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fody weather station, wind sensor

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      some pictures
      0_1493054883191_20170424_160412832_iOS.jpg 0_1493054891231_20170424_160402858_iOS.jpg 0_1493054901570_20170424_160025939_iOS.jpg 0_1493054908764_20170424_160020368_iOS.jpg

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        I am using this water proof connector for USB connection.
        https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-3-Sets-All-New-4-Pin-Waterproof-Electrical-Wire-Connector-Plug-HID-Male-female/32264045957.html

        in sweden you can buy it at Biltema

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          I have not verify all the code yet.
          Wind direction is correct.
          Temp is little bit higher then another temp that I have on shadow so maybe the radiation shield is not working 100%
          Hum: my other sensor that I have outdoor broke a few weeks ago, so nothing to compare with
          Wind Speed: I want to verify with an RPM tool. I get some extra indication from reeed switch.
          Every second indication is below 1000 micros which is 1 millisecond, which is 1000m/s
          Rain: lucky or unlucky I have not had any rain when the mast was up and running

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            Maybe you need a better heat shield, did you try some aluminum foil?

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              Maybe you need a better heat shield, did you try some aluminum foil?

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              @gohan said in fody weather station, wind sensor:

              Maybe you need a better heat shield, did you try some aluminum foil?

              Good idea :)
              Should I have the foil inside the shield or outside?
              Any pics if you done it yourself?
              I think I need some air through the shield so it can cool down.

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                I haven't done anything yet, I'm just trying to apply some cheap physics 😀
                I'd start from the outside and see what happens

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                  I haven't done anything yet, I'm just trying to apply some cheap physics 😀
                  I'd start from the outside and see what happens

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                  @gohan
                  Ok, thanks.

                  I will try it tomorrow

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                    #23

                    New code again :frowning:
                    Wind speed: it compare between two interrupts if it is too quick, if more than 100000 micros it will not use it

                    #include <SPI.h>
                    #include <MySensor.h>  
                    #include <Wire.h>
                    
                    #define WIND_CHILD 0
                    #define TEMP_CHILD 1
                    #define HUM_CHILD 2
                    #define RAIN_CHILD 3
                    
                    MySensor gw;
                    
                    MyMessage WSMsg(WIND_CHILD, V_WIND);
                    MyMessage WGMsg(WIND_CHILD, V_GUST);
                    MyMessage WDMsg(WIND_CHILD, V_DIRECTION);
                    MyMessage TempMsg(TEMP_CHILD, V_TEMP);
                    MyMessage HumMsg(HUM_CHILD, V_HUM);
                    MyMessage RainMsg(RAIN_CHILD, V_RAIN);
                    MyMessage RainCounterMsg(RAIN_CHILD,V_VAR1);
                    
                    //Wind Speed
                    volatile unsigned long lastPulse = 0;
                    volatile unsigned long intervalSum;
                    unsigned long lastInterval = 0;
                    unsigned long looptime;
                    float WS = 0;
                    float WG = 0;
                    int WScount = 0;
                    
                    //Wind Direction
                    int WDarray[8] = {0,45,90,135,180,225,270,315};
                    int WD;
                    
                    //Rain
                    volatile float hwRainVolume = 0;   // Current rainvolume calculated in hardware.
                    float bucketSize = 0.4;   // mm per tip
                    boolean pcReceived = false; 
                    volatile unsigned long lastSend = 0;
                    
                    // Temperature/Humidity
                    double hum = 0;
                    double temp = 0;
                    
                    void setup() {
                      
                      Wire.begin();   //start i2c
                      
                      gw.begin(incomingMessage, AUTO, false);
                    
