Dustin La Ferney
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Perl+Pi DIY Home Security

Yet another DIY home security project with Raspberry Pi and the Perl programming language. Sensors report status to server via UDP messages.

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Perl+Pi DIY Home Security

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless
Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless
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Temperature Sensor
Temperature Sensor
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MCP3208
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SB404 Prototype PCB
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Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
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Male Header 40 Position 1 Row (0.1")
Male Header 40 Position 1 Row (0.1")
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Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

Story

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Schematics

Door Entry device

Shows connections to Pi zero, magnetic door switch, and 16X4 LCD

Temperature sensor

TMP36 read by MCP3208 ADC.

Code

MCP3208.pl Bit-bang ADC driver

Perl
Driver for the MCP3208 12-bit ACD. Include it in your script to use the functions.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Time::HiRes qw (usleep);
require "/home/pi/gpio/gpio_pi.pl";

=pod
routines for MCP3208 4-channel
analog to digital converter
=cut

#print "MCP3208\n-------\n";

#SPI / bitbang varables
my ($clk, $din, $dout, $chpsel);

#channels: first bit is set to single, not differential
#5 bits because the first is the start bit
my @ch0 = (1,1,0,0,0);
my @ch1 = (1,1,0,0,1);
my @ch2 = (1,1,0,1,0);
my @ch3 = (1,1,0,1,1);
my @ch4 = (1,1,1,0,0);
my @ch5 = (1,1,1,0,1);
my @ch6 = (1,1,1,1,0);
my @ch7 = (1,1,1,1,1);
#differential
my @ch01 = (1,0,0,0,0);#a0+, a1-
my @ch02 = (1,0,0,1,0);#a2+, a3-

sub read3208{;
	#init empty array that will
	#contain 10-bit reading from ADC
	my @reading = ();
	#get reading from the MCP3208 ADC
	#starts comm when cs goes from high to low
	
	#ADC channel number
	#channel is an array reference
	my $channel = $_[0];

	#delay between clock pulses
	#needs to operate at 10KHz so
	#sample is accurate, so min usleep(100)
	my $delay = $_[1];

	#reference voltate, used only for calculations
	#can be omitted
	my $vref = $_[2];

	#main clock variable
	my $i=0;
	
	#high flag for data gpio line
	my $hf = 0;

	#number of clock pulses, 
	my $ncp = 38; #for 20 clock pulses

	#high or low state of clock pulse
	my $state = 0;
	my $seed = 3; #seed used to determine high or low, start 3 so first pulse is high
	
	#toggles CS line to init communication with the adc
	#start low, go high, then low.  comm begins when CS
	#brought from high to low
	gpio_write($chpsel, 0);
	usleep($delay);
	
	#main loop
	while($i<$ncp){
		$state = $seed%2;#toggles between 1 and 0
		$seed++;

		#clock pulse high
		if(($i%2) eq 0){
			#print "i: $i\tcp high\tstate: $state\n";

			if($channel->[$i/2] eq 1 && $i <=8){
				gpio_write($din, 1);
				$hf = 1;#set high flag
				#print "ch[".($i/2)."]: ".$channel->[$i/2]."\n";
			}#end if
			if($channel->[$i/2] eq 0 && $i <=8){
				gpio_write($din,0);
			}#end if zero on data line
		}#end if high

		#if($i>8){#data line
			#everything after D0 bit is don't care, 
			#set to state
			#gpio_write($din, $state);
		#}#end else

		#clock pulse
		gpio_write($clk, $state);

		#read data out
		#data clocked out on falling
		#edge of clk
		if(($i%2) == 1 && $i >12){
			#read state of gpio pin connected
			#to data out of ADC
			push @reading, gpio_read($dout);
			#print "i[$i]: ".$reading[($i-14)/2]."\n"
		}#end read data out

		#lower data if high flag set
		if($hf eq 1){
			#gpio_write($din,0);
			$hf = 0;#reset high flag
		}#end if
		
		#pause between clk pls
		usleep($delay);

		#increment counter
		$i++;
	}#end while
		
	#make din low
	gpio_write($din, 0);

	#make chip select high
	gpio_write($chpsel, 1);

	#perform calcuations, return a voltage
	#based of 10-bit reading, and vref val
	my $bindig = 2048;
	my $rdgval = 0;
	my $voltage = 0; 
	for(my $x=0; $x<12;$x++){
		if(@reading[$x] == 1){
			$rdgval = $rdgval + $bindig;
		}#end if
		$bindig = $bindig / 2;
	}#end for

