SMS Controlled Relay with PIC Microcontroller- MikroC
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Figure 1: SMS Controlled Security Access Control Boom Gate
Remotely controlled and monitored systems are becoming increasingly popular these days. Smart controlled devices, such as SMS vending machines, parking ticket payment stations, home automation, security access controls are becoming part of our everyday lives.
In this project we are going to learn how to control a relay with an SMS. This relay could be used in many applications to Switch ON or OFF devices such as an electric bulb, or opening a security boom gate like in this example. A security access control can be implemented at apartments or housing complexes, when a visitor arrives at the gate, he/she can phone the visited person who can send an SMS: “OPEN” to the gate cellphone number, upon receiving this message from the GSM module, the PIC will trigger the relay to open the gate and then close automatically the gate after a short delay or after the car has entered the into the housing complex (Infrared beam detectors could be used to detect if a car has passed the gate).
In this project we are going to use a GSM modem, a PIC microcontroller and a relay.
A GSM modem is a wireless modem that works with a GSM wireless network. GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communications, this architecture is used for mobile communication in most of the countries in the world.
A wireless modem acts basically like the traditional dial-up modem, the main difference is that a dial-up modem sends and receives data through a fixed telephone line while a wireless modem sends and receives data through radio waves. Besides the dial-up connection, GSM modem can also be used for sending and receiving SMS which is also one of the key features of GSM modem.
To learn more about interfacing GSM modem with PIC microcontrollers, please read more the article:
To learn more about interfacing a Relay with PIC microcontrollers, please read more the article:
Circuit Diagram
Figure 2: SMS Controlled Relay with PIC Microcontroller
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Construction
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MikroC Code
In this project, we are going to receive an SMS by using the Polled Response. In this mode, an AT command is sent t the modem to list any new Unread messages instead of getting a notification from the modem:
AT+CGMF=1 //Set SMS text mode AT+CMGL="REC UNREAD" // List UNREAD messages
If we assume that there is only one unread message, the modem may respond:
+CMGL:1,"REC UNREAD","0123456789",,"15/07/19,00:01:00+35"
1 is the index number. After receiving, we could delete all messages from the memory to be ready to receive new messages.
We are going to enable to UART interrupts so that when a character is received from the modem the program jumps straight to the interrupt service routine.
/*****************************************************************************
Project: SMS Controlled Relay with PIC Microcontroller
www.studentcompanion.co.za
Date: July, 2019
******************************************************************************/
//
// Modem responses
//
#define OK 0
#define ON 1
#define OFF 0
//
// AT commands used in the program
//
char AT[] = "AT";
char No_Echo[] = "ATE0";
char Mode_Text[] = "AT+CMGF=1";
char Delete_All[] = "AT+CMGD=1,4";
char Get_Message[] = "AT+CMGL=\"REC UNREAD\"";
char Relay;
char SMS_Arrived;
//
// States and State variables
//
char State = 0;
char response_rcvd = 0;
short responseID = -1;
short response = -1;
//
// This function returns the modem response
//
short Modem_Response()
{
if(response_rcvd)
{
response_rcvd = 0;
return responseID;
}
else
return -1;
}
//
// This function waits for a modem response
//
void Wait_Modem_Response(char resp)
{
while(Modem_Response() != resp);
}
//
// This function sends a command to the modem. The command must be a string i.e.
// it must be terminated with a NULL character. After ending teh command the
// carriage return character is sent
//
void Send_To_Modem(char *s)
{
while(*s)
{
Uart1_Write(*s++);
}
Uart1_Write(0x0D);
}
//
// This function initializes the GSM click board
//
void Init_GSM(void)
{
UART1_Init(9600); // Set UART to 9600 Baud
Delay_Ms(3000); // Wait a while
}
//
// This is the interrupt service routine. Modem responses are checked in this
// routine in the form of a State machine. The program jumps to this routine
// every time a character is received through the UART. A State machine code
// is implemented inside this routine to check the modem response. The keywords
// checked from the modem response are: OK, #ON and #OFF. Variable SMS_Arrived
// is set to 1 when an SMS message is received from the mobile phone. An endless
// loop in the main program controls the relay accordingly
//
void interrupt()
{
char Dat;
if(PIR1.RC1IF == 1) // If this is a UART1 interrupt
{
Dat = Uart1_Read(); // Read he UARt1 data
switch(State) // Start of the State machine
{
case 0: // State 0
{
response = -1;
if(Dat == 'O')State = 1; // Response starts with 'O'
if(Dat == '#')State = 100; // Next State is 100
break;
}
case 1: // State 1
{
if(Dat == 'K') // Next response char is 'K'
{
response = OK; // Response is 'OK'
State = 2; // Next State is 2
}
break;
}
case 2: // State 2
{
if(Dat == 0x0D) // A carriage return ?
