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Write a matlab script that will print the odd numbers, 1 through 20, in reverse.
I cannot figure out how to do this correctly, please help.
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Hello, I have followed the tutorial from https://www.halvorsen.blog/documents/technology/iot/arduino/resources/Arduino%20UNO%20R4%20WiFi%20and%20ThingSpeak.pdf to use an arduino Uno R4 wifi board to write sensor data to thingspeak, and the field 1 of random data is updating properly, but when I try to send data from analog pin A0 it will not update to field 2. I've been speaking with ChatGPT to try to resolve this issue, and it has offered several solutions that have simplified the code dramatically but the same problem persists. I wonder if this could be an error with the channel settings in my thingspeak channel? I cannot find any errors myself. ChatGPT suggested looking for the http responses to trouble shoot and both fields return -210, which it says means the API key is missing, but I have stored this key in the seperate arduino_secrets.h tab in the code, so both fields must be using the same API key, and since field 1 is working properly I don't think this is the issue. This is why I suspect there might be a deeper issue with my channel. I set it up about a year ago with a different experimental project, so maybe it has been corrupted over time. Any help is much appreciated! My current loop code reads as follows:
void loop() {
// Update field 1
float temperature = random(2000, 3000) / 100.0;
Serial.println(temperature);
ThingSpeak.setField(1, temperature);
ThingSpeak.writeFields(SECRET_CH_ID, SECRET_WRITE_APIKEY);
int response = ThingSpeak.writeFields(SECRET_CH_ID, SECRET_WRITE_APIKEY);
Serial.print("ThingSpeak write response code: ");
Serial.println(response);
delay(1000); // Add a delay to separate updates
// Update field 2
float button = analogRead(A0);
int buttonInt = static_cast<int>(button);
Serial.println(buttonInt);
ThingSpeak.setField(2, buttonInt);
ThingSpeak.writeFields(SECRET_CH_ID, SECRET_WRITE_APIKEY);
int response2 = ThingSpeak.writeFields(SECRET_CH_ID, SECRET_WRITE_APIKEY);
Serial.print("ThingSpeak write response code: ");
Serial.println(response2);
delay(19000); // Adjust the delay to maintain the total delay period
}
I have encountered a problem. I want to study the direction of PHEVP2 configuration energy control strategy, but the whole vehicle model has stumped me. I don't know how to proceed, and every time I run, an error message will be reported. I don't understand where the problem lies?
Hi there,
I hope someone can help me on this.
I have written a code to connect my SIM7600 to Thingspeak using MQTT. It is basically an aruidino code. All instructions are echo's with an OK message so assume those instrictions are correct. However, the final step, publishing the message to the MQTT server return an error : CMQTTCONNLOST : 0,1.
Any idea which instructions might be wron?
I included the commands send.
10:09:09.031 -> AT+CMQTTPUB=0,0,60,0,0
10:09:09.031 -> +CMQTTPUB: 0,0
10:09:09.031 ->
10:09:09.031 -> OK
10:09:09.031 ->
10:09:09.031 -> +CMQTTCONNLOST: 0,1
The program :
SerialAT.begin(115200, SERIAL_8N1, RXD2, TXD2);
delay(1000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CRESET"); // Reset the SIM7600 module
Read_Response(30000);
SerialAT.println("AT+IPR=115200"); // Set Baudrate of the SIM7600 module
Read_Response(30000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CSQ"); // Check signal level
Read_Response(10000);
SerialAT.println("AT+COPS?"); // Query network information
Read_Response(10000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CMQTTSTOP"); //Stop MQTT service
Read_Response(10000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CMQTTSTART"); //Start MQTT service
Read_Response(10000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CSSLCFG=\"sslversion\",0,3"); //Configure SSL contect ssl_ctxindex,sslversion <0,TLS1.2>
Read_Response(10000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CSSLCFG=\"authmode\",0,0"); //Establishing MQTT Connection <ssl_ctx_index,authmode<0,no autentification>
Read_Response(10000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CMQTTACCQ=0,\"Username\",0,4"); // Acquire a client <client_index,client_ID>
