DHT11 Arduino pro mini no temp readings



  • Hi,

    I'm trying to get my first sensor working. A DHT11 temp/ humidity sensor. I followed the instructions from the build part on Mysensors. Uploaded the sketch and had a look at the serial monitor.
    There it appeared that no temperatures are coming up. So I had a look at the connections and all seems fine to me. What could be the problem? Power?
    Also, having a look at the serial log, does it communicate with the gateway? I think so, but which lines are referring to that?
    The parts with: TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-1,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1 ?

    Any advise on how to get the DHT11 to work? Thanks.

    Using the DHTlibrary as mentioned in the instructions.
    Arduino 1.8.2
    Mysensors 2.1.1
    Arduino pro mini ordered from aliexpress I am not sure which version I have both 3.3 volt and 5volt version (how to determine?).

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    0 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RNNNA--,VER=2.1.1
    4 TSM:INIT
    4 TSF:WUR:MS=0
    12 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
    14 TSM:INIT:STATID=1
    16 TSF:SID:OK,ID=1
    18 TSM:FPAR
    18 TSM:FPAR:STATP=0
    20 TSM:ID
    22 TSM:ID:OK
    24 TSM:UPL
    32 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
    47 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-1,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
    53 TSF:MSG:PONG RECV,HP=1
    55 TSM:UPL:OK
    57 TSM:READY:ID=1,PAR=0,DIS=1
    71 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0100
    79 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-1,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
    90 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2.1.1
    100 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
    2117 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=22,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:TemperatureAndHumidity
    2129 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1.1
    2144 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=0,c=0,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    2154 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=1,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    2160 MCO:REG:REQ
    2166 TSF:MSG:SEND,1-1-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2
    2226 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-1,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
    2232 MCO:PIM:NODE REG=1
    2234 MCO:BGN:STP
    2236 MCO:SLP:MS=1000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255
    2242 MCO:SLP:TPD
    2244 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1
    2246 MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
    Failed reading temperature from DHT!
    Failed reading humidity from DHT
    2269 MCO:SLP:MS=60000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255
    2279 MCO:SLP:TPD
    2281 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1
    Failed reading temperature from DHT!
    Failed reading humidity from DHT
    2304 MCO:SLP:MS=60000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255
    2314 MCO:SLP:TPD
    2316 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1
    Failed reading temperature from DHT!
    Failed reading humidity from DHT
    2336 MCO:SLP:MS=60000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255
    2347 MCO:SLP:TPD
    2349 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1```
    
    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. W.

  • Admin

    Well, something is wrong with either the wiring or sensor. If you have a multimeter, you should probably do a continuity test on the connections.



  • @hek Thanks for the reply. I just did a test with my multimeter and measuring at the dht11 it shows 3.46 so that should be ok right?
    I used the DHT11 some time ago with an esp8266 and than it was working fine. Could the pin 3 data be the problem?


  • Hardware Contributor

    Hi, which sensor do you use ?
    A DHT put on a pcb or without pcb ?
    If you haven't a DHT with pcb, you need to put a 5k resistor between pin 1 and 2 of the DHT 😉
    More information here : https://www.mysensors.org/dl/57c3ec0c4d04abe84cd93e0f/design/DHT11.pdf



  • @tonnerre33 No I have one with pcb.



  • @Mr_sensor Stil get the message

    Failed reading temperature from DHT!
    Failed reading humidity from DHT

    Also tried it with an dh22 I had (included a pull-up resistor between vcc and data) but get the same result. What can I do to get this working?
    If I use the arduino pro mini for an other sensor they are working fine (tested with a magnet-reed switch).


  • Mod

    have you set all the waiting/delay times and the initialization before reading the temperature (as seen in the examples)?



  • This is the sketch I'm using.