                      // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
                      gw.sendSketchInfo("WeatherMast", "170427");
                    
                      gw.present(WIND_CHILD, S_WIND);
                      gw.present(TEMP_CHILD, S_TEMP);
                      gw.present(HUM_CHILD, S_HUM);
                      gw.present(RAIN_CHILD, S_RAIN);
                    
                      gw.request(RAIN_CHILD, V_VAR1);
                      gw.wait(5000);
                      //pin 2 is rain, pin 3 is wind speed
                      //pin 4-8, 14-16 is wind direction
                      //configure pin 2-8 as an input and enable the internal pull-up resistor
                      for (int i=2 ; i < 9 ; i++) {
                        pinMode(i, INPUT_PULLUP);
                      }
                      //configure pin 14-16(A0-A2) as an input and enable the internal pull-up resistor
                      for (int i=14 ; i < 17 ; i++) {
                        pinMode(i, INPUT_PULLUP);
                      }
                      attachInterrupt(0, Rain, FALLING);    //rain
                      attachInterrupt(1, WindSpeed, FALLING);   //wind speed
                    }
                    
                    void loop()
                    {
                      gw.wait(60000);
                      detachInterrupt(1);
                      looptime = micros();
                      readTempHum();    //read temperature and humidity
                      readWindDirection();    //read wind direction
                      resend((WSMsg.set(WS, 1)),3);
                      WS = 0;  //reset wind speed, useful if there is no wind otherwise old value will be sent to Controller
                      resend((WGMsg.set(WG, 1)),3);
                      WG = 0;   //reset gust
                      resend((WDMsg.set(WD, 1)),3);
                      resend((RainMsg.set((float)hwRainVolume,2)),3);
                      resend((TempMsg.set(temp, 1)),3);
                      resend((HumMsg.set(hum, 1)),3);
                      lastPulse += micros() - looptime;
                      attachInterrupt(1, WindSpeed, FALLING);   //wind speed
                    }
                    
                    void readWindDirection()
                    {
                      //check in what direction the wind is. First sensor that have light will be the direction
                      int i = 4;
                      for (i; i < 9 ; i++){
                        if (!digitalRead(i)){
                          WD = WDarray[i-4];
                          return;
                        }
                      }
                      i = 14;
                      for (i; i < 17 ; i++){
                        if (!digitalRead(i)){
                          WD = WDarray[i-9];
                          return;
                        }
                      }
                    }
                    
                    void Rain()
                    { 
                      unsigned long currentTime = millis();
                      if (!pcReceived) {      
                        gw.request(RAIN_CHILD, V_VAR1);
                        Serial.println("Request rainCount");
                        gw.process();
                        return;
                      }
                      if (currentTime - lastSend > 5000) {      
                      hwRainVolume = hwRainVolume + bucketSize;
                      resend((RainCounterMsg.set(hwRainVolume,2)),3);
                      resend((RainMsg.set((float)hwRainVolume,2)),3);
                      lastSend=currentTime;
                      }
                    }
                    
                    void WindSpeed()
                    {
                      detachInterrupt(1);
                      volatile unsigned long newPulse = micros();  
                      unsigned long interval = newPulse-lastPulse;
                      if (interval<16000L) { // Sometimes we get wrong interrupt. 16000L = ~30 m/s
                        attachInterrupt(1, WindSpeed, FALLING);
                        lastPulse = newPulse;
                        return;
                      }
                      long a = interval-lastInterval;
                      a = abs(a);
                      lastInterval = interval;
                      if (a > 100000) {  
                        lastPulse = newPulse;
                        attachInterrupt(1, WindSpeed, FALLING);
                        return;
                      }
                      else {
                        lastPulse = newPulse;
                        WS = (0.4775/(interval/1000000.0));   
                        if (WS > WG) {
                          WG = WS;
                        }
                      }
                      attachInterrupt(1, WindSpeed, FALLING);
                    }
                    
                    void readTempHum()
                    {
                      Wire.beginTransmission(0x28);   // Begin transmission with given device on I2C bus
                      Wire.requestFrom(0x28, 4);      // Request 4 bytes 
                      if(Wire.available() == 4) {                   
                        int b1 = Wire.read();
                        int b2 = Wire.read();
                        int b3 = Wire.read();
                        int b4 = Wire.read();
                        
