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Detecting Motion Using a PIR sensor, ESP8266, and Mongoose OS

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Detecting Motion Using a PIR sensor, ESP8266, and Mongoose OS.

This example application is a motion detector. It uses the ESP8266 NodeMCU and a PIR sensor. This example code is apart of a tutorial. The tutorial demonstrates how to send the data to the Losant IoT Platform, where we can create a dashboard to monitor activity, and send alerts based on customizable rules.

Tested Hardware

  • ESP8266
  • ESP32

Installation & Flashing

Before beginning, you must have the mos tool installed. For more info, see the mos installation instructions.

  1. First, clone the losant app
$ git clone git@github.com:Losant/losant-mongoose-motion-sensor.git
  1. Build the firmware: (esp8266 or esp32)
$ mos build --arch esp8266
  1. Flash the device: (esp8266 or esp32)
$ mos flash
  1. Configure WiFi:
mos wifi WIFI_SSID WIFI_PASSWORD

You must replace the following values:

  • WIFI_SSID
  • WIFI_PASSWORD

  1. Login to Losant service. Create and app, device, and security credentials for your device: The device will have the following attributes: Here is where you can obtain security crendentials:

  2. Configure MQTT connection to Losant:

mos config-set mqtt.client_id=LOSANT_DEVICE_ID \
  mqtt.user=LOSANT_ACCESS_KEY \
  mqtt.pass=LOSANT_ACCESS_SECRET

You obtain the LOSANT_DEVICE_ID, LOSANT_ACCESS_KEY, and LOSANT_ACCESS_SECRET values from Losant.

  1. To stream logs to the terminal:
$ mos console
  1. To open up the mos web UI:
$ mos
  1. Switch back to Losant page, watch data graph: