Pulling temperature and humidity with a DHT22
this script will log current readings to a CSV file and send an email if the temperature exceeds a given threshold.
#!/usr/bin/python
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# Author: Tony DiCola
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import sys
import time
import datetime
import Adafruit_DHT
import smtplib
# Import the email modules we'll need
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
# Parse command line parameters.
sensor = Adafruit_DHT.DHT22
pin = '4'
# Try to grab a sensor reading. Use the read_retry method which will retry up
# to 15 times to get a sensor reading (waiting 2 seconds between each retry).
humidity, temperature = Adafruit_DHT.read_retry(sensor, pin)
# Un-comment the line below to convert the temperature to Fahrenheit.
# temperature = temperature * 9/5.0 + 32
# Note that sometimes you won't get a reading and
# the results will be null (because Linux can't
# guarantee the timing of calls to read the sensor).
# If this happens try again!
if humidity is not None and temperature is not None:
print('Temp={0:0.1f}* Humidity={1:0.1f}%'.format(temperature, humidity))
f = open("temp-log.csv", "a")
f.write(str(datetime.datetime.now())+','+"{0:0.1f}, {1:0.1f}%".format(temperature, humidity)+'\n')
if temperature >= 32:
msg = MIMEText('Alert the garage temperature is: '+str(temperature))
to = ''
rom = ''
msg['Subject'] = 'Garage Temperature Alert: '+str(temperature)
msg['From'] = rom
msg['To'] = to
s = smtplib.SMTP('10.10.8.44')
s.sendmail(rom, to, msg.as_string())
s.quit()
print('email sent')
sys.exit(1)
else:
print('Failed to get reading. Try again!')
sys.exit(1)