#include <Keypad.h> #include <Wire.h> #include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h> #include <SoftwareSerial.h> LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2); SoftwareSerial ESP01(2, 3); const byte ROWS = 4; // four rows const byte COLS = 3; // three columns char keys[ROWS][COLS] = { // keypad labels {'1', '2', '3'}, {'4', '5', '6'}, {'7', '8', '9'}, {'*', '0', '#'} }; byte rowPins[ROWS] = {12, 7, 8, 10}; //connect to keypad pins 12, 7, 8, 10 byte colPins[COLS] = {11, 13, 9}; // connect to keypad pins 11, 13, 9 column pinouts Keypad customKeypad = Keypad( makeKeymap(keys), rowPins, colPins, ROWS, COLS ); #define Password_Length 5 #define DEBUG true #define IP "184.106.153.149" // define pin numbers int buzzer = 5; // buzzer is connected to pin 5 int PIR = 6; // PIR is connected to pin 6 // intruder alarm password char Data[Password_Length]; char Master[Password_Length] = "1234"; byte data_count = 0, master_count = 0; bool Pass_is_good; char customKey; int val = 0; // thingspeak & WiFi String apiKey = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; // thingspeak API key void setup() { lcd.init(); lcd.backlight(); pinMode(buzzer, OUTPUT); pinMode(PIR, INPUT); Serial.begin(9600); while (!Serial){ } Serial.println("Starting..."); ESP01.begin(9600); // Reset ESP8266, put it into mode 1 i.e. STA only, make it join hotspot / AP, // establish single connection ESP01.println(); sendData("AT+RST\r\n",2000,DEBUG); sendData("AT+CWMODE=1\r\n",2000,DEBUG); sendData("AT+CWJAP=\"AiPhone\",\"123889\"\r\n",20000,DEBUG); sendData("AT+CIPMUX=0\r\n",4000,DEBUG); // Make TCP connection String cmd = "AT+CIPSTART=\"TCP\",\""; cmd += "184.106.153.149"; // Thingspeak.com's IP address cmd += "\",80\r\n"; sendData(cmd,4000,DEBUG); // Read PIR sensor value val = digitalRead(PIR); // check if there was a state transition String val1 = String(val); if (val == HIGH) { Serial.println("Motion detected!"); delay(10); Serial.println(val1); } else { Serial.println("Asleep"); delay(10); //String val1 = String(val); Serial.println(val1); } //String val1 = String(val); //Serial.println(val1); //Prepare GET string String getStr = "GET /update?api_key="; getStr += apiKey; getStr += "&field1="; getStr += val1; getStr +="\r\n"; // Send data length & GET string ESP01.print("AT+CIPSEND="); ESP01.println (getStr.length()); Serial.print("AT+CIPSEND="); Serial.println(getStr.length()); delay(500); if(ESP01.find (">")) { Serial.print(">"); sendData(getStr, 2000, DEBUG); } //Close connection, wait a while before repeating sendData("AT+CIPCLOSE", 16000, DEBUG); // 15 seconds delay between updates } if true % code endvoid loop() { if (digitalRead(PIR) == HIGH) { lcd.backlight(); lcd.setCursor(0, 0); lcd.print("Enter Password: "); customKey = customKeypad.getKey(); if (customKey) { Data[data_count] = customKey; lcd.setCursor(data_count, 1); lcd.print(Data[data_count]); data_count++; } if (data_count == Password_Length - 1) { lcd.clear(); if (!strcmp(Data, Master)) { lcd.print("OK"); digitalWrite(buzzer, HIGH); delay(200); digitalWrite(buzzer, LOW); delay(200); digitalWrite(buzzer, HIGH); delay(200); digitalWrite(buzzer, LOW); } else { lcd.print("Wrong Password"); digitalWrite(buzzer, HIGH); delay(1000); digitalWrite(buzzer, LOW); } lcd.clear(); clearData(); } } else { lcd.noBacklight(); // turn backlight off lcd.clear(); // clear display delay(250); } } String sendData(String command, const int timeout, boolean debug) { String response = ""; ESP01.print(command); long int time = millis(); while( (time+timeout) > millis()) { while(ESP01.available()) { // "Construct" response from ESP01 as follows // - this is to be displayed on Serial Monitor. char c = ESP01.read(); // read the next character. response+=c; } } if(debug) { Serial.print(response); } return (response); } void clearData() { while (data_count != 0) { Data[data_count--] = 0; } return; } thingspeak not reading my IR sensor.. is there something wrong with my code? Can you comment out the IR sensor parts and just send a static number to ThingSpeak for testing? Then we can tell if its the sensor or the ThingSpeak interface part. arduino uno thingspeak ir sensor