Maybe I can help here.....
I have a sketch wich uses NTP to sync my DS3234. The sketch uses my Arduino Duemilanove, an Ardino Ethernet R3 Shield and a DS3234.
The shield is stacked on the Duemilanove and the DS is connected like this; SS – pin 8, MOSI – pin 11, MISO – pin12, and SCK – Pin13.
I connected the shield to my local network and uploaded the sketch....
Please note that the sketch uses the mac-address of my ethernet shield, change it to yours. Also I use the RTC_DS3234.h library.
/*
Udp NTP Client
Get the time from a Network Time Protocol (NTP) time server
Demonstrates use of UDP sendPacket and ReceivePacket
For more on NTP time servers and the messages needed to communicate with them,
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol
This code is in the public domain.
*/
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <RTClib.h>
#include <RTC_DS3234.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
#include <EthernetUdp.h>
// Avoid spurious warnings
#undef PROGMEM
#define PROGMEM __attribute__(( section(".progmem.data") ))
#undef PSTR
#define PSTR(s) (__extension__({static prog_char __c[] PROGMEM = (s); &__c[0];}))
// Create an RTC instance, using the chip select pin it's connected to
const int RTCchipSelect = 8; //chip select
RTC_DS3234 RTC(RTCchipSelect);
// Enter a MAC address for your controller below.
// Newer Ethernet shields have a MAC address printed on a sticker on the shield
byte mac[] = {
0x90, 0xA2, 0xDA, 0x0D, 0x09, 0x24 }; // Change this to your Ethernet Shield's mac!
unsigned int localPort = 8888; // local port to listen for UDP packets
IPAddress timeServer(192, 43, 244, 18); // time.nist.gov NTP server
const int NTP_PACKET_SIZE= 48; // NTP time stamp is in the first 48 bytes of the message
byte packetBuffer[ NTP_PACKET_SIZE]; //buffer to hold incoming and outgoing packets
// A UDP instance to let us send and receive packets over UDP
EthernetUDP Udp;
void setup()
{
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
}
// start Ethernet and UDP
if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
// no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
for(;;)
;
}
Udp.begin(localPort);
}
void loop()
{
sendNTPpacket(timeServer); // send an NTP packet to a time server
// wait to see if a reply is available
delay(1000);
if ( Udp.parsePacket() ) {
// We've received a packet, read the data from it
Udp.read(packetBuffer,NTP_PACKET_SIZE); // read the packet into the buffer
//the timestamp starts at byte 40 of the received packet and is four bytes,
// or two words, long. First, esxtract the two words:
unsigned long highWord = word(packetBuffer[40], packetBuffer[41]);
unsigned long lowWord = word(packetBuffer[42], packetBuffer[43]);
// combine the four bytes (two words) into a long integer
// this is NTP time (seconds since Jan 1 1900):
unsigned long secsSince1900 = highWord << 16 | lowWord;
Serial.print("Seconds since Jan 1 1900 = " );
Serial.println(secsSince1900);
// now convert NTP time into everyday time:
Serial.print("Unix time = ");
// Unix time starts on Jan 1 1970. In seconds, that's 2208988800:
const unsigned long seventyYears = 2208988800UL;
// subtract seventy years:
unsigned long epoch = secsSince1900 - seventyYears;
// print Unix time:
Serial.println(epoch);
// Syncing the UTC to the RTC
SPI.begin();
RTC.begin();
SetTimeDate(DateTime(epoch).day(), DateTime(epoch).month(), DateTime(epoch).year() - 2000, DateTime(epoch).hour(), DateTime(epoch).minute(), DateTime(epoch).second());
Serial.println(ReadTimeDate());
SPI.setDataMode(SPI_MODE0);
// print the hour, minute and second:
Serial.print("The UTC time is "); // UTC is the time at Greenwich Meridian (GMT)
