Ruchir Sharma
Published © GPL3+

Smart Switch Using Arduino and Alexa

Temperature sensor is used to control a switch (relay) to turn on or off the device.

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Smart Switch Using Arduino and Alexa

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Relay (generic)
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DHT11 Temperature & Humidity Sensor (4 pins)
DHT11 Temperature & Humidity Sensor (4 pins)
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ESP8266 ESP-01
Espressif ESP8266 ESP-01
Either use NodeMCU or ESP with Arduino
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Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
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4n 26 optocoupler
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Texas Instruments LM1117 voltage regulator
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Pushbutton switch 12mm
SparkFun Pushbutton switch 12mm
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Software apps and online services

Alexa Skills Kit
Amazon Alexa Alexa Skills Kit
Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

Story

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Schematics

Arduino_ESP

Used for programming the ESP

VUI Diagram

Arduino_Alexa

Used after uploading the program to the ESP

Code

TempHumswitch

Arduino
#include <dht.h>
#include <ArduinoJson.h> 
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFiMulti.h>
#include <WebSocketsClient.h>
#include <Hash.h>
// @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ You only need to modify wi-fi and domain info @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
const char* ssid     = ""; //enter your ssid/ wi-fi(case sensitive) router name - 2.4 Ghz only
const char* password = "";     // enter ssid password (case sensitive)
char host[] = "iottempswitch.herokuapp.com"; //- better your Heroku domain name like  "iottempswitch.herokuapp.com" 
// @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
#define dht_dpin 5          // GPIO 5 (D1) OR for ESP change it to GPIO0
const int relayPin = 16;    // GPIO 16 (D0) OR change it to GPIO2
// @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
dht DHT;
int port = 80;
char path[] = "/ws"; 
ESP8266WiFiMulti WiFiMulti;
WebSocketsClient webSocket;
DynamicJsonBuffer jsonBuffer; 
String currState;
int pingCount = 0;
String triggerName ="";
String triggerVal ="";
int triggerEnabled = 0;
void webSocketEvent(WStype_t type, uint8_t * payload, size_t length) { //uint8_t *


    switch(type) {
        case WStype_DISCONNECTED:
           Serial.println("Disconnected! ");
           Serial.println("Connecting...");
               webSocket.begin(host, port, path);
               webSocket.onEvent(webSocketEvent);
            break;
            
        case WStype_CONNECTED:
            {
             Serial.println("Connected! ");
          // send message to server when Connected
            webSocket.sendTXT("Connected");
            }
            break;
            
        case WStype_TEXT:
            Serial.println("Got data");
              //data = (char*)payload;
           processWebScoketRequest((char*)payload);
            break;
            
        case WStype_BIN:

            hexdump(payload, length);
            Serial.print("Got bin");
            // send data to server
            webSocket.sendBIN(payload, length);
            break;
    }

}

void setup() {
    Serial.begin(115200);
    Serial.setDebugOutput(true);
    
    pinMode(relayPin, OUTPUT);
    
      for(uint8_t t = 4; t > 0; t--) {
          delay(1000);
      }
    Serial.println();
    Serial.println();
    Serial.print("Connecting to ");
    
    //Serial.println(ssid);
    WiFiMulti.addAP(ssid, password);

    //WiFi.disconnect();
    while(WiFiMulti.run() != WL_CONNECTED) {
      Serial.print(".");
        delay(100);
    }
    Serial.println("Connected to wi-fi");
    webSocket.begin(host, port, path);
    webSocket.onEvent(webSocketEvent);

}

void loop() {
    getTemp();
    webSocket.loop();

    if (triggerEnabled==1){
      setTrigger(triggerName,triggerVal);
    }
    //@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
  //If you make change to delay make sure adjust the ping
    delay(2000);
	// make sure after every 40 seconds send a ping to Heroku
	//so it does not terminate the websocket connection
	//This is to keep the conncetion alive between ESP and Heroku
    	if (pingCount > 20) {
    		pingCount = 0;
    		webSocket.sendTXT("\"heartbeat\":\"keepalive\"");
    	}else {pingCount += 1;}
  //@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
}

void processWebScoketRequest(String data){
            String jsonResponse = "{\"version\": \"1.0\",\"sessionAttributes\": {},\"response\": {\"outputSpeech\": {\"type\": \"PlainText\",\"text\": \"<text>\"},\"shouldEndSession\": true}}";
            JsonObject& root = jsonBuffer.parseObject(data);
            String query = root["query"];
            String message="";
            Serial.println(data);
            
            if(query == "cmd"){ //if query check state
                      String value = root["value"];  
                      Serial.println("Recieved command!");
                    if(value=="on"){
                      digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH);
                      message = "{\"state\":\"ON\"}";
                      currState = "ON";
                    }else if (value=="off"){
                      digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW);
                      message = "{\"state\":\"OFF\"}";
                      currState = "OFF";
                    }else if (value=="deactivate"){
                      //deactivate trigger
                      triggerEnabled = 0;
                    }else{
                      String object = root["object"];
                      //set trigger for temp and humidity
                      triggerName = object;
                      triggerVal = value;
                      triggerEnabled = 1;
                      
