thingspeak not reading my IR sensor.. is there something wrong with my code?

Aidi Tan on 11 Feb 2022 (Edited on 11 Feb 2022)
Latest activity Reply by Christopher Stapels on 11 Feb 2022

#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;
}
Christopher Stapels
Christopher Stapels on 11 Feb 2022

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.