Read_Response(10000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CMQTTSSLCFG=0,0"); // Set the SSL context <session_id,ssl_ctx_index> ssl_ctx_index check AT+CSSLCFG command
Read_Response(10000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CMQTTCONNECT=0,\"tcp://mqtt3.thingspeak.com:1883\",90,1,\"Username\",\"password\""); //Connect to MQTT server <client_index,server_addr,keep_alive time,clean_session,username,password>
Read_Response_Ignore_OK(3000);
String payload="\"channels/"+ String(ChannelId)+"/publish\"";
int Payload_Length;
Payload_Length=payload.length();
SerialAT.println("AT+CMQTTTOPIC=0,"+String(Payload_Length)); // Input the publish message topic <client_index,req_length>
SerialAT.println(payload);
Read_Response_Ignore_OK(3000);
payload="field1=12&field2=13&status=MQTTPUBLISH";
Payload_Length=payload.length();
SerialAT.println("AT+CMQTTPAYLOAD=0,"+String(Payload_Length)); // input the publish message body <client_index,req_length>
SerialAT.println(payload);
Read_Response_Ignore_OK(1000);
SerialAT.println("AT+CMQTTPUB=0,0,60,0,0"); // Publish a message to the server <client_id,qos,pub_timeout,retained>
Read_Response_Ignore_OK(1000);
Serial.print(Receive_buffer);
Serial.println("And we are done");
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I have been having problems sending ThingSpeak alerts so I created a simple routine that demonstrates the problem. The code executes successfully but I never receive an email with the alert. What am I doing wrong?
% Set Thingspeak address, alerts API key, and options for the HTTTP call
alertUrl = "https://api.thingspeak.com/alerts/send";
alertApiKey = "TAKxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
options = weboptions("HeaderFields",["ThingSpeak-Alerts-API-Key",alertApiKey]);
% Set content for email subject and body.
alertSubject = "ThingSpeak Alert Subject";
alertBody = "ThingSpeak Alert Body";
% Catch errors so the MATLAB code does not disable a TimeControl if it fails
try
webwrite(alertUrl, "body", alertBody, "subject", alertSubject, options);
catch Exception
fprintf("Failed to send alert: %s\n", Exception.message);
end
Hello I want to upload a single value from a raspberry and I can't find a way. Can somebody help me?
Lot of Thanks¡¡
Seeing a colleague make this mistake (one I've had to fix multiple times in other's work too) makes me want to ask the community: would you like the awgn() function/blocks to give the option for creating a SNR at the bandwidth of the signal? Your typical flow is something like this:
- Create a signal, usually at some nominal upsampling factor (e.g., 4) such that it's now nicely over sampled, especially if you're using a RRC or similar pulse shaping filter.
- Potentially add a frequency offset (which might make the sample frequency even higher)
- Add AWGN channel model for a desired SNR
- Put this into your detector/receiver model
The problem is, when someone says, "I'm detecting XYZ at foo SNR," it should not magically improve as a function of the oversample. The problem isn't that awgn() generates white noise, that's what it's supposed to do and the typical receiver has noise across the entire band. The problem is that SNR is most properly defined as the signal power over the noise power spectral density times the signal's noise equivalent bandwidth. Now I looked and there's no handy function for computing NEBW for an input signal (there's just a function for assessing analysis windows). In practice it can get a bit tricky. The occupied bandwidth or HPBW are often close enough to the NEBW, we're usually not haggling over hundredths of a dB. So, in my not so humble opinion, the "measured" flag for awgn() should give an option for bandwidth matching or at least document the behavior better in the help page. All too often I'm seeing 3-6 (or worse) dB errors because people aren't taking the signal's bandwidth into account.
Dear all,
in the Matlab Analysis I use twice the fuinction thingSpeakRead to read data from a channel, from two different fields.
The problem is that so far, only one of the values is read properly and the other one delivers NaN.
What could be the reason?
Thank you!
