Register a sensor with a custom firmware

FAQ
1

Hi everyone,
I built my custom sensor (AHT20 BMP280 SPS30 BH1750 and ICS43434) with my own custom firmware. I would like to push data to api.sensor.community but I do not now how to register the sensor. How can I register it?

Thanks

2

  1. Sign up on Sensor.Community

  2. Go to dashboard → “Add new sensor”

  3. Select your sensor types (SPS30, BMP280, etc.)

  4. You’ll get a Sensor ID

Then in your firmware:

  • Use API: https://api.sensor.community/v1/push-sensor-data/

  • Add headers:

    • X-Sensor: esp8266-<sensor-id>

    • X-Pin: <pin>

  • Send data in their JSON format

That’s it, once data is sent, it will appear on the map.

3

Thanks for your reply. The problem is to find the chipID to register the sensor.

After a long research I figured out that it is generated from the MAC address and now it should work.

I’ll try to send data to the APIs.

Thanks

4

An other rapid question. How can I add a sensor type later? I would like to add DNMS to esp32-50787D16ACB8 but from UI settings I cannot.

Thanks,

Matteo

5

yo, does it work for you? Here’s my esphome script which sends data to sonsor.community, madavi and opensensemap. Maybe you will find this helpful.

## HPM/PMS/SDS011/SPS30 => Pin 1
## BME280 => Pin 11
## BMP180/BMP280 => Pin 3
## DHT22/HTU21D/SHT3x => Pin 7
## GPS(Neo-6M) => Pin 9
## DS18B20 => Pin 13
## DNMS => Pin 15

script:
  - id: send_pm_data
    then:
     
      - http_request.post:
          url: https://api.sensor.community/v1/push-sensor-data/
          request_headers:
            X-Pin: "1"
            X-Sensor: "esp8266-6xxxxx1"
            Content-Type: "application/json"
          body: !lambda |-
            return R"({
              "software_version": "esphome-custom",
              "sensordatavalues": [
                {"value_type": "P1", "value": ")" + id(latest_PM10) + R"("},
                {"value_type": "P2", "value": ")" + id(latest_PM25) + R"("}
              ]
            })";
                  
      - http_request.post:
          url: https://api-rrd.madavi.de/data.php
          request_headers:
            X-Pin: "1"
            X-Sensor: "esp8266-6xxxxx1"
            Content-Type: "application/json"
          body: !lambda |-
            return R"({
              "software_version": "esphome-custom",
              "sensordatavalues": [
                {"value_type": "SDS_P1", "value": ")" + id(latest_PM10) + R"("},
                {"value_type": "SDS_P2", "value": ")" + id(latest_PM25) + R"("}
              ]
            })";

      - http_request.post:
          url: https://api.opensensemap.org/boxes/6830xxxxxxxxxx0007e40e7d/data
          request_headers:
            Content-Type: "application/json; charset=utf-8"
          body: !lambda |-
            return R"([
              {"sensor": "6830xxxxxxxxxx0007e40e80", "value": ")" + id(latest_PM10) + R"("},
              {"sensor": "6830xxxxxxxxxx0007e40e81", "value": ")" + id(latest_PM25) + R"("}
            ])";

  - id: send_env_data
    then:

      - http_request.post:
          url: https://api.sensor.community/v1/push-sensor-data/
          request_headers:
            X-Pin: "7"
            X-Sensor: "esp8266-6xxxxx1"
            Content-Type: "application/json"
          body: !lambda |-
            return R"({
              "software_version": "esphome-custom",
              "sensordatavalues": [
                {"value_type": "temperature", "value": ")" + id(latest_temperature) + R"("},
                {"value_type": "humidity", "value": ")" + id(latest_humidity) + R"("}
              ]
            })";

      - http_request.post:
          url: https://api-rrd.madavi.de/data.php
          request_headers:
            X-Pin: "7"
            X-Sensor: "esp8266-6xxxxx1"
            Content-Type: "application/json"
          body: !lambda |-
            return R"({
              "software_version": "esphome-custom",
              "sensordatavalues": [
                {"value_type": "SHT3X_temperature", "value": ")" + id(latest_temperature) + R"("},
                {"value_type": "SHT3X_humidity", "value": ")" + id(latest_humidity) + R"("}
              ]
            })";

      - http_request.post:
          url: https://api.opensensemap.org/boxes/6830xxxxxxxxx007e40e7d/data
          request_headers:
            Content-Type: "application/json; charset=utf-8"
          body: !lambda |-
            return R"([
              {"sensor": "6830xxxxxxxxx007e40e7e", "value": ")" + id(latest_temperature) + R"("},
              {"sensor": "6830xxxxxxxxx007e40e7f", "value": ")" + id(latest_humidity) + R"("}
            ])";