                        
                    }
                    jsonResponse.replace("<text>", "It is done");
                  
            }else if(query == "?"){ //if command then execute   
              Serial.println("Recieved query!");
              int state = digitalRead(relayPin);
              String value = root["value"];
              //Serial.print("Value-->");
              //Serial.print(value);
                if(value=="switch"){
                 if(currState=="ON"){
                      message = "{\"state\":\"ON\"}";
                    }else{
                      message = "{\"state\":\"OFF\"}";
                    }
                }else if(value=="humidity"){
                  //response with current humidity DHT.humidity
                  Serial.println("Humidity response...");
                  jsonResponse.replace("<text>", "current humidity is " + String(DHT.humidity) + " percent");
                  
                }else if(value=="temperature"){  
                  //response with current temperature DHT.temperature /Celcius2Fahrenheit(DHT.temperature)
                  Serial.println("Temp response...");
                  jsonResponse.replace("<text>", "current temperature is " + String(Celcius2Fahrenheit(DHT.temperature))+ " fahrenheit");
                }
            }else{//can not recognized the command
              Serial.println("Command is not recognized!");
            }
            //jsonResponse.replace("<text>", "Garage door " + instance + " is " + message );
            Serial.print("Sending response back");
            Serial.println(jsonResponse);
                  // send message to server
                  webSocket.sendTXT(jsonResponse);
                  if(query == "cmd" || query == "?"){webSocket.sendTXT(jsonResponse);}
}

void setTrigger(String obj, String val){
  Serial.print("Trigger is set for ");
  Serial.print(val.toFloat());
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(triggerName);
  Serial.println("");
  
  if(String("fahrenheit") == obj){
    if(Celcius2Fahrenheit(DHT.temperature)>=val.toFloat()){
      Serial.println("Fahrenheit trigger on!");
        digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH);
      }else{
        digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW);
        }
  }else if(String("celsius") == obj){
    //Celcius2Fahrenheit(DHT.temperature)
        if(DHT.temperature>=val.toFloat()){
          Serial.println("Celcius trigger on!");
            digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH);
          }else{
            digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW);
          }
  }else{
    //DHT.humidity
        if(DHT.humidity>=val.toFloat()){
          Serial.println("Humidity trigger on!");
          digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH);
          }else{digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW);
          }
  }
}


void getTemp(){
    DHT.read11(dht_dpin);
    Serial.print("Current humidity = ");
    Serial.print(DHT.humidity);
    Serial.print("%  ");
    Serial.print("temperature = ");
    Serial.print(DHT.temperature); 
    Serial.print("C  ");
    Serial.print(Celcius2Fahrenheit(DHT.temperature)); 
    Serial.println("F  ");
  delay(800);//Don't try to access too frequently... in theory
  //should be once per two seconds, fastest,
  //but seems to work after 0.8 second.
}

double Celcius2Fahrenheit(double celsius){return celsius * 9 / 5 + 32;}

app.py

Python
import websockets
import asyncio
import json
import time, os


class HttpWSSProtocol(websockets.WebSocketServerProtocol):
    rwebsocket = None
    rddata = None

    async def handler(self):
        try:
            #while True:
            request_line, headers = await websockets.http.read_message(self.reader)
            #print(headers)
            method, path, version = request_line[:-2].decode().split(None, 2)
            #print(self.reader)
        except Exception as e:
            #print(e.args)
            self.writer.close()
            self.ws_server.unregister(self)

            raise

        # TODO: Check headers etc. to see if we are to upgrade to WS.
        if path == '/ws':
            # HACK: Put the read data back, to continue with normal WS handling.
            self.reader.feed_data(bytes(request_line))
            self.reader.feed_data(headers.as_bytes().replace(b'\n', b'\r\n'))

            return await super(HttpWSSProtocol, self).handler()
        else:
            try:
                return await self.http_handler(method, path, version)
            except Exception as e:
                print(e)
            finally:

                self.writer.close()
                self.ws_server.unregister(self)


