Wemos D1 push notification delays

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1

Hi, the following sketch works brilliantly with a wemos D1 & a RCWL 0516 SENSOR. I receive a notification by pushingbox sent to prowl on my iphone approx 5 seconds after detection.

However, subsequent notifications do not arrive until at least 5 minutes have passed and this can increase to forever if the sensor keeps detecting movement after the first movement .

I have no idea why there has to be a minimum 5 minute gap between the first detection and the second and why it will not reset unless there is zero movement?

Any ideas how to fix this?

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

// PushingBox scenario DeviceId code and API
String deviceId = "v0537B7BA20EAEB9";
const char* logServer = "api.pushingbox.com";

const char* ssid = "XXXXXXXXXXXX";
const char* password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX";

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(74880);
  // Sending a notification to your mobile phone
  // function takes the message as a parameter
  sendNotification("Hello World from ESP8266!");
}

void sendNotification(String message) {

  Serial.println("- connecting to Home Router SID: " + String(ssid));

  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }

  Serial.println();
  Serial.println("- succesfully connected");
  Serial.println("- starting client");

  WiFiClient client;

  Serial.println("- connecting to pushing server: " + String(logServer));
  if (client.connect(logServer, 80)) {
    Serial.println("- succesfully connected");

    String postStr = "devid=";
    postStr += String(deviceId);
    postStr += "&message_parameter=";
    postStr += String(message);
    postStr += "\r\n\r\n";

    Serial.println("- sending data...");

    client.print("POST /pushingbox HTTP/1.1\n");
    client.print("Host: api.pushingbox.com\n");
    client.print("Connection: close\n");
    client.print("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n");
    client.print("Content-Length: ");
    client.print(postStr.length());
    client.print("\n\n");
    client.print(postStr);
  }
  client.stop();
  Serial.println("- stopping the client");
 
}

void loop() {}
2

You probably need to detect and send in the loop() function.

3

Just tried putting everything in the loop section as below and also added a 10 second delay.......

I now receive 4 notifications immediately one after the other and then nothing for the next 5 minutes (or longer if movement is detected within the first 5 mins.

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

// PushingBox scenario DeviceId code and API
String deviceId = "XXXXXXXXX";
const char* logServer = "api.pushingbox.com";

const char* ssid = "XXXXXXXXXX";
const char* password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX";

void setup() {
 
 
}

void loop() {
  
  
    Serial.begin(74880);
  // Sending a notification to your mobile phone
  // function takes the message as a parameter
  sendNotification("Hello World from ESP8266!");
}

void sendNotification(String message) {

  Serial.println("- connecting to Home Router SID: " + String(ssid));

  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }

  Serial.println();
  Serial.println("- succesfully connected");
  Serial.println("- starting client");

  WiFiClient client;

  Serial.println("- connecting to pushing server: " + String(logServer));
  if (client.connect(logServer, 80)) {
    Serial.println("- succesfully connected");

    String postStr = "devid=";
    postStr += String(deviceId);
    postStr += "&message_parameter=";
    postStr += String(message);
    postStr += "\r\n\r\n";

    Serial.println("- sending data...");

    client.print("POST /pushingbox HTTP/1.1\n");
    client.print("Host: api.pushingbox.com\n");
    client.print("Connection: close\n");
    client.print("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n");
    client.print("Content-Length: ");
    client.print(postStr.length());
    client.print("\n\n");
    client.print(postStr);
  }
  client.stop();
  Serial.println("- stopping the client");

  delay (10000
  );
  }