ok started over with the programming. now im using ...
// LCD Thermostat
// www.hacktronics.com#include <OneWire.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>// Connections:
// rs (LCD pin 4) to Arduino pin 12
// rw (LCD pin 5) to Arduino pin 11
// enable (LCD pin 6) to Arduino pin 10
// LCD pin 15 to Arduino pin 13
// LCD pins d4, d5, d6, d7 to Arduino pins 5, 4, 3, 2
LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 10, 5, 4, 3, 2);
int backLight = 13; // pin 13 will control the backlightOneWire ds(8); // ds18b20 pin #2 (middle pin) to Arduino pin 8
byte i;
byte present = 0;
byte data[12];
byte addr[8];int HighByte, LowByte, SignBit, Whole, Fract, TReading, Tc_100, FWhole;
void setup(void) {
pinMode(backLight, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(backLight, HIGH); // turn backlight on. Replace 'HIGH' with 'LOW' to turn it off.
lcd.begin(2,16); // rows, columns. use 2,16 for a 2x16 LCD, etc.
lcd.clear(); // start with a blank screen
lcd.setCursor(0,0); // set cursor to column 0, row 0if ( !ds.search(addr)) {
lcd.clear(); lcd.print("No more addrs");
delay(1000);
ds.reset_search();
return;
}if ( OneWire::crc8( addr, 7) != addr[7]) {
lcd.clear(); lcd.print("CRC not valid!");
delay(1000);
return;
}
}void getTemp() {
int foo, bar;ds.reset();
ds.select(addr);
ds.write(0x44,1);present = ds.reset();
ds.select(addr);
ds.write(0xBE);for ( i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
data = ds.read();
}*
LowByte = data[0];*
HighByte = data[1];*
TReading = (HighByte << 8) + LowByte;*
SignBit = TReading & 0x8000; // test most sig bit*
if (SignBit) {*
TReading = -TReading;*
}*
Tc_100 = (6 * TReading) + TReading / 4; // multiply by (100 * 0.0625) or 6.25Whole = Tc_100 / 100; // separate off the whole and fractional portions*
Fract = Tc_100 % 100;*
if (Fract > 49) {*
if (SignBit) {*
--Whole;*
} else {*
++Whole;*
}*
}*
if (SignBit) {*
bar = -1;*
} else {*
bar = 1;*
}*
_ foo = ((Whole * bar) * 18); // celsius to fahrenheit conversion section_
_ FWhole = (((Whole * bar) * 18) / 10) + 32;_if ((foo % 10) > 4) { // round up if needed*
++FWhole;*
}*
}
void printTemp(void) {lcd.clear();*
lcd.setCursor(0,0);*
lcd.print("Temp is: ");*
lcd.setCursor(0,1); *
if (SignBit) { *
lcd.print("-");*
}*
lcd.print(Whole);*
lcd.print(" C / ");*
lcd.print(FWhole);*
lcd.print(" F");*
}
void loop(void) {getTemp();*
printTemp();*
delay(1000);*
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and everything is working fine except the lcd always says "Temp is: 85C / 185F "
no matter what i do am i overlooking something in the coding