vscp-python-send-bh1750

Send Illuminance readings in lux from a BH1750 sensor to a VSCP daemon as a level II illuminance measurement event.

Credits

This is work based on work done by Matt Hawkins, https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/?s=bh1750

Installation and setup

i2c support must be enabled. Use raspi-config to enable i2c.

To verify your hardware you can use i2ctools. Install with

sudo apt install i2ctools

scan bus with

i2cdetect 1

you will get something like

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
20: -- -- -- 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

as output.

The 23 is the address of the BH1750 sensor.

You also need to install smbus support for python. Install with

pip3 install smbus

usage

vscp_send_bh1750.py host user password [guid] [sensorindex] [zone] [subzone]

Parameter	Description
host	VSCP host to connect to
user	VSCP user to connect as
password	VSCP password
guid	Optional. GUID to use for the sensor. Default to "-", the daemons interface GUID.
sensorindex	Optional. Index of the sensor to use. Defaults to zero.
zone	Optional. Zone to use for the sensor. Default to zero.
subzone	Optional. Subzone to use for the sensor. Defaults to zero.

Typically you would run this script as a cronjob to send data every minute or so.

example

./send_bh1750.py localhost admin secret - 0 0 0

Send a reading to a VSCP daemon on the local host using the interface GUID and setting sensorindex, zone and subzone all to zero. This is the same as using

./send_bh1750.py localhost admin secret

where default values are used for the sensorindex, zone and subzone.

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This file is part of the vscp project