Ethernet if else statement not working...?

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1

Hey guys im back at this project again after a little break.
i have added some notes to the code along the way.

Here is what im running into now. I have switched from a .php file to a .txt file thinking that may help. (it did not seam to make a difference)
i am thinking there is some sort of programming issue with the if else state meant seeing how the c print work just fine..... any ideas?

/*
  DNS and DHCP-based Web client 
 
 Circuit:
 * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13 
 */

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>

// Enter a MAC address for your controller below.
byte mac[] = {  0x00, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDE, 0x02 };
char serverName[] = "www.donavonscreativeinnovations.com";


String location = "test.txt";

// Initialize the Ethernet client library
EthernetClient client;

void setup() {
  // start the serial library:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // start the Ethernet connection:
  if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
    Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
    // no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
    while(true);
  }
  // give the Ethernet shield a second to initialize:
  delay(1000);
  //~~~~~// Serial.println("connecting...");

  // if you get a connection, report back via serial:
  
  if (client.connect(serverName, 80)) {
   //~~~~~//  Serial.println("connected");
    // Make a HTTP request:
    client.println("GET http://www.donavonscreativeinnovations.com/test.txt");
    client.println();
  } 
  else {
    // if you didn't get a connection to the server:
    Serial.println("connection failed");
  }
}

void loop()
{
  // if there are incoming bytes available 
  // from the server, read them and print them:
  if (client.available()) {
    char c = client.read();
     Serial.print(c);
  
  
           if ((c) >= 1){
 // if the value from c = something more then 1 of equial to one then print the following
             Serial.print("you have 1 new message!"); 
    
     } 
      
         else {
 // if the value from c = something less then 1 then print the following
     
           Serial.print("no messages");
     }   
  }  
       
  // if the server's disconnected, stop the client:
  if (!client.connected()) {
    Serial.println();
   //~~~~~// Serial.println("disconnecting.");
    client.stop();

    // do nothing forevermore:
    while(true);
  }
}
2

What is your actual problem ?

3

IMHO replace

client.println("GET http://www.donavonscreativeinnovations.com/test.txt");

with

client.println("GET /test.txt HTTP/1.0");
4

The problem i am having is when i upload to the arduino and i view the serial output it will say "you have 1 new message!" regardless of the value within the file.... so in other words if the value in the text file is 0 the script will still print you have 1 new message! and if you have a value of say 3 it will still print you have 1 new message! or if you have nothing or a 0 (zero) in the text folder it will still print you have 1 new message!.

What i want it to do is

if the value is equal to or greater then 1
Print "you have 1 new message!"
it if is less then 1
print "You don't have any messages at this time"

michinyon:
What is your actual problem ?

5

Thank you K5CZ for you response, I will give this a try....I think i may have tried this all ready don't remember off hand. I will keep everyone posted on how it works out tonight.

K5CZ:
IMHO replace

client.println("GET http://www.donavonscreativeinnovations.com/test.txt");

with

client.println("GET /test.txt HTTP/1.0");
6

You have two problems.
The first is that you define c to be a char and read a char from the client:

  if (client.available()) {
    char c = client.read();
    Serial.print(c);
    if ((c) >= 1){

but you test it as if it was an integer. You could try:

 if ((c) >= '1'){

But then you have another problem. What if there are 10 or more messages waiting? I'll let you ponder that one.

Pete

7

I changed my code to what you recommended (see below) and this is what i got......

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/*
  DNS and DHCP-based Web client 
 
 Circuit:
 * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13 
 */

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>

// Enter a MAC address for your controller below.
byte mac[] = {  0x00, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDE, 0x02 };
char serverName[] = "www.donavonscreativeinnovations.com";


String location = "test.txt";

// Initialize the Ethernet client library
EthernetClient client;

void setup() {
  // start the serial library:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // start the Ethernet connection:
  if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
    Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
    // no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
    while(true);
  }
  // give the Ethernet shield a second to initialize:
  delay(1000);
  //~~~~~// Serial.println("connecting...");

  // if you get a connection, report back via serial:
  
  if (client.connect(serverName, 80)) {
   //~~~~~//  Serial.println("connected");
    // Make a HTTP request:
    client.println("GET /test.txt HTTP/1.0");
    client.println();
  } 
  else {
    // if you didn't get a connection to the server:
    Serial.println("connection failed");
  }
}

void loop()
{
  // if there are incoming bytes available 
  // from the server, read them and print them:
  if (client.available()) {
    char c = client.read();
     Serial.print(c);
  
  
           if ((c) >= '1'){
 // if the value from c = something more then 1 of equial to one then print the following
             Serial.print("you have 1 new message!"); 
    
     } 
      
         else {
 // if the value from c = something less then 1 then print the following
     
           Serial.print("no messages");
     }   
  }  
       
  // if the server's disconnected, stop the client:
  if (!client.connected()) {
    Serial.println();
   //~~~~~// Serial.println("disconnecting.");
    client.stop();

    // do nothing forevermore:
    while(true);
  }
}

K5CZ:
IMHO replace

client.println("GET http://www.donavonscreativeinnovations.com/test.txt");

with

client.println("GET /test.txt HTTP/1.0");
8

It looks like client is connected until session expired by timeout not by reading whole file from server. Unfortunately I have no experiences with this.

9

Kelly:
What i want it to do is

if the value is equal to or greater then 1
Print "you have 1 new message!"

Why would you want to do that?

10

With all that unidentified crap being printed to the serial port, how are you distinguishing what the client returned from what you are printing?

The GET request is to execute a script on the server. How is test.txt being executed?

  if (client.available()) {

This should be:

   if(client.connected())
   {
       while(client.available() > 0)
       {

Inside the available() loop, you should prefix the data sent to the serial port with something that identifies the data as client output.

11

I examined the functioning of the client and I wrote a test program, try to inspire him.

http://forum.arduino.cc//index.php?topic=196791.0