	#voltage calculation
	$voltage = ($rdgval*$vref)/4096;

	return (\@reading, $rdgval, $voltage);
}#end read3208


sub init3208{
=pod
called by program before you can use the 3208
pass the gpio lines you wish to use
=cut
	$clk = $_[0];		#clock
	$din = $_[1];		#instructions to adc
	$dout = $_[2];		#10-bit output from adc
	$chpsel = $_[3];	#latch / load to init comm to adc

	#init gpio lines
	gpio_enable($clk, 'out');
	gpio_enable($din, 'out');
	gpio_enable($dout, 'in');
	gpio_enable($chpsel, 'out');
	
	#init chpsel high, comm begins when
	#chipsel goes from high to low
	gpio_write($chpsel, 1);
	usleep(100);
}#end init3208

sub clkpls{
	gpio_enable(7, 'out');
	my $i=0;
	while($i<1000){
		gpio_write(7,1);
		usleep(50000);
		gpio_write(7,0);
		$i++;
	}#end while
	gpio_write(7,0);
}#end

Perl GPIO driver for Raspberry Pi

Perl
Perl script that controls the file system interface of Raspberry Pi's. Include in scripts to use the functions.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

=pod
gpio utilities for RPi
enable, disable, read, write
=cut

my @line_nums = (2,3,4,17,27,22,10,9,11,5,6,13,19,26,14,15,18,23,24,25,8,7,12,16,20,21);
my ($iox, $status);

sub gpio_enable{
	my $ind = $_[0];
	$iox = $line_nums[$ind];
	#print "IO line: $iox\n";

	my $gpiosz = @line_nums;	
	#print "gpiosz: $gpiosz\n";

	my $direction = $_[1];
	#print "direction: $direction\n";

	#err chk
	if($ind < 0 || $ind > $gpiosz){
		print "INVALID GPIO RANGE\n";
		exit;
	}#end if invalid index
	if($direction ne 'in' && $direction ne 'out'){
		print "INVALID DIRECTION\n";
		exit;
	}#end if invalid direction
	
	#write gpio pin val to export file
	open(EF, ">", "/sys/class/gpio/export") or die $!;
	print EF $iox;
	close(EF);

	#set direction of gpio pin
	open(GF, ">", "/sys/class/gpio/gpio$iox/direction") or die $!;
	print GF $direction;
	close(GF);

}#end gpio_enable

sub gpio_disable{

}#end gpio_disable

sub gpio_read{
	#gpio number as arg, returns direction in/out
	my $ind = $_[0];
	$iox = $line_nums[$ind];
	
	my $value = ''; 

	#reads state of gpio pin
	open(GS, "/sys/class/gpio/gpio$iox/value") or die $!;
	while(<GS>){ $value = $_; };
	#print "$iox val: $value";
	close(GS);

	if($value == 0 || $value == 1){
		return $value;
	}#end unless
	else{ 
		print "ERROR: Undefined value on GPIO $iox\n";
		exit;
	}#end else
}#end gpio_read

sub gpio_write{
	my $ind = $_[0];
	$iox = $line_nums[$ind];

	my $value = $_[1];

	#write value to gpio pin
	open(GV, ">", "/sys/class/gpio/gpio$iox/value") or die $!;
	print GV $value;
	close(GV);
}#end gpio_write

1;

Security device send status UDP socket

Perl
Sends status of security device to UDP server. Takes status string as an argument.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use IO::Socket;

my($sock, $msgserver, $msg, $port, $ipaddr, $msghost, $MAXLEN, $PORTNO, $TIMEOUT);
$MAXLEN = 1024; 
$PORTNO = 8597;
$TIMEOUT = 5;
$msghost = "192.168.0.7";
$msg = $ARGV[0];
print "MSG: $msg\n"; 
$sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto => 'udp', PeerPort => $PORTNO, PeerAddr => $msghost) or die "cannot create socket $!";

$sock->send($msg) or die "SEND: $!";

UDP server for security system

Perl
Logs messages from security devices. Listens on UDP socket.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use IO::Socket;

my ($sock, $statmsg, $devaddr, $devhost, $MAXLEN, $PORTNO);
$MAXLEN = 1024;
$PORTNO = 8597;
$sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(LocalPort => $PORTNO, Proto => 'udp') or die "socket: $@";