Here's my code:
% TODO - Replace the [] with channel ID to read data from:
readChannelID = [xxx];
% TODO - Enter the Read API Key between the '' below:
readAPIKey = 'xxxxxxxx';
% TODO - Replace the [] with channel ID to write data to:
writeChannelID = [xxx];
% TODO - Enter the Write API Key between the '' below:
writeAPIKey = 'xxxxxx';
%% Read Data %%
%data = thingSpeakRead(readChannelID, 'ReadKey', readAPIKey);
temperature = thingSpeakRead(xxx,Fields=[1])
humidity = thingSpeakRead(xxx,Fields=[8])
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Hallo,
ich Neuling hier, und habe das Beispiel WriteMultipleFields benutzt um die Funktionsweise zu verstehen.
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Problem updating channel. HTTP error code -401 abwechselnd mit
Channel update successful.
Es ist immernoch die gleiche Software, Board ist WiFi LoRa 32 V3.
Buongiorno, non mi è possibile connetermi al canale di thingspeak che ho creato, per passare i dati tramite MQTT. Il codice segue la libreria PubSubClient su arduino ide, l'errore restituito dal serial monitor dell'ide é: -4 : MQTT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT - the server didn't respond within the keepalive time.
Allego il codice per eventuali verifiche:
Grazie per a disponibilità
#include "PubSubClient.h"
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include "secrets.h"
bool DEBUG = false; // true=serial message of debug enabled
char* server = "mqtt.thingspeak.com";
WiFiClient wifiClient;
PubSubClient client(server, 1883, wifiClient);
String payload;
// BME280 Setting
#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_BME280.h>
//#define SEALEVELPRESSURE_HPA (1013.25)
Adafruit_BME280 bme; // I2C
bool BMEStatus;
ADC_MODE(ADC_VCC); // Set ADC for read Vcc
// Update time in seconds. Min with Thingspeak is ~20 seconds
const int UPDATE_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 3600; //il clock interno ha un errore del 5% questo valore va tarato sperimentalmente
//const int UPDATE_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 60; // caricamento ogni minuto solo per test
void setup()
{
// Connect BME280 GND TO pin14 OR board's GND
pinMode(14, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(14, LOW);
Serial.begin(115200);
delay(10);
// BME280 Initialise I2C communication as MASTER
Wire.begin(13, 12); //Wire.begin([SDA], [SCL])
BMEStatus = bme.begin();
if (!BMEStatus)
{
if (DEBUG) { Serial.println("Could not find BME280!"); }
//while (1);
}
// Weather monitoring See chapter 3.5 Recommended modes of operation
bme.setSampling(Adafruit_BME280::MODE_FORCED,
Adafruit_BME280::SAMPLING_X1, // temperature
Adafruit_BME280::SAMPLING_X1, // pressure
Adafruit_BME280::SAMPLING_X1, // humidity
Adafruit_BME280::FILTER_OFF );
// read values from the sensor
float temperature, humidity, pressure;
if (BMEStatus)
{
temperature = bme.readTemperature();
humidity = bme.readHumidity();
pressure = bme.readPressure() / 100.0F;
}
else
{
if (DEBUG) Serial.println("Could not find BME280!");
temperature=0;
humidity=0;
pressure=0;
}
float voltage = ESP.getVcc();
voltage = voltage/1024.0; //volt
if (DEBUG)
{
Serial.println("T= " + String(temperature) + "°C H= " + String(humidity) + "% P=" + String(pressure) + "hPa V=" + voltage + "V");
}
// Construct MQTT payload
payload="field1=";
payload+=temperature;
payload+="&field2=";
payload+=humidity;
payload+="&field3=";
payload+=pressure;
payload+="&field4=";
payload+=voltage;
payload+="&status=MQTTPUBLISH";
//Connect to Wifi
if (DEBUG)
{
Serial.println();
Serial.print("\nConnecting to WiFi SSID ");
Serial.print(SECRET_SSID);
}
WiFi.begin(SECRET_SSID, SECRET_PASS);
int timeOut=10; // Time out to connect is 10 seconds
while ((WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) && timeOut>0)
{
delay(1000);
if (DEBUG) { Serial.print("."); }
timeOut--;
}
if (timeOut==0) //No WiFi!
