My Arduino uno and Ethernet shield receive and respond when a php script on my (GoDaddy) server calls it. But when the Arduino calls my server the server receives the GET and sends a response but the Arduino never seems to receive it. I see these things from the remote server logs and Arduino serial monitor.
I have Verizon FIOS service. Port forwarding is working. There is always a socket open for incoming data. This is happening on 2 different Arduinos and ethernet shields so that seems to rule out hardware issues in them.
I don't know where to look next to solve the problem. Suggestions please.
T3est code you can try unmodified to see if you can get an error message from the server.
//zoomkat 11-04-13
//simple client test
//for use with IDE 1.0.1
//with DNS, DHCP, and Host
//open serial monitor and send an e to test client GET
//for use with W5100 based ethernet shields
//remove SD card if inserted
//data from weather server captured in readString
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
String readString;
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED }; //physical mac address
char serverName[] = "api.openweathermap.org"; // myIP server test web page server
EthernetClient client;
//////////////////////
void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("client readString test 11/04/13"); // so I can keep track of what is loaded
Serial.println("Send an e in serial monitor to test"); // what to do to test
Serial.println();
if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
// no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
while(true);
}
}
void loop(){
// check for serial input
if (Serial.available() > 0) //if something in serial buffer
{
byte inChar; // sets inChar as a byte
inChar = Serial.read(); //gets byte from buffer
if(inChar == 'e') // checks to see byte is an e
{
sendGET(); // call sendGET function below when byte is an e
}
}
}
//////////////////////////
void sendGET() //client function to send/receive GET request data.
{
if (client.connect(serverName, 80)) { //starts client connection, checks for connection
Serial.println("connected");
client.println("GET /data/2.5/weather?zip=46526,us HTTP/1.1"); //download text
client.println("Host: api.openweathermap.org");
client.println("Connection: close"); //close 1.1 persistent connection
client.println(); //end of get request
}
else {
Serial.println("connection failed"); //error message if no client connect
Serial.println();
}
while(client.connected() && !client.available()) delay(1); //waits for data
while (client.connected() || client.available()) { //connected or data available
char c = client.read(); //gets byte from ethernet buffer
readString += c; //places captured byte in readString
}
//Serial.println();
client.stop(); //stop client
Serial.println("client disconnected.");
Serial.println("Data from server captured in readString:");
Serial.println();
Serial.print(readString); //prints readString to serial monitor
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.println("End of readString");
Serial.println("=======e===========");
Serial.println();
readString=""; //clear readString variable
}