State = 3; // Next State is 3
else
State = 0; // Next State is 0
break;
}
case 3: // State 3
{
if(Dat == 0x0A) // A line feed ?
{
response_rcvd = 1; // Response received flag is set
ResponseID = response; // Response ID is set
}
State = 0; // Next State is 0
break;
}
case 100:
{
if(Dat == 'O')State = 101; // So far #O detected
break;
}
case 101:
{
if(Dat == 'N') // #ON detected
{
Relay = ON; // Relay to be turned ON
SMS_Arrived = 1; // SMS arrived flag
State = 0;
}
if(Dat == 'F')State = 102; // #OF detected
break;
}
case 102:
{
if(Dat == 'F') // #OFF detected
{
Relay = OFF; // Relay to be turned OFF
SMS_Arrived = 1; // SMS arrived flag
State = 0;
}
break;
}
default: // Otherwise...
{
State = 0; // Next State is 0
break;
}
}
}
}
//
// This function enables (initializes) the UART1 interrupts. Thus, whenever a
// character is received from the serial port, the program jumps to the
// interrupt service routine
//
void Init_UART1_Interrupts(void)
{
PIE1.RC1IE = 1;
INTCON.PEIE = 1;
INTCON.GIE = 1;
}
//
// Start of MAIN program
//
void main()
{
TRISB_bit = 0; // Set RB0 as output for relay
PORTB.RB0 = 0; // Relay deactivated to start with
Delay_Ms(5000); // Wait until GSM board is stabilized
Init_GSM(); // Initialize the GSM click board
Init_UART1_Interrupts(); // Initialize UART1 interrupts
//
// Auto-baud detect. Keep sending AT commands and wait until "OK" is received
//
while(1)
{
Send_To_Modem(AT);
Delay_Ms(200);
if(Modem_Response() == OK)break;
}
//
// At this point the modem baud rate is set to 9600
// We can now start sending our AT commands to the modem
//
//
// Disable Echo
//
Send_To_Modem(No_Echo);
Wait_Modem_Response(OK);
//
// Set SMS mode to text
//
Send_To_Modem(Mode_Text);
Wait_Modem_Response(OK);
//
// The following is an endless loop where the program looks for an SMS message
// from the mobile phone. The program works in polled mode
//
//
// Delete all messages to start with
//
Delay_Ms(5000);
SMS_Arrived = 0;
Send_To_Modem(Delete_All);
Wait_Modem_Response(OK);
//
// Entering the endless loop where teh program looks for an SMS message and then
// controls the Relay accordingly. The comamnd #ON activates the Relay. On the
// other hand the command #OFF deactivates th Relay. Any electrical equipment
// conencted to the Relay is thus controlled remotely from a mobile phone
while(1)
{
Send_To_Modem(Get_Message); // Check if any SMS arrived
//
// Wait until modem is ready
//
while(1)
{
Send_To_Modem(AT);
Delay_Ms(1000);
if(Modem_Response() == OK)break;
}
//
// Check if a message has arrived
//
if(SMS_Arrived == 1) // A new SMS arrived
{
SMS_Arrived = 0; // Clear SMS arrived flag
if(Relay == ON)
{
PORTB.RB0 = 1; // Activate the Relay
}
else if(Relay == OFF)
PORTB.RB0 = 0; // Deactivate the relay
//
// Delete all messages
//
Send_To_Modem(Delete_All); // Delete all existing messages
Wait_Modem_response(OK); // Wait until modem is ready
}
Delay_Ms(10000);
}
}
This code just demonstrate the basics of receiving an SMS then control a relay, there are many ways we could improve this code:
- We could improve this by instead of sending a new SMS to close the gate, we could simply use a short delay like 10 seconds to close the gate automatically or even use infrared beam detectors to detect the presence of a car and only close the gate automatically once the car enters the area.
- Add a send function to send to the user the status of the gate. gate open or closed to make sure the command was executed
- Check the telephone number of the sender to make sure only numbers from authorized users can open the gate.