    /**
     * The MySensors Arduino library handles the wireless radio link and protocol
     * between your home built sensors/actuators and HA controller of choice.
     * The sensors forms a self healing radio network with optional repeaters. Each
     * repeater and gateway builds a routing tables in EEPROM which keeps track of the
     * network topology allowing messages to be routed to nodes.
     *
     * Created by Henrik Ekblad <henrik.ekblad@mysensors.org>
     * Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Sensnology AB
     * Full contributor list: https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/graphs/contributors
     *
     * Documentation: http://www.mysensors.org
     * Support Forum: http://forum.mysensors.org
     *
     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
     * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
     *
     *******************************
     *
     * REVISION HISTORY
     * Version 1.0: Henrik EKblad
     * Version 1.1 - 2016-07-20: Converted to MySensors v2.0 and added various improvements - Torben Woltjen (mozzbozz)
     * 
     * DESCRIPTION
     * This sketch provides an example of how to implement a humidity/temperature
     * sensor using a DHT11/DHT-22.
     *  
     * For more information, please visit:
     * http://www.mysensors.org/build/humidity
     * 
     */
    #define MY_NODE_ID 2
    #define MY_PARENT_NODE_ID 0
    #define MY_PARENT_NODE_IS_STATIC
    
    // Enable debug prints
    #define MY_DEBUG
    
    // Enable and select radio type attached 
    #define MY_RADIO_NRF24
    //#define MY_RADIO_RFM69
    //#define MY_RS485
     
    #include <SPI.h>
    #include <MySensors.h>  
    #include <DHT.h>
    
    
    // Set this to the pin you connected the DHT's data pin to
    #define DHT_DATA_PIN 3
    
    // Set this offset if the sensor has a permanent small offset to the real temperatures
    #define SENSOR_TEMP_OFFSET 0
    
    // Sleep time between sensor updates (in milliseconds)
    // Must be >1000ms for DHT22 and >2000ms for DHT11
    static const uint64_t UPDATE_INTERVAL = 60000;
    
    // Force sending an update of the temperature after n sensor reads, so a controller showing the
    // timestamp of the last update doesn't show something like 3 hours in the unlikely case, that
    // the value didn't change since;
    // i.e. the sensor would force sending an update every UPDATE_INTERVAL*FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS [ms]
    static const uint8_t FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS = 10;
    
    #define CHILD_ID_HUM 0
    #define CHILD_ID_TEMP 1
    
    float lastTemp;
    float lastHum;
    uint8_t nNoUpdatesTemp;
    uint8_t nNoUpdatesHum;
    bool metric = true;
    
    MyMessage msgHum(CHILD_ID_HUM, V_HUM);
    MyMessage msgTemp(CHILD_ID_TEMP, V_TEMP);
    DHT dht;
    
    
    void presentation()  
    { 
      // Send the sketch version information to the gateway
      sendSketchInfo("TemperatureAndHumidity", "1.1");
      
      // Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices)
      present(CHILD_ID_HUM, S_HUM);
      present(CHILD_ID_TEMP, S_TEMP);
      
      metric = getControllerConfig().isMetric;
    }
    
    
    void setup()
    {
      dht.setup(DHT_DATA_PIN); // set data pin of DHT sensor
      if (UPDATE_INTERVAL <= dht.getMinimumSamplingPeriod()) {
        Serial.println("Warning: UPDATE_INTERVAL is smaller than supported by the sensor!");
      }
      // Sleep for the time of the minimum sampling period to give the sensor time to power up
      // (otherwise, timeout errors might occure for the first reading)
      sleep(dht.getMinimumSamplingPeriod());
    }
    
    
    void loop()      
    {  
      // Force reading sensor, so it works also after sleep()
      dht.readSensor(true);
      
      // Get temperature from DHT library
      float temperature = dht.getTemperature();
      if (isnan(temperature)) {
        Serial.println("Failed reading temperature from DHT!");
      } else if (temperature != lastTemp || nNoUpdatesTemp == FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS) {
        // Only send temperature if it changed since the last measurement or if we didn't send an update for n times
        lastTemp = temperature;
        if (!metric) {
          temperature = dht.toFahrenheit(temperature);
        }
        // Reset no updates counter
        nNoUpdatesTemp = 0;
        temperature += SENSOR_TEMP_OFFSET;
        send(msgTemp.set(temperature, 1));
    
        #ifdef MY_DEBUG
        Serial.print("T: ");
        Serial.println(temperature);
        #endif
      } else {
        // Increase no update counter if the temperature stayed the same
        nNoUpdatesTemp++;
      }
    
      // Get humidity from DHT library
      float humidity = dht.getHumidity();
      if (isnan(humidity)) {
        Serial.println("Failed reading humidity from DHT");
      } else if (humidity != lastHum || nNoUpdatesHum == FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS) {
        // Only send humidity if it changed since the last measurement or if we didn't send an update for n times
        lastHum = humidity;
        // Reset no updates counter
        nNoUpdatesHum = 0;
        send(msgHum.set(humidity, 1));
        
