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Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:23 pm
by lnevo
mudcat1 wrote:
lnevo wrote:Ok a few strange things i noticed.

One is you have all that code in setup() and not in loop()...not sure why that would make a difference, but something worth correcting, I had a block of code in setup and it was behaving completely different than what I'd expect.

Second you have your wifi alarm variables as globals and static which might cause it to behave strangely. Try taking off the static or leaving it but putting it inside setup or eventually to loop.
Lee,
I tried to make my code similar to yours, however, I was not sure how to use the #include statement as you did so I copied the wifialert() code immediately following the include statements. I added the static declaration because I saw it in your ino but I will remove it shortly.
The main thing I'm concerned about is your custom code should all be inside loop() not inside setup() which is what you showed. But the static thing is easy to fix.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:41 pm
by mudcat1
Sorry Lee, i didn't read your post closely enough. I do have my custom code in the void loop() section, I just forgot to copy it in the snippet section that I provided.

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    // ************ PLACE GLOBAL VARIABLE CODE BELOW HERE *******************

    class WiFiAlert
    {
    public:
      WiFiAlert();
      void Send(char *message, char *key);
      inline void Send(char *message) { Send(message,""); }
      inline void SetDelay(int delay) { AlertDelay=delay; }
    private:
      int AlertDelay;
      time_t LastAlert;
      boolean IsAlert();
      void WiFiSendAlert(char *message, char *key); 
    };

    WiFiAlert::WiFiAlert()
    {
      AlertDelay=900;
      LastAlert=0;
    }

    boolean WiFiAlert::IsAlert()
    {
      if (now()-LastAlert >= AlertDelay)
      {
        return true;
      }
      return false;
    }

    void WiFiAlert::Send(char *message, char *key)
    {
      if (IsAlert())
      {
        LastAlert=now();
        WiFiSendAlert(message, key);
      }
    }

    void WiFiAlert::WiFiSendAlert(char *message, char *key)
    {
      Serial.print("GET /status/wifialert.aspx?id=");
      Serial.print(ReefAngel.portalusername);
      Serial.print("&key=");
      Serial.print(key);
      Serial.print("&msg=");
      Serial.println(message);
      Serial.println("\n\n");
    }

    // Initialize Buzzer variables
    byte buzzer=0;
    byte overheatflag=0;
    byte atoflag=0;

    // Declare variables for Wifi Alert
    WiFiAlert sumpOverflowAlarm, tempAlarm;
    WiFiAlert atoEmptyAlarm;

    void setup()
    
    void loop()
   {
     
    // Added buzzer 1-19-13   
    // Sound buzzer if any flag is set.
    // Added 1-19-13 - Uncomment when I purchase the IO expansion module.
    //   buzzer = overheatflag + atoflag + iochannel0flag + iochannel1flag + iochannel2flag + iochannel3flag + iochannel4flag + iochannel5flag;
       buzzer = overheatflag + atoflag;
       if ( buzzer >= 1 ){
         buzzer = InternalMemory.read(buzzer_volume); // Set value of buzzer volume.
    } else {
         ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight(0);
       } 
    //   Do not sound the buzzer for empty ATO reservior between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm.
       if (!ReefAngel.LowATO.IsActive() && ( hour() >= 7 && hour() < 22)) {
          ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight( buzzer );
          atoEmptyAlarm.SetDelay(3600); // delay SMS text alert for 1 hour.
          atoEmptyAlarm.Send("ATO_container_empty","xxxxxxxxxx");
    } else {   
          ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight(0);
          if (!ReefAngel.HighATO.IsActive()) {
            ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight( buzzer );
            sumpOverflowAlarm.SetDelay(300); // delay SMS alert for 5 minutes.
            sumpOverflowAlarm.Send("Sump_WaterLevel_too_high","xxxxxxxxxx");
        } else {
            ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight(0);
          }
       }   
Sorry for the confusion.
John

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:49 pm
by mudcat1
Another thing that I noticed is that the time on the SMS text alert is incorrect. The text message that I receive says ...

"(Reef Angel - Alert) Reef Angel Controller AlertTime: 6/3/2013 5:46:46 PM IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ATO_container_empty"

The actual time is 7:46 PM. Is there a date setting that can be adjusted so that the time on the alert is correct?

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:07 pm
by lnevo
That doesn't even make sense. Unless the float switch is getting triggered for a blip not enough to trigger the buzzer.

Can you add a Serial.println(buzzer); before the atoAlarm.Send(); and monitor for a bit through Serial Monitor?

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:33 pm
by rimai
mudcat1 wrote:Another thing that I noticed is that the time on the SMS text alert is incorrect. The text message that I receive says ...

"(Reef Angel - Alert) Reef Angel Controller AlertTime: 6/3/2013 5:46:46 PM IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ATO_container_empty"

The actual time is 7:46 PM. Is there a date setting that can be adjusted so that the time on the alert is correct?
That would have to be modified in the server to accept GMT offset.
Currently, it will use the server's local time.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:06 pm
by mudcat1
lnevo wrote:That doesn't even make sense. Unless the float switch is getting triggered for a blip not enough to trigger the buzzer.

