GSM–Connecting to a Server by TCP/IP – part 2 – sending Temperature data from Arduino to a distant Server through GSM

 

In the previous post part-1 I explained the initial setup of starting a Server on PC on a port , setting the Windows firewall to allow the port for external communication , PORT FORWARDING set up in the Router config, etc..

https://alselectro.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/gsm-connecting-to-a-server-on-a-port-by-tcpip-part-1/

In this part 2 I’ll show a practical demo of sending Temperature data to the Server.

As given in part 1 , start a server on distant PC on port 350 & do the port forwarding settings in Router config as explained.

A LM35 sensor is connected to pin A0 of Arduino & a GSM SIM900A is connected to pins 7 , 8 , Gnd of Arduino. As Soft Serial library is used in the code , pins 7 & 8 are declared as soft Rx & Tx.

The Rx pin goes to Tx of GSM , Tx connected to Rx of GSM , GND is made common.An external power source of 12v 1A is used for the GSM.

Download the Arduino code HERE

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#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial myGsm(7,8);
float temp;
int tempPin = 0;
void setup()
{
myGsm.begin(9600);
Serial.begin(9600);
delay(500);

myGsm.println(“AT+CIPSHUT”);
delay(1000);
printSerialData();

myGsm.println(“AT+CIPMUX=0”);
delay(2000);
printSerialData();

myGsm.println(“AT+CGATT=1”);
delay(1000);
printSerialData();

myGsm.println(“AT+CSTT=\”bsnlnet\”,\”\”,\”\””);//setting the APN,username & password
delay(5000);
printSerialData();

myGsm.println();
myGsm.println(“AT+CIICR”);
delay(6000);
printSerialData();

myGsm.println(“AT+CIFSR”); //get IP address
delay(2000);
printSerialData();

myGsm.println(“AT+CIPSTART=\”TCP\”,\”122.178.80.228\”,\”350\””);
delay(5000);
printSerialData();
delay(5000);

myGsm.println(“AT+CIPSEND”);
delay(2000);
printSerialData();

sendtemp();
delay(3000);
myGsm.println(“AT+CIPCLOSE”);
printSerialData();

myGsm.println(“AT+CIPSHUT”);
delay(1000);
printSerialData();
}

void loop()
{
}

void printSerialData()
{
while(myGsm.available()!=0)
Serial.write(myGsm.read());
}

 

void sendtemp()
{
temp = analogRead(tempPin);
temp = temp * 0.48828125;
Serial.print(“TEMPERATURE = “);
Serial.print(temp);
Serial.print(“*C”);
Serial.println();
delay(5000);
myGsm.println(temp);
delay(3000);
printSerialData();
myGsm.write(0x1A);
delay(3000);
printSerialData();

}

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The Analog pin A0 is assigned as tempPin to read the LM 35 sensor data.

Initially any previous IP connection is SHUT  using the command

AT+CIPSHUT

This is essential to start a fresh TCP/IP comnnection.

Single IP connection mode is set by

AT+CIPMUX=0

GPRS is attached using

AT+CGATT=1

Task is started with the command

AT+CSTT=”APN”,”USER NAME”,”PASSWORD”

The Access Point Name of the mobile service provider can be known  by placing the SIM on your Android mobile. It’s shown under

Settings  –> More..  –>  Cellular Networks –> Access Point Names

In my case the APN is bsnlnet , user name & password are empty

AT+CSTT=”bsnlnet”,””,””

 

Then we bring up the Wireless connection with GPRS using

AT+CIICR

This takes a little moment , so a delay of 6 secs is a must in the code.

The IP address assigned by GPRS is obtained by

AT+CIFSR

Now we start up TCP connection with Server IP address & Port number of distant server

AT+CIPSTART=”TCP”,”122.178.80.228″,”350”

Once the connection is established , we send data using

AT+CIPSEND

A CTRL+Z is required to send data which is executed using hex 1A

 

Upload the code to Arduino & open the Serial monitor to watch the AT commands executed

 

Following is the screen shot at the Server side.