Searching for way to connect the DS1820 to ThingSpeak

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Searching for way to connect the DS1820 to ThingSpeak

December 16, 2015
5:03 pm

frazelle09

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We just figured out how to use the Privateeyepi programs to upload the info to their site and now today are looking for a more robust website and more OpenSource.

We found ThingSpeak and this tutorial http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2015/06/basic-temperature-logging-to-the-internet-with-raspberry-pi/ for a different type of sensor, but don't know how to modify the python script to make it work with our DS1820. Matt's script looks very robust but we have neither a button, nor a LED nor his type of sensor, so we're kinda stuck.

Suggestions welcome and in the meantime, have a great afternoon! 🙂

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December 16, 2015
9:43 pm

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Found a site in Spanish which has a script which we'll use. First we'll see if we can get it working like it is, then maybe translate into English.

http://nergiza.com/como-hacer-un-registrador-de-temperatura-online-con-raspberry-pi/

Have a great evening! 🙂

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December 19, 2015
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Just a day after finding the site we had it working. Later on, we located what appears to be another, more user-friendly site called ThingSpeak which we are currently using/experimenting with. We can translate some/all of the Nergiza page that has to do with the script we used if anyone needs it to be done. Just let us know and we'll be happy to help.

Have a great day! 🙂

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January 6, 2016
6:57 am

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I have tryed to copy the script from the link, I keep getting an "400 Bad Request" error.

Did you have same problem?

January 6, 2016
10:22 pm

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Theres also https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-11-ds18b20-temperature-sensing/hardware

January 7, 2016
2:18 am

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I have the sensor working, I couldn't get contact to the Thingspeak channel. The problem was a rookie mistake, i had written an O instead of a zero (0), in nano in terminal they are very similar.
I have contact to the thingspeak now, but can't get the script to keep pushing data to thingspeak.com.

January 7, 2016
11:13 pm

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Easiest way to run a script periodically is via "cron" http://linux.die.net/man/5/crontab

Alternatively you can implement a loop in the python script but then you need to worry about keeping the script running in all error conditions.

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