Arduino - Water Leak Email Notification
In this guide, we will learn how to use Arduino to find water leaks and send alerts by email instantly. We will go through how to set up the sensor, show examples of the code, and explain how to connect with email services. This will help keep your home or office safe from water damage. This is great for people who enjoy do-it-yourself projects and want to improve their systems for detecting water leaks.
Hardware Required
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| 1 | × | DIYables STEM V4 IoT Starter Kit (Arduino included) | |
| 1 | × | DIYables Sensor Kit (18 sensors/displays) |
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About Water Sensor and Gmail
We offer detailed tutorials on Water Sensors and Gmail. Each guide provides thorough details and easy-to-follow steps on hardware setup, how it works, and how to connect and program the Arduino. To learn more, visit these links:
- Arduino - Water Leak Detector tutorial
- Arduino - Gmail tutorial
Wiring Diagram between Water Sensor and Arduino
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Arduino Code
/*
* Created by ArduinoGetStarted.com
*
* This example code is in the public domain
*
* Tutorial page: https://arduinogetstarted.com/tutorials/arduino-water-leak-email-notification
*/
#include <WiFiS3.h>
#include <ESP_Mail_Client.h>
#define WIFI_SSID "YOUR_WIFI_SSID" // CHANGE IT
#define WIFI_PASSWORD "YOUR_WIFI_PASSWORD" // CHANGE IT
// the sender email credentials
#define SENDER_EMAIL "xxxxxx@gmail.com" // CHANGE IT
#define SENDER_PASSWORD "xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" // CHANGE IT to your Google App password
#define RECIPIENT_EMAIL "xxxxxx@gmail.com" // CHANGE IT
#define SMTP_HOST "smtp.gmail.com"
#define SMTP_PORT 587
#define WATER_SENSOR_PIN 7 // Arduino pin D7 connected to water sensor's pin
int water_state; // current state of water sensor
int prev_water_state; // previous state of water sensor
SMTPSession smtp;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
WiFi.begin(WIFI_SSID, WIFI_PASSWORD);
Serial.print("Connecting to Wi-Fi");
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
Serial.print(".");
delay(300);
}
Serial.println();
Serial.print("Connected with IP: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
Serial.println();
pinMode(WATER_SENSOR_PIN, INPUT_PULLUP); // set Arduino pin to input pull-up mode
water_state = digitalRead(WATER_SENSOR_PIN); // read state
}
void loop() {
prev_water_state = water_state; // save the last state
water_state = digitalRead(WATER_SENSOR_PIN); // read new state
if (prev_water_state == HIGH && water_state == LOW) {
Serial.println("Water leakage is detected!");
String subject = "Email Notification from Arduino";
String textMsg = "This is an email sent from Arduino.\n";
textMsg += "Water leakage is detected";
gmail_send(subject, textMsg);
}
}
void gmail_send(String subject, String textMsg) {
// set the network reconnection option
MailClient.networkReconnect(true);
smtp.debug(1);
smtp.callback(smtpCallback);
Session_Config config;
// set the session config
config.server.host_name = SMTP_HOST;
config.server.port = SMTP_PORT;
config.login.email = SENDER_EMAIL;
config.login.password = SENDER_PASSWORD;
config.login.user_domain = F("127.0.0.1");
config.time.ntp_server = F("pool.ntp.org,time.nist.gov");
config.time.gmt_offset = 3;
config.time.day_light_offset = 0;
// declare the message class
SMTP_Message message;
// set the message headers
message.sender.name = F("Arduino");
message.sender.email = SENDER_EMAIL;
message.subject = subject;
message.addRecipient(F("To Whom It May Concern"), RECIPIENT_EMAIL);
message.text.content = textMsg;
message.text.transfer_encoding = "base64";
message.text.charSet = F("utf-8");
message.priority = esp_mail_smtp_priority::esp_mail_smtp_priority_low;
// set the custom message header
message.addHeader(F("Message-ID: <abcde.fghij@gmail.com>"));
// connect to the server
if (!smtp.connect(&config)) {
Serial.println("Connection error: ");
Serial.print("- Status Code: ");
Serial.println(smtp.statusCode());
Serial.print("- Error Code: ");
Serial.println(smtp.errorCode());
Serial.print("- Reason: ");
Serial.println(smtp.errorReason().c_str());
return;
}
if (!smtp.isLoggedIn()) {
Serial.println("Not yet logged in.");
} else {
if (smtp.isAuthenticated())
Serial.println("Successfully logged in.");
else
Serial.println("Connected with no Auth.");
}
// start sending Email and close the session
if (!MailClient.sendMail(&smtp, &message)) {
Serial.println("Connection error: ");
Serial.print("- Status Code: ");
Serial.println(smtp.statusCode());
Serial.print("- Error Code: ");
Serial.println(smtp.errorCode());
Serial.print("- Reason: ");
Serial.println(smtp.errorReason().c_str());
}
}
// callback function to get the Email sending status
void smtpCallback(SMTP_Status status) {
// print the current status
Serial.println(status.info());
// print the sending result
if (status.success()) {
for (size_t i = 0; i < smtp.sendingResult.size(); i++) {
// get the result item
SMTP_Result result = smtp.sendingResult.getItem(i);
Serial.print("Status: ");
if (result.completed)
Serial.println("success");
else
Serial.println("failed");
Serial.print("Recipient: ");
Serial.println(result.recipients.c_str());
Serial.print("Subject: ");
Serial.println(result.subject.c_str());
}
Serial.println("----------------\n");
// free the memory
smtp.sendingResult.clear();
}
}
Quick Steps
- If this is the first time you use Arduino Uno R4, see how to setup environment for Arduino Uno R4 on Arduino IDE.
- Place the water sensor where it might detect water leakage.
- Connect the water sensor to the Arduino board.
- Connect the Arduino board to your PC using a micro USB cable.
- Open the Arduino IDE on your PC.
- Select the right Arduino board (Arduino Uno R4 WiFi) and COM port.
- Open the Library Manager by clicking on the Library Manager icon in the Arduino IDE's left navigation bar.
- Search for ESP Mail Client and find the ESP Mail Client developed by Mobizt.
- Click the Install button to add the ESP Mail Client library.
- Copy the code provided and open it in Arduino IDE.
- Update your WiFi details (SSID and password) in the code by modifying WIFI_SSID and WIFI_PASSWORD.
- Replace the sender's email and password with your own by changing SENDER_EMAIL and SENDER_PASSWORD.
- Update the recipient's email address in the code by modifying RECIPIENT_EMAIL. This can be the same as the sender’s email.
※ NOTE THAT:
- The email of the sender must be a Gmail account.
- The sender's password is the App password obtained from the earlier step.
- The email of the recipient can be any kind of email.
- Click the Upload button in Arduino IDE to upload the code to Arduino.
- Open the Serial Monitor.
- Pour water onto the water sensor.
- Look at the result on the Serial Monitor.
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Serial.println("Hello World!");
Message (Enter to send message to 'Arduino Uno' on 'COM15')
New Line
9600 baud
Water leakage is detected
#### Email sent successfully
> C: Email sent successfully
----------------
Message sent success: 1
Message sent failed: 0
----------------
Message No: 1
Status: success
Date/Time: May 27, 2024 04:42:50
Recipient: xxxxxx@gmail.com
Subject: Email Notification from Arduino
----------------
- Check your email inbox. You will receive an email like the following:
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