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      robmarkcole @RobTuDelft
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      @RobTuDelft in Pure Python library for reading DHT sensor on Pycom boards:

      Hi Rob, using your library (https://github.com/rbraggaar/DHT_PyCom), DHT22 on Wipy with 10 kOhm pullup, I am getting a temp of 25 deg (correct) but humidity of 99.9% (incorrect). Any ideas what could be wrong?
      Cheers

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        RobTuDelft @robmarkcole
        last edited by RobTuDelft

        @robmarkcole that one I forked from JP. I was using a 4k7 resistor and it worked well.

        Do you have print('Humidity: {:3.2f}'.format(result.humidity / 1.0))? And
        You did declare the sensor object as th = DTH(Pin('P3', mode=Pin.OPEN_DRAIN), 1)? The last one declares it as a DHT22.

        Does the humidity fluctuate at all?

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          robmarkcole @RobTuDelft
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          @RobTuDelft Yes used those. Humidity and temp constant. Swapped in a DHT11 now and seeing same behaviour. Any tips on how to debug?
          Cheers

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            RobTuDelft @robmarkcole
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            @robmarkcole Can you try it with a 4k7 resistor, maybe 10k is too much? You could also post a picture of your setup and the code fragments you are using.

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              robmarkcole @RobTuDelft
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              @RobTuDelft I would, but I only have 1 and 10 k Ohm available at the moment.

              0_1496691300215_upload-20d267d5-acb8-46c0-9a1b-92b7165af7a6

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                robmarkcole @robmarkcole
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                Annoyingly I am unable to upload the code, as it is 'marked as spam' when I try. Nevertheless I am just using the examples in your Github repo

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                  Jurassic Pork @robmarkcole
                  last edited by Jurassic Pork

                  hello,
                  @robmarkcole
                  to see what is wrong, you can uncomment some lines in the file dht.py. The lines 49, 53, 54, 63 with the print function.
                  you must see something like that for the dht11 :
                  0_1496716130654_print_dht11_data.png

                  the last line in the photo (line 63 print(the_bytes)) has the values for the humidity (32) and for the temperature (22).
                  May be something is wrong with the WiPy module :
                  i use a SiPy module and the other people who have used the library seems to use a LoPy module. If someone can try to use the library with a WiPy module to see if it is OK.

                  Friendly, J.P

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                    robmarkcole @Jurassic Pork
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                    Hi @Jurassic-Pork thanks for the tips. Here is what I get. The temp and humidity values change each time I reset the board, but look incorrect. E.g. humidity went from 18 to 37 on a restart.
                    Cheers

                    entry 0x4009fd9c                                                                                                        
                    ('192.168.0.23', '255.255.255.0', '192.168.0.1', '192.168.0.1')                                                         
                    [1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1,
                     1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0,
                     0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
                     1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1,
                     1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                     1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                     1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                     1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]                                                                  
                    [2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4]
                    40                                                                                                                      
                    [37, 0, 18, 0, 55]                                                                                                      
                    8                                                                                                                       
                    Temperature: 18 C                                                                                                       
                    Humidity: 37 %

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                      Jurassic Pork @robmarkcole
                      last edited by Jurassic Pork

                      hello,
                      @robmarkcole
                      look at this this timing for the AM2302 data acquisition :
                      0_1496762177466_AM2302-Timing.png
                      the acquisition begins when the start signal after 19 ms is put to level 1 :

                      def read(self):
                              #time.sleep(1)
                              # send initial high
                              #self.__send_and_sleep(1, 0.025)
                              # pull down to low
                              self.__send_and_sleep(0, 0.019)
                              # collect data into an array
                              data = self.__collect_input()
                      
                          def __collect_input(self):
                              # collect the data while unchanged found
                              unchanged_count = 0
                              # this is used to determine where is the end of the data
                              max_unchanged_count = 100
                              last = -1
                              data = []
                              m = bytearray(800)        # needs long sample size to grab all the bits from the DHT
                              irqf = disable_irq()
                              self.__pin(1)
                      

                      then we store the level values :

                             for i in range(len(m)):
                                  m[i] = self.__pin()      ## sample input and store value
                      

                      your samples data begin with a 1 and me with a zero (begining of the response signal)
                      try to see if you have always a 1 for the first data.

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                        robmarkcole @Jurassic Pork
                        last edited by

                        @Jurassic-Pork Appears to always start with 1..

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                          Jurassic Pork @robmarkcole
                          last edited by Jurassic Pork

                          hello,
                          @robmarkcole
                          0_1496785483210_dht11_timing_diagram_cs600x210fx.png

                          May be you have the Delay DHT in your first data and not me.

                          In the parse data function :

                              def __parse_data_pull_up_lengths(self, data):
                                  STATE_INIT_PULL_DOWN = 1
                                  STATE_INIT_PULL_UP = 2
                                  STATE_DATA_FIRST_PULL_DOWN = 3
                                  STATE_DATA_PULL_UP = 4
                                  STATE_DATA_PULL_DOWN = 5
                          
                                  state = STATE_INIT_PULL_UP
                          
                                  lengths = [] # will contain the lengths of data pull up periods
                                  current_length = 0 # will contain the length of the previous period
                          
                                  for i in range(len(data)):
                          
