This module reads the temperature and hunidity from a DHT22 sensor attached to a raspberry pi. In the future there will also be a hook for a BMP180 pressure sensor. The result is send to a REST interface which saves the data from the sensors in a database.
#Configuration The configiguration of the URL, user and pass as well as the pin for the DHT22 sensor can be found in recorder.conf.
The format must be:
[REST]
url=<URL>
user=<USERNAME>
pass=<PASSWORD>
[DHT22]
pin=<PIN>
#Usage The script is executable and can be used directly
##Example
$ ./record_weather.py
or as a cronjob
0 * * * * root /opt/weather/record_weather.py
#Note In order to use the module you need to install:
- Adafruit_DHT
- json
- requests