{
if (DEBUG) Serial.println("\nTimeOut Connection, go to sleep!\n\n");
ESP.deepSleep(1E6 * UPDATE_INTERVAL_SECONDS);
}
if (DEBUG) // Yes WiFi
{
Serial.print("\nWiFi connected with IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}
// Reconnect if MQTT client is not connected.
if (!client.connected())
{
reconnect();
}
mqttpublish();
delay(200); // Waiting for transmission to complete!!! (ci vuole)
WiFi.disconnect( true );
delay( 1 );
if (DEBUG) { Serial.println("Go to sleep!\n\n"); }
// Sleep ESP and disable wifi at wakeup
ESP.deepSleep( 1E6 * UPDATE_INTERVAL_SECONDS, WAKE_RF_DISABLED );
}
void loop()
{
//there's nothing to do
}
void mqttpublish()
{
// read values from the sensor
float temperature, humidity, pressure;
if (DEBUG)
{
Serial.print("Sending payload: ");
Serial.println(payload);
}
// Create a topic string and publish data to ThingSpeak channel feed.
String topicString ="channels/" + String( channelID ) + "/publish/"+String(writeAPIKey);
unsigned int length=topicString.length();
char topicBuffer[length];
topicString.toCharArray(topicBuffer,length+1);
if (client.publish(topicBuffer, (char*) payload.c_str()))
{
if (DEBUG) Serial.println("Publish ok");
}
else
{
if (DEBUG) Serial.println("Publish failed");
}
}
void reconnect()
{
String clientName="MY-ESP";
// Loop until we're reconnected
while (!client.connected())
{
if (DEBUG) Serial.println("Attempting MQTT connection...");
// Try to connect to the MQTT broker
if (client.connect((char*) clientName.c_str()))
{
if (DEBUG) Serial.println("Connected");
}
else
{
if (DEBUG)
{
Serial.print("failed, try again");
// Print to know why the connection failed.
// See http://pubsubclient.knolleary.net/api.html#state for the failure code explanation.
Serial.print(client.state());
Serial.println(" try again in 2 seconds");
}
delay(2000);
}
}
}
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Am running multiple sensors in the field producing strings of data then sending them to a node. The node is an Arduino Uno on which SIM 800 is attached for internet connectivity. After computation, the result is several strings that i want to display to things speak. The code i have so far can only upload numerical data. Am in need of help to display these strings in Thingsspeak.Help me.
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Dear Team,
I have populated my data on ThingsBoard platform using ESP8266, now I want to read that data using MATLAB Industrial Communication Toolbox. I have written a code for this purpose below,
% Replace these values with your ThingsBoard MQTT broker details
brokerAddress = "ssl://demo.thingsboard.io"; % Adjust the broker address
port = 1883; % Use the appropriate port for secure MQTT
% Replace these values with your ThingsBoard device details
clientID = "";
userName = "";
password = ""; % Leave empty if not required
% Replace this with the path to the root certificate you downloaded
rootCert = "";
% Create an MQTT client
mqClient = mqttclient(brokerAddress, 'Port', port, 'ClientID', clientID, ...
'Username', userName, 'Password', password, 'CARootCertificate', rootCert);
% Check if the connection is established
mqClient.Connected
% Expected output: ans = int32(1)
% Subscribe to the telemetry topic
topicToSub = "v1/devices/me/telemetry";
subscribe(mqClient, topicToSub);
% Wait for a while to receive messages (adjust the time as needed)
pause(60);
% Peek at the MQTT client to view received messages
peek(mqClient);
% Close the MQTT client
clear mqClient;
%%%%__________________Output Result______________________%%%%%
>> MQTT_Receive
Warning: Using a port that allows unencrypted communication. For confidential matters, considering using an encryption
enforcing port, such as 8883.
Error using MQTT_Receive
Failed to establish a connection with broker "ssl://demo.thingsboard.io".
I desperately seeking your assistance in this regard
I'm logging data which I'd like to see on a daily basis. ie each day the chart x axis resets to 12midnight to 12midnight for the current day and just shows todays data. Is this possible please ?
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