                                      current = data[i]
                                      current_length += 1
                          
                                      if state == STATE_INIT_PULL_DOWN:
                                          if current == 0:
                                              # ok, we got the initial pull down
                                              state = STATE_INIT_PULL_UP
                                              continue
                                          else:
                                              continue
                                      if state == STATE_INIT_PULL_UP:
                                          if current == 1:
                                              # ok, we got the initial pull up
                                              state = STATE_DATA_FIRST_PULL_DOWN
                                              continue
                                          else:
                                              continue
                                      if state == STATE_DATA_FIRST_PULL_DOWN:
                                          if current == 0:
                                              # we have the initial pull down, the next will be the data pull up
                                              state = STATE_DATA_PULL_UP
                                              continue
                                          else:
                                              continue
                                      if state == STATE_DATA_PULL_UP:
                                          if current == 1:
                                              # data pulled up, the length of this pull up will determine whether it is 0 or 1
                                              current_length = 0
                                              state = STATE_DATA_PULL_DOWN
                                              continue
                                          else:
                                              continue
                                      if state == STATE_DATA_PULL_DOWN:
                                          if current == 0:
                                              # pulled down, we store the length of the previous pull up period
                                              lengths.append(current_length)
                                              state = STATE_DATA_PULL_UP
                                              continue
                                          else:
                                              continue
                                  return lengths
                          

                          try to put the state variable to STATE_INIT_PULL_DOWN at the begining of the function :

                           state = STATE_INIT_PULL_DOWN
                          

                          Friendly, J.P

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                            robmarkcole @Jurassic Pork
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                            @Jurassic-Pork said in Pure Python library for reading DHT sensor on Pycom boards:

                            state = STATE_INIT_PULL_DOWN

                            Thanks JP. Making this change I get:

                            entry 0x4009fd9c                                                                                                        
                            ('192.168.0.23', '255.255.255.0', '192.168.0.1', '192.168.0.1')                                                         
                            [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0,
                             1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0,
                             0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,
                             0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1,
                             0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                             1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                             1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]                                             
                            [1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3]   
                            39  
                            

                            And nothing more

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                              Jurassic Pork @robmarkcole
                              last edited by

                              hello,
                              @robmarkcole
                              Ok it's not good because you have only 39 values (last line)
                              it's seems that your module is slower than mine because the max value for length of 1 level is 4 and for me 5 (or it is the dht ) . What is exactly your Pycom Module ? frequency ? firmware ?

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                                robmarkcole @Jurassic Pork
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                                Hi @Jurassic-Pork

                                • it's a Wipy 2.0,
                                • will check firmware tonight but only updated 2 days ago so presumably the latest,
                                • how to check the frequency?
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                                  Jurassic Pork @robmarkcole
                                  last edited by Jurassic Pork

                                  @robmarkcole
                                  try this :

                                  import machine
                                  import os
                                  machine.freq() # get the CPU frequency
                                  os.uname().release 
                                  

                                  for me :

                                   import machine                                                                                                      
                                   import os                                                                                                           
                                   machine.freq() # get the CPU frequency                                                                              
                                  160000000                                                                                                               
                                   os.uname().release                                                                                                  
                                  '1.6.12.b1'

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                                    robmarkcole @Jurassic Pork
                                    last edited by

                                    @Jurassic-Pork s

                                    0_1496904069365_upload-4c762e17-60b1-4129-82b3-268d0666a29a

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                                      Jurassic Pork @robmarkcole
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                                      hello,
                                      @robmarkcole have you still your problem ? the new firmware release v1.7.7.b1 have a new function pulses_get that can improve my DHT library.

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                                        robmarkcole @Jurassic Pork
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                                        @Jurassic-Pork I just updated my firmware today :-) How to use the new function?

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                                          Jurassic Pork @robmarkcole
                                          last edited by Jurassic Pork

                                          @robmarkcole
                                          put this code in the dht.py file and try a read2 in place of a read function. Show me the result (tuples and length) .

                                              def read2(self):
                                                  #time.sleep(1)
                                                  # send initial high
                                                  #self.__send_and_sleep(1, 0.025)
                                          
                                                  # pull down to low
                                                  self.__send_and_sleep(0, 0.019)
                                                  data = pycom.pulses_get(self.__pin,100)
                                                  self.__pin.init(Pin.OPEN_DRAIN)
                                                  self.__pin(1)
                                                  print(data)
                                                  #enable_irq(irqf)
                                                  bits = []
                                                  for a,b in data:
                                                  	if a ==1 and 18 <= b <= 28:
                                                  		bits.append(0)
                                                  	if a ==1 and 65 <= b <= 75:
                                                  		bits.append(1)
                                                  print("longueur bits : %d " % len(bits))
                                                  if len(bits) != 40:
                                                      return DTHResult(DTHResult.ERR_MISSING_DATA, 0, 0)
                                                  print(bits)
                                                  # we have the bits, calculate bytes
                                                  the_bytes = self.__bits_to_bytes(bits)
                                                  # calculate checksum and check
                                                  checksum = self.__calculate_checksum(the_bytes)
                                                  if the_bytes[4] != checksum:
                                                      return DTHResult(DTHResult.ERR_CRC, 0, 0)
                                                  # ok, we have valid data, return it
                                                  [int_rh, dec_rh, int_t, dec_t, csum] = the_bytes
                                                  if self.__dhttype==0:		#dht11
                                                      rh = int_rh 		#dht11 20% ~ 90%
                                                      t = int_t 	#dht11 0..50°C
                                                  else:			#dht21,dht22
                                                      rh = ((int_rh * 256) + dec_rh)/10
                                                      t = (((int_t & 0x7F) * 256) + dec_t)/10
                                                      if (int_t & 0x80) > 0:
                                                          t *= -1
                                                  return DTHResult(DTHResult.ERR_NO_ERROR, t, rh)
                                          

                                          PS : i have created a new branch in my DHT_pycom github repository (see at the end of my first message in this thread)

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                                            robmarkcole @Jurassic Pork
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                                            @Jurassic-Pork The good news is my DHT11 works fine with read(). However I think I bust my DHT22 at some point as reading no data from it. Will have to order another to test..!

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