        #ifdef MY_DEBUG
        Serial.print("H: ");
        Serial.println(humidity);
        #endif
      } else {
        // Increase no update counter if the humidity stayed the same
        nNoUpdatesHum++;
      }
    
      // Sleep for a while to save energy
      sleep(UPDATE_INTERVAL); 
    }
    


  • since I did not get these Dht11 or Dht22 working, I decided to try an other sensor type to see if that would work better.
    So I connected a HTU21D sensor and included the library from sparkfun. Using there demo sketch I can see the sensor is working fine:

    HTU21D Example!
    Time:192 Temperature:20.8C Humidity:998.0%
    Time:1318 Temperature:20.8C Humidity:47.3%
    Time:2445 Temperature:20.7C Humidity:47.4%
    Time:3571 Temperature:20.7C Humidity:47.4%
    Time:4698 Temperature:20.7C Humidity:47.5%
    Time:5824 Temperature:20.7C Humidity:47.5%
    Time:6948 Temperature:20.7C Humidity:47.6%
    Time:8075 Temperature:20.7C Humidity:47.6%
    Time:9201 Temperature:20.7C Humidity:47.6%

    But when I include the "adapted" Mysensors sketch I found here in the forum it seems the temperatures are not read or something else is wrong?

    This is what is in the log file in a ongoing loop:

    MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RNNNA--,VER=2.1.1
    4 TSM:INIT
    4 TSF:WUR:MS=0
    12 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
    14 TSM:INIT:STATID=2
    16 TSF:SID:OK,ID=2
    18 TSM:FPAR
    18 TSM:FPAR:STATP=0
    20 TSM:ID
    22 TSM:ID:OK
    22 TSM:UPL
    28 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
    47 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
    53 TSF:MSG:PONG RECV,HP=1
    55 TSM:UPL:OK
    57 TSM:READY:ID=2,PAR=0,DIS=1
    63 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0100
    75 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
    86 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2.1.1
    96 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
    2107 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=8,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:Humidity
    2119 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2.0
    2129 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=0,c=0,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    2140 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=1,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    2146 MCO:REG:REQ
    2164 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2
    2220 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
    2226 MCO:PIM:NODE REG=1
    2228 MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
    2 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RNNNA--,VER=2.1.1
    6 TSM:INIT
    6 TSF:WUR:MS=0
    14 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
    16 TSM:INIT:STATID=2
    18 TSF:SID:OK,ID=2
    20 TSM:FPAR
    20 TSM:FPAR:STATP=0
    22 TSM:ID
    24 TSM:ID:OK
    26 TSM:UPL
    30 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
    57 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
    63 TSF:MSG:PONG RECV,HP=1
    67 TSM:UPL:OK
    67 TSM:READY:ID=2,PAR=0,DIS=1
    73 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0100
    92 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
    102 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2.1.1
    112 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
    2121 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=8,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:Humidity
    2134 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2.0
    2144 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=0,c=0,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    2154 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=1,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
    2160 MCO:REG:REQ
    2164 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2
    2234 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
    2240 MCO:PIM:NODE REG=1
    2242 MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1
    

    This is the sketch I use now I had to adopt it since it seemed to be for an older version of Mysensors. I'm no programmer so it might be messed up somehow 🙂

    /**
     * The MySensors Arduino library handles the wireless radio link and protocol
     * between your home built sensors/actuators and HA controller of choice.
     * The sensors forms a self healing radio network with optional repeaters. Each
     * repeater and gateway builds a routing tables in EEPROM which keeps track of the
     * network topology allowing messages to be routed to nodes.
     *
     * Created by Henrik Ekblad <henrik.ekblad@mysensors.org>
     * Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Sensnology AB
     * Full contributor list: https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/graphs/contributors
     *
     * Documentation: http://www.mysensors.org
     * Support Forum: http://forum.mysensors.org
     *
     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
     * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
     *
     *******************************
     *
     * REVISION HISTORY
     * Version 1.0: Henrik EKblad
     * Version 1.1 - 2016-07-20: Converted to MySensors v2.0 and added various improvements - Torben Woltjen (mozzbozz)
     * 
     * DESCRIPTION
     * This sketch provides an example of how to implement a humidity/temperature
     * sensor using a DHT11/DHT-22.
     *  
     * For more information, please visit:
     * http://www.mysensors.org/build/humidity
     * 
     HTU21D Humidity Sensor
     Hardware Connections (Breakoutboard to Arduino):
     -VCC = 3.3V
     -GND = GND
     -SDA = A4 (use inline 330 ohm resistor if your board is 5V)
     -SCL = A5 (use inline 330 ohm resistor if your board is 5V)
     */
    