#open log file for writing
open CQ, ">>", "security_.log" or die $!;
#autoflush file handle
select((select(CQ), $| = 1)[0]);

print "awaiting UPD messages from security devices on $PORTNO...\n";
while($sock->recv($statmsg, $MAXLEN)){
	my ($port, $ipaddr) = sockaddr_in($sock->peername);
	$devhost = gethostbyaddr($ipaddr, AF_INET);
	print gmtime()."$devhost--> $statmsg\n";
	#$sock->send("received stat ok-> $statmsg");
	print CQ gmtime().",$devhost--> $statmsg\n";
}#end while

close CQ;
die "recv: $!";

Door entry alarm

Perl
Perl script that reports to the UDP server when the front door is opened and closed.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
require "gpio_pi.pl";

gpio_enable(2, 'in');
my $state = 0;		#open or closed
my $msg = '';		#msg for log file, lcd	
my $t = '';		#time string
my $oflg = 0;		#open flag
my $cflg = 0;		#closed flag
my $ot = 0;		#open time epoch
my $ct = 0;		#close time epoch
my $days = 0;		#day duration
my $hours = 0;		#hour duration
my $minutes = 0;	#minutes duration
my $seconds = 0;	#seconds duration

#open log file append
open FD, ">>", "frontdoor.txt" or die $!;

for(;;){

	$state = gpio_read(2);	

	#time for log and lcd
	$t = localtime;
	$t =~ s/^....//;
	$t =~ s/2018//;

	if($state == 1){
		if($oflg ==0){	
			#print to lcd
			$msg = "Door Opened!    $t";
			`./lcd "$msg"`;
			`perl sndstat.pl "front door opened $t"`;

			#epoch time for calc
			$ot = time();

			#print to log
			print FD "door opened $t, $ot\n";
		}#end if open flag low

		#set open flag high
		$oflg = 1;		
	}#end if
	else{
		if($oflg == 1){
			#clear lcd
			`./lcd ""`;
		
			#set flags
			$oflg = 0;

			#time & calculations
			$ct = time();
			my $nsec = $ct - $ot;
			my $duration = '';
			if($nsec > 86400){#days
				$days = int($nsec / 86400);			
				$duration = "$days days ";
				$nsec = $nsec - ($days * 86400);
			}#end if days
			if($nsec > 3600){#hours
				$hours = int($nsec / 3600);
				$duration = $duration."$hours hours ";
				$nsec = $nsec - ($hours * 3600);
			}#end if hours
			if($nsec > 60){#minutes	
				$minutes = int($nsec / 60);
				$duration = $duration."$minutes minutes ";
				$nsec = $nsec - ($minutes * 60);
			}#end if minutes
			if($nsec < 60){#seconds
				$seconds = $nsec;
				$duration = $duration."$seconds seconds\n";
			}#end seconds
			#print to log file
			print FD "door closed $t, $ct\n";
			print FD $duration;
			print FD "------------------------------------------\n";
			$duration =~ s/\n//;

			`perl sndstat.pl "front door closed $t DURATION: $duration"`;
		}#end if
		
		$cflg = 1;

		#flush file handle, no buffering
		select((select(FD), $|=1)[0]);
	}#end else
	sleep(1);
}#end for

close FD;

C executable to control 16X4 LCD used in this project

C/C++
Need to compile lcd.c like so: gcc -o lcd lcd.c -lwiringPi -lwiringPiDev . Executable takes a string as a command line argument, then displays on the LCD
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wiringPi.h>          
#include <lcd.h>               
 
//USE WIRINGPI PIN NUMBERS
#define LCD_RS  25               //Register select pin
#define LCD_E   24               //Enable Pin
#define LCD_D4  23               //Data pin 4
#define LCD_D5  22               //Data pin 5
#define LCD_D6  21               //Data pin 6
#define LCD_D7  14               //Data pin 7
 
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    int lcd;               
    wiringPiSetup();        
    lcd = lcdInit (2, 16, 4, LCD_RS, LCD_E, LCD_D4, LCD_D5, LCD_D6, LCD_D7, 0, 0, 0, 0);

    lcdPosition(lcd, 0, 0);

    printf("nargs: %d \n", argc); 
    printf("lcdout: %s \n", argv[1]);
 
    lcdPuts(lcd, argv[1]);   
}

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Dustin La Ferney

Dustin La Ferney

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