                        Wire.endTransmission();           // End transmission and release I2C bus
                        
                        // combine humidity bytes and calculate humidity
                        int rawHumidity = b1 << 8 | b2;
                        // compound bitwise to get 14 bit measurement first two bits
                        // are status/stall bit (see intro text)
                        rawHumidity =  (rawHumidity &= 0x3FFF);
                        hum = 100.0 / pow(2,14) * rawHumidity;
                        
                        // combine temperature bytes and calculate temperature
                        b4 = (b4 >> 2); // Mask away 2 least significant bits see HYT 221 doc
                        int rawTemperature = b3 << 6 | b4;
                        temp = 165.0 / pow(2,14) * rawTemperature - 40;
                       }
                    }
                    
                    void incomingMessage(const MyMessage &message)
                    {
                      if (message.type==V_VAR1) {
                        hwRainVolume = message.getFloat();
                        pcReceived = true;
                        Serial.print("Received last pulse count from gw: ");
                        Serial.println(hwRainVolume,2);   
                      }
                    }
                    
                    void resend(MyMessage &msg, int repeats)
                    {
                      int repeat = 1;
                      int repeatdelay = 0;
                      boolean sendOK = false;
                    
                      while ((sendOK == false) and (repeat < repeats)) {
                        if (gw.send(msg)) {
                          sendOK = true;
                        }
                        else {
                          sendOK = false;
                          Serial.print("Error ");
                          Serial.println(repeat);
                          repeatdelay += 500;
                        }
                        repeat++; delay(repeatdelay);
                      }
                    }
                    

                    EDIT: added

                    WS = 0;
                    

                    in loop

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                      So, how is the hacking going? :)

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                        So, how is the hacking going? :)

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                        @gohan
                        Thanks for asking :)
                        It is working good, but I don't trust the wind speed. I have lots of "ghost" indications from the reed
                        switch, I tried to remove it with code in two different ways but anyway I get some high values. I will order a wind speed meter and check against that one. I also record a slow-mo video when it spins in front of a fan(2.5m/s) and it is correct but it is difficult to test it with 10 m/s,
                        0_1494056546529_chart.png

                        If anyone are inreseted what's inside the receiver that was included from Fody. It look like this
                        0_1494056662724_20170505_182732345_iOS.jpg

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                          suddenly it stopped sending data, after power-off-power-on it started to work again

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                            I got an Uno as ethernet gateway with a DHT sensors and sometimes it hangs too after several days

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                              suddenly it stopped sending data, after power-off-power-on it started to work again

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                              @flopp I'll need to look at the watchdog timers and see if it may help

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                                it stopped working again, this morning. This time it started to work again just after opening Serial monitoring in Arduino IDE

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                                  That's normal, upon serial connection the Arduino resets. Try adding the watchdog function. You could also try the newer mysensors library that's in the development branch

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                                    That's normal, upon serial connection the Arduino resets. Try adding the watchdog function. You could also try the newer mysensors library that's in the development branch

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                                    @gohan said in fody weather station, wind sensor:

                                    Try adding the watchdog function.

                                    That's something new for me. What is this and how do you add it?
                                    Anyone with a link?

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                                      Search "Arduino watchdog examples" lots of stuff comes out

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                                        Search "Arduino watchdog examples" lots of stuff comes out

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                                        @gohan said in fody weather station, wind sensor:

                                        Search "Arduino watchdog examples" lots of stuff comes out

                                        thanks :+1:
                                        I did some search and I never heard of this function before.
                                        I will test it in my sketch and see if I get rid of the freezing stuff

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                                          I read about watchdog now and as normal way, without extra code, it can check that our code is alive less then 8 seconds.
                                          I want it to send data every 60 seconds so I need to loop watchdog code a couple of times.
                                          I will look at this later

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