     
    #define MY_NODE_ID 2
    #define MY_PARENT_NODE_ID 0
    #define MY_PARENT_NODE_IS_STATIC
    
    // Enable debug prints
    #define MY_DEBUG
    
    // Enable and select radio type attached 
    #define MY_RADIO_NRF24
    //#define MY_RADIO_RFM69
    //#define MY_RS485
     
    #include "SparkFunHTU21D.h"
    #include <MySensors.h>  
    #include <Wire.h>
    #include <SPI.h>
    
    // Force sending an update of the temperature after n sensor reads, so a controller showing the
    // timestamp of the last update doesn't show something like 3 hours in the unlikely case, that
    // the value didn't change since;
    // i.e. the sensor would force sending an update every UPDATE_INTERVAL*FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS [ms]
    //static const uint8_t FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS = 10;
    
    #define CHILD_ID_HUM 0
    #define CHILD_ID_TEMP 1
    
    float lastTemp;
    float lastHum;
    uint8_t nNoUpdatesTemp;
    uint8_t nNoUpdatesHum;
    boolean metric = true;
    
    
    void presentation()  
    { 
     // Send the Sketch Version Information to the Gateway                                                                                                                     
      sendSketchInfo("Humidity", "2.0");      
       
     // Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices)                                                                                                     
      present(CHILD_ID_HUM, S_HUM);                                                                                                                                          
      present(CHILD_ID_TEMP, S_TEMP);                                                                                                                                        
     
      //metric = getControllerConfig().isMetric;
    }
    
                                                                                                                                                      
    unsigned long SLEEP_TIME = 60000; // Sleep time between reads (in milliseconds)                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                            
    //Create an instance of the object                                                                                                                                          
    HTU21D myHumidity;                                                                                                                                                         
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    MyMessage msgHum(CHILD_ID_HUM, V_HUM);                                                                                                                                      
    MyMessage msgTemp(CHILD_ID_TEMP, V_TEMP);                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
    void loop()                                                                                                                                                                 
    {                                                                                                                                                                           
      float temperature = myHumidity.readTemperature();                                                                                                                         
      //if (!metric) {                                                                                                                                                            
      //    temperature = (temperature * 1.8) + 32.0;                                                                                                                             
      //}                                                                                                                                                                         
      send(msgTemp.set(temperature, 1));                                                                                                                                     
    
      float humidity = myHumidity.readHumidity();                                                                                                                               
      send(msgHum.set(humidity, 1));                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                            
      sleep(SLEEP_TIME); //sleep a bit  
                                                                                                                                           
    }
    

    Can anyone advise me on the code and the error log so I understand what's going on and what needs to be done to get it working? Thanks a lot.

    W.


  • Mod

    @Mr_sensor I think you need to add

    void setup() {
        myHumidity.begin();
    }
    

    Without that, the sensor/sensor library is not initialized.

    (I looked at sparkfun's example sketch)



  • 🙂 Great! That helped a lot. I Kicked that out when reading the Converting a sketch from 1.5 to 2.x article.

    4911 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=1,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:20.4
    4954 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=1,pt=7,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:50.2
    4962 MCO:SLP:MS=60000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255
    4968 MCO:SLP:TPD
    

    Now I only have to find out what to use for mqtt to read this sensor values. Thats still not very clear to me:
    Guess it would be something like:
    mygateway1-out/2/2/0/0/ or 2/2/0/0/1 ?

    Would it be possible to have something like this:

    mygateway-out/2/2/Temperature ?



  • Ok found out what topic is send to mqtt turned out to be:
    mygateway1-out/2/1/1/0/1 or mygateway1-out/2/0/1/0/1

    How to get an % and "C" to this topic value?


  • Mod

    Just use any mqtt client and subscribe to topic # , you will be able to see all messages and pick the one you are looking for


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