    async def http_handler(self, method, path, version):
        response = ''
        try :
            alexaRequest = self.reader._buffer.decode('utf-8')
            #print("Req-->"+alexaRequest)
            RequestJson = json.loads(alexaRequest)['request']['intent']['slots']

            if 'is' not in RequestJson['query'].values() and 'what' not in RequestJson['query'].values():

                print('cmd')
                if 'value' not in RequestJson['Switch_State'].keys():
                    value = RequestJson['Numbers']['value']
                    obj = RequestJson['tmp_scale']['value']
                    print({"object":obj,"value":value,"query":"cmd"})
                    jsonRequest = {"object": obj.lower(), "value": value, "query": "cmd"}
                else:
                    state = RequestJson['Switch_State']['value']
                    print(RequestJson['Switch_State']['value'])
                    print({"object": "switch", "value": state, "query": "cmd"})
                    jsonRequest = {"object": "switch", "value": state, "query": "cmd"}
            else:
                if 'value' in RequestJson['Sensor_Values'].keys():
                    if 'temperature' in RequestJson['Sensor_Values']['value']:
                        #print('What is the current temperature?')
                        print({"object": "temperature", "value": "temperature", "query": "?"})
                        jsonRequest = {"object": "temperature", "value": "temperature", "query": "?"}
                        # {"object":"humidity","query":"?"}
                    else:
                        print('What is the current humidity?')
                        # {"object":"humidity","query":"?"}
                        print({"object": "humidity", "value": "humidity", "query": "?"})
                        jsonRequest = {"object": "humidity", "value": "humidity", "query": "?"}
                else:
                    print('What is the switch state?')
                    # {"object":"switch","query":"?"}
                    print({"object": "switch", "value": "state", "query": "?"})
                    jsonRequest = {"object": "switch", "value": "state", "query": "?"}
            with open('data.json', 'w') as outfile:
                json.dump(json.dumps(jsonRequest), outfile)
                #await self.rwebsocket.send(alexaRequest)
            await self.rwebsocket.send(json.dumps(jsonRequest))

            # #wait for response and send it back to IFTTT
            self.rddata = await self.rwebsocket.recv()
            #
            #val ='{"version": "1.0","sessionAttributes": {},"response": {"outputSpeech": {"type": "PlainText","text": "It is done"},"shouldEndSession": true}}'
            response = '\r\n'.join([
                'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
                'Content-Type: text/json',
                '',
                '' + self.rddata,
            ])
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
        self.writer.write(response.encode())



def updateData(data):
    HttpWSSProtocol.rddata = data

async def ws_handler(websocket, path):
    game_name = 'g1'
    try:
        with open('data.json') as data_file:
            data = json.load(data_file)
        HttpWSSProtocol.rwebsocket = websocket
        await websocket.send(data)
        data ='{"empty":"empty"}'
        while True:
            data = await websocket.recv()
            updateData(data)
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
    finally:
        print("")

def _read_ready(self):
    if self._conn_lost:
        return
    try:
        time.sleep(.10)
        data = self._sock.recv(self.max_size)
    except (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError):
        pass
    except Exception as exc:
        self._fatal_error(exc, 'Fatal read error on socket transport')
    else:
        if data:
            self._protocol.data_received(data)
        else:
            if self._loop.get_debug():
                print("%r received EOF")
            keep_open = self._protocol.eof_received()
            if keep_open:
                # We're keeping the connection open so the
                # protocol can write more, but we still can't
                # receive more, so remove the reader callback.
                self._loop._remove_reader(self._sock_fd)
            else:
                self.close()

asyncio.selector_events._SelectorSocketTransport._read_ready = _read_ready

port = int(os.getenv('PORT', 5687))#5687
start_server = websockets.serve(ws_handler, '', port, klass=HttpWSSProtocol)
# logger.info('Listening on port %d', port)

asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(start_server)
asyncio.get_event_loop().run_forever()

app.json

JSON
{
  "name": "Alexa SmartSwitch Temp",
  "description": "Works with IOT devices over the firewall with Alexa skills",
  "repository": "https://github.com/ruchir1675/Smart-Switch/tree/master/Smart-Switch",
  "logo": "https://node-js-sample.herokuapp.com/node.png",
  "keywords": ["esp8266", "google home", "wihtout ifttt", "iot", "arduino", "Alexa Skills", "Temperature"]
}

data.json

JSON
"{\"object\": \"switch\", \"value\": \"on\", \"query\": \"cmd\"}"

Credits

Ruchir Sharma

Ruchir Sharma

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