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Temperature Tracking Script
#!/bin/bash
# logs the temperature every minute
# sends a message if it is too high or low or if it can't be measured
# also sends a message at a given time every day
#sensor ID (must be a DS18B20 sensor)
SENSOR_ID="28-011453d372aa"
# hour when to send the message
REF_HOUR="17:00"
# maximum temperature
MAX_TEMP=27500
# minimum temperature
MIN_TEMP=23000
CUR_TIME=$(date +%s)
REF_TIME=$(date --date "today $REF_HOUR" +%s)
if [ "$REF_TIME" -le $(date +%s) ]; then
REF_TIME=$(date --date "tomorrow $REF_HOUR" +%s)
fi
while [ 1=1 ]; do
# we check the sensor number (the system allocates this randomly it seems)
if [ -e "/sys/bus/w1/devices/$SENSOR_ID/hwmon/hwmon1" ]; then
NUM=1
else
NUM=2
fi
NEXT_TIME=$(date +%s)
TEMP=$(cat /sys/bus/w1/devices/$SENSOR_ID/hwmon/hwmon$NUM/temp1_input)
if [ -z "$TEMP" ]; then
MSG="Warning, cannot read aquarium temperature"
elif [ "$TEMP" -lt "$MIN_TEMP" ] || [ "$TEMP" -gt "$MAX_TEMP" ]; then
MSG="Warning, aquarium temperature out of bounds: $TEMP"
elif [ "$CUR_TIME" -ge "$REF_TIME" ]; then
# we set the reference to the same time tomorrow
REF_TIME=$(date --date "tomorrow $REF_HOUR" +%s)
MSG="Current temperature: $TEMP"
fi
CUR_TIME=$NEXT_TIME
if [ ! -z "$MSG" ]; then
echo $MSG
echo "Do some other thing here (e.g. send an e-mail)"
# we reset the message
MSG=""
fi
DATE=$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)
echo "Temperature at $DATE: $TEMP"
echo -e "$DATE\t$TEMP" >> temperature.tsv
sleep 60
done
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adewes commented Apr 27, 2020

I use this script to monitor the temperature in our aquarium using a Raspberry Pi. It checks the temperature every minute and logs it to a file. If the temperature is too low or too high, or if one day has elapsed, it performs an action (e.g. send an e-mail alert or send a message to a chat channel). Requires a DS18B20 temperature sensor that is connected to the GPIO ports of the Pi (see e.g. here for a more detailed discussion on how to wire this up).

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