,">");
esp8266.println(getData2);delay(6000);countTrueCommand++;
sendCommand("AT+CIPCLOSE=0",5,"OK");
}
String getTemperatureValue(){
dhtObject.read(dht_apin);
Serial.print(" Temperature(C)= ");
int temp = dhtObject.temperature;
Serial.println(temp);
delay(50);
return String(temp);
}
String getHumidityValue(){
dhtObject.read(dht_apin);
Serial.print(" Humidity in %= ");
int humidity = dhtObject.humidity;
Serial.println(humidity);
delay(50);
return String(humidity);
}
String getTemperatureValue2(){
dhtObject2.read(dht_bpin);
Serial.print(" Temperature(C)= ");
int temp2 = dhtObject2.temperature;
Serial.println(temp2);
delay(50);
return String(temp2);
}
String getHumidityValue2(){
dhtObject2.read(dht_bpin);
Serial.print(" Humidity in %= ");
int humidity2 = dhtObject2.humidity;
Serial.println(humidity2);
delay(50);
return String(humidity2);
}
void sendCommand(String command, int maxTime, char readReplay[]) {
Serial.print(countTrueCommand);
Serial.print(". at command => ");
Serial.print(command);
Serial.print(" ");
while(countTimeCommand < (maxTime*1))
{
esp8266.println(command);//at+cipsend
if(esp8266.find(readReplay))//ok
{
found = true;
break;
}
countTimeCommand++;
}
if(found == true)
{
Serial.println("Pass");
countTrueCommand++;
countTimeCommand = 0;
}
if(found == false)
{
Serial.println("Fail");
countTrueCommand = 0;
countTimeCommand = 0;
}
found = false;
}
2 Comments
Time Descending
I suggest you send both temperatures as one command. The way you are doing it now will violate the rate limit if you have a free license, and its just less efficient. You need to wait 15 seconds between posts for a free license.
Build the whole string for both sensors and then send it as one.
String getData = "GET /update?api_key="+ API +"&field1="+getTemperatureValue()+"&field2="+getHumidityValue() ...
+"&field3="+getTemperatureValue2()+"&field4="+getHumidityValue2();
I didnt test the syntax, but hopefully you get the idea.
Thank you so much this fixed it.
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