Serial.print((epoch % 86400L) / 3600); // print the hour (86400 equals secs per day)
Serial.print(':');
if ( ((epoch % 3600) / 60) < 10 ) {
// In the first 10 minutes of each hour, we'll want a leading '0'
Serial.print('0');
}
Serial.print((epoch % 3600) / 60); // print the minute (3600 equals secs per minute)
Serial.print(':');
if ( (epoch % 60) < 10 ) {
// In the first 10 seconds of each minute, we'll want a leading '0'
Serial.print('0');
}
Serial.println(epoch %60); // print the second
}
// wait a second before asking for the time again
delay(1000);
}
// send an NTP request to the time server at the given address
unsigned long sendNTPpacket(IPAddress& address)
{
// set all bytes in the buffer to 0
memset(packetBuffer, 0, NTP_PACKET_SIZE);
// Initialize values needed to form NTP request
// (see URL above for details on the packets)
packetBuffer[0] = 0b11100011; // LI, Version, Mode
packetBuffer[1] = 0; // Stratum, or type of clock
packetBuffer[2] = 6; // Polling Interval
packetBuffer[3] = 0xEC; // Peer Clock Precision
// 8 bytes of zero for Root Delay & Root Dispersion
packetBuffer[12] = 49;
packetBuffer[13] = 0x4E;
packetBuffer[14] = 49;
packetBuffer[15] = 52;
// all NTP fields have been given values, now
// you can send a packet requesting a timestamp:
Udp.beginPacket(address, 123); //NTP requests are to port 123
Udp.write(packetBuffer,NTP_PACKET_SIZE);
Udp.endPacket();
}
//=====================================
String ReadTimeDate(){
String temp;
int TimeDate [7]; //second,minute,hour,null,day,month,year
SPI.setDataMode(SPI_MODE1);
for(int i=0; i<=6;i++){
if(i==3)
i++;
digitalWrite(RTCchipSelect, LOW);
SPI.transfer(i+0x00);
unsigned int n = SPI.transfer(0x00);
digitalWrite(RTCchipSelect, HIGH);
int a=n & B00001111;
if(i==2){
int b=(n & B00110000)>>4; //24 hour mode
if(b==B00000010)
b=20;
else if(b==B00000001)
b=10;
TimeDate[i]=a+b;
}
else if(i==4){
int b=(n & B00110000)>>4;
TimeDate[i]=a+b*10;
}
else if(i==5){
int b=(n & B00010000)>>4;
TimeDate[i]=a+b*10;
}
else if(i==6){
int b=(n & B11110000)>>4;
TimeDate[i]=a+b*10;
}
else{
int b=(n & B01110000)>>4;
TimeDate[i]=a+b*10;
}
}
//Year
temp.concat("20") ;
if (TimeDate[6] < 10 ) {
// In the first 10 minutes of each hour, we'll want a leading '0'
temp.concat("0");
}
temp.concat(TimeDate[6]);
temp.concat("-") ;
//Month
if (TimeDate[5] < 10 ) {
// In the first 10 minutes of each hour, we'll want a leading '0'
temp.concat("0");
}
temp.concat(TimeDate[5]);
temp.concat("-") ;
//Day
if (TimeDate[4] < 10 ) {
// In the first 10 minutes of each hour, we'll want a leading '0'
temp.concat("0");
}
temp.concat(TimeDate[4]);
temp.concat("\t") ;
//Hours
if (TimeDate[2] < 10 ) {
// In the first 10 minutes of each hour, we'll want a leading '0'
temp.concat("0");
}
temp.concat(TimeDate[2]);
temp.concat(":") ;
//Minutes
if (TimeDate[1] < 10 ) {
// In the first 10 minutes of each hour, we'll want a leading '0'
temp.concat("0");
}
temp.concat(TimeDate[1]);
temp.concat(":") ;
//Seconds
if (TimeDate[0] < 10 ) {
// In the first 10 minutes of each hour, we'll want a leading '0'
temp.concat("0");
}
temp.concat(TimeDate[0]);
return(temp);
}
//=====================================
int SetTimeDate(int d, int mo, int y, int h, int mi, int s){
int TimeDate [7]={s,mi,h,0,d,mo,y};
SPI.setDataMode(SPI_MODE1);
for(int i=0; i<=6; i++){
if(i==3)
i++;
int b= TimeDate[i]/10;
int a= TimeDate[i]-b*10;
if(i==2){
if (b==2)
b=B00000010;
else if (b==1)
b=B00000001;
}
TimeDate[i]= a+(b<<4);
digitalWrite(RTCchipSelect, LOW);
SPI.transfer(i+0x80);
SPI.transfer(TimeDate[i]);
digitalWrite(RTCchipSelect, HIGH);
}
}
Here's a screen shot from the Serial console in the attachment.