Can you add a Serial.println(buzzer); before the atoAlarm.Send(); and monitor for a bit through Serial Monitor?
Lee,
I added the Serial.println(buzzer); before the atoAlarm.Send() and received the following output from Serial Monitor.

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GET /status/submitp.aspx?t1=793&t2=739&t3=0&ph=1045&id=mudcat1&em=0&rem=0&key=xxxxxxxxxx&atohigh=1&atolow=1&r=49&ron=0&roff=255&pwma=45&pwmd=0&c0=160&c1=160&c2=50&c3=0&c4=50&c5=15&c6=45&c7=45


0
GET /status/wifialert.aspx?id=mudcat1&key=xxxxxxxxxx&msg=ATO_container_empty



0
0
Eventually the ATO container was actually empty so that buzzer sounded but when I checked the Reef Angel it appeared to be locked up and the Reef Angel display was black, so I did not receive the Serial Monitor output for the actual alarm. I just cycled power to the Reef Angel and will run Serial Monitor a little longer.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:18 pm
by lnevo
I think you are getting noise on your float switch that may not be causing your buzzer to go off...maybe for one millisecond..thats the only way those Serial.print would get triggered....unless some bracket is missing somewhere causing the code blocks to be messed up...

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:23 pm
by lnevo
Actually you can see in the output the reason your buzzer is not going off is because the volume is 0.

However, your float is definitely getting triggered.... You can even see the Serial.print happen followed by the alarm.
You can then see subsequent triggering of the Serial.print followed by no alarm. It looks like the alert is working properly...

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GET /status/wifialert.aspx?id=mudcat1&key=xxxxxxxxxx&msg=ATO_container_empty



0
0
What condition do you set the volume of the buzzer maybe you can add the additional checks in this block of code. You could even wrap the atoEmptyAlarm.Send() like this:

if(buzzer > 0) atoEmptyAlarm.Send();

I think thats your best course of action..

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:23 pm
by mudcat1
lnevo wrote:Actually you can see in the output the reason your buzzer is not going off is because the volume is 0.

However, your float is definitely getting triggered.... You can even see the Serial.print happen followed by the alarm.
You can then see subsequent triggering of the Serial.print followed by no alarm. It looks like the alert is working properly...

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GET /status/wifialert.aspx?id=mudcat1&key=xxxxxxxxxx&msg=ATO_container_empty



0
0
What condition do you set the volume of the buzzer maybe you can add the additional checks in this block of code. You could even wrap the atoEmptyAlarm.Send() like this:

if(buzzer > 0) atoEmptyAlarm.Send();

I think thats your best course of action..
Thanks Lee. I will try your suggestions.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:10 am
by lnevo
Hey Roberto,

I've definitely been having some odd issues since adding in this code to my INO. I been having some strange issues like today I noticed that the portal hasn't updated since 6/15. I had some odd alerts at that time I was getting power outage alarms which I got to silence by resetting the expansion bus. Reading from the controller was working but obviously it was not sending to the portal.

Also, in troubleshooting code with another user and adding Serial.print's he was having the wifi not work at all. I'm wondering if there is something I'm missing after an alert to reset the wifi module or something and maybe it's not in the right state.

Anyway, the occasional wifi lockups. Any insight? I'd love to submit a patch to include this in the libs.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:39 am
by rimai
Humm. Not so sure...
Does it happen if you use the old code too?

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:07 am
by lnevo
I was never using the old code. It doesn't happen all the time and may not even be related as I've had other network issues going on as well.. was hoping there would be some strings that I'm missing to send to flush the wifi module. As far as what's being printed to the serial it's pretty much the same as before a GET request with two newlines...

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:12 am
by rimai
I may need to add your code to check when I get some time.
I've been using the old one for about 3 years and it works fine, but the old one doesn't have the portal integration either.
The problem with the portal integration is that one server needs to forward requests to another one through a proxy.
It could be that, but it is nothing different than what we are all already doing with the Portal() function.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:41 am
by lnevo
The strangest thing is that my RA was not sending or was not registering properly updates to the portal, but was able to read/write no problem from iphone.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:40 pm
by lnevo
I think I figured out what my issue is....

I mentioned that the problems started when I added the code to my INO, but I was also home for 3 weeks which is how I got so much coding done recently to begin with. Anyway, the internet on my WiFi has been having all kinds of other issues latetly and I've been banging my head over it. It finally dawned on me today that the new 2.4Ghz baby monitor in the house is probably the culprit. :) I'll be checking my wifi when I get home tonight, but I'm pretty sure that's what is causing my problems.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:28 am
by lnevo
So, the interference was definitely from the baby monitor. As soon as I unplug it internet starts working much better and I don't lose my connection as much. I did however upgrade the firmware on the wifi module and that has helped a lot. The only time I've lost connection the device reconnected and I was able to maintain my connection. For anyone that has wifi problems with their module, I recommend checking for other 2.4Ghz wireless devices and definitely look at the 4.0 WiFly firmware.

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:50 pm
by lnevo
Here's the latest version. Updated for 1.1.0 (requires a patch to RA_Wifi class to add portalkey)

Re: I can't find the WifiSendAlert() function in the librari

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:11 am
by lnevo
Download and unzip in libraries folder...what else do you need? :)