Reading a potentiometer through ethernet

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Hi. I'm trying to read a potentiometer from one Arduino and send its value through ethernet to another Arduino to read it. I looked into it a little and it looked like I would use UDP packets. I was wondering if there was an easy way to do this.

Here is the code I was trying on the Arduino that would be sending the information and had the potentiometer connected to it:

#include <SPI.h>        
#include <Ethernet.h>
#include <EthernetUdp.h>
 
// Enter a MAC address and IP address for your controller below.
// The IP address will be dependent on your local network:
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
IPAddress ip(192, 168, 7, 5);
 
unsigned int localPort = 8888;      // local port to listen on
 
// An EthernetUDP instance to let us send and receive packets over UDP
EthernetUDP Udp;
 
int val = 0;
 
void setup() {
  // start the Ethernet and UDP:
  Ethernet.begin(mac,ip);
  Udp.begin(localPort);
}
 
void loop() {
  val = analogRead(A0); // read the potentiometer
  Udp.beginPacket(Udp.remoteIP(), Udp.remotePort());
    Udp.write(val);
    Udp.endPacket();
}

Am I going about this the correct way? If so, what code would I use on the other Arduino to read this information?

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The below code demonstrates a server method to send the arduino analog input pin values via the internet. You would use client code to request the values from the server.

// zoomkat's meta refresh data frame test page 5/25/13
// use http://192.168.1.102:84 in your brouser for main page
// http://192.168.1.102:84/data static data page
// http://192.168.1.102:84/datastart meta refresh data page
// for use with W5100 based ethernet shields
// set the refresh rate to 0 for fastest update
// use STOP for single data updates

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

const int analogInPin0 = A0;
const int analogInPin1 = A1;
const int analogInPin2 = A2;
const int analogInPin3 = A3;
const int analogInPin4 = A4;
const int analogInPin5 = A5;

byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED }; //physical mac address
byte ip[] = { 192, 168, 1, 102 }; // arduino ip in lan
byte gateway[] = { 192, 168, 1, 1 }; // internet access via router
byte subnet[] = { 255, 255, 255, 0 }; //subnet mask
EthernetServer server(84); //server port
unsigned long int x=0; //set refresh counter to 0
String readString; 

//////////////////////

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(9600);
    // disable SD SPI if memory card in the uSD slot
  pinMode(4,OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(4,HIGH);

  Ethernet.begin(mac, ip, gateway, gateway, subnet);
  server.begin();
  Serial.println("meta refresh data frame test 5/25/13"); // so I can keep track of what is loaded
}

void loop(){
  EthernetClient client = server.available();
  if (client) {
    while (client.connected()) {
      if (client.available()) {
        char c = client.read();
         if (readString.length() < 100) {
          readString += c; 
         } 
        //check if HTTP request has ended
        if (c == '\n') {

          //check get atring received
          Serial.println(readString);

          //output HTML data header
          client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
          client.println("Content-Type: text/html");
          client.println();

          //generate data page
          if(readString.indexOf("data") >0) {  //checks for "data" page
            x=x+1; //page upload counter
            client.print("<HTML><HEAD>");
            //meta-refresh page every 1 seconds if "datastart" page
            if(readString.indexOf("datastart") >0) client.print("<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1'>"); 
            //meta-refresh 0 for fast data
            if(readString.indexOf("datafast") >0) client.print("<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0'>"); 
            client.print("<title>Zoomkat's meta-refresh test</title></head><BODY>
");
            client.print("page refresh number: ");
            client.print(x); //current refresh count
            client.print("

");
            
              //output the value of each analog input pin
            client.print("analog input0 is: ");
            client.print(analogRead(analogInPin0));
            
            client.print("
analog input1 is: ");
            client.print(analogRead(analogInPin1));
                        
            client.print("
analog input2 is: ");
            client.print(analogRead(analogInPin2));
            
            client.print("
analog input3 is: ");
            client.print(analogRead(analogInPin3));
                                    
            client.print("
analog input4 is: ");
            client.print(analogRead(analogInPin4));
            
            client.print("
analog input5 is: ");
            client.print(analogRead(analogInPin5));
            client.println("
</BODY></HTML>");
           }
          //generate main page with iframe
          else
          {
            client.print("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Zoomkat's frame refresh test</TITLE></HEAD>");
            client.print("Zoomkat's Arduino frame meta refresh test 5/25/13");
            client.print("

Arduino analog input data frame:
");
            client.print("&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='/datastart' target='DataBox' title=''yy''>META-REFRESH</a>");
            client.print("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='/data' target='DataBox' title=''xx''>SINGLE-STOP</a>");
            client.print("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='/datafast' target='DataBox' title=''zz''>FAST-DATA</a>
");
            client.print("<iframe src='/data' width='350' height='250' name='DataBox'>");
            client.print("</iframe>
</HTML>");
          }
          delay(1);
          //stopping client
          client.stop();
          //clearing string for next read
          readString="";
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
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You are close, but you must specify the remote ip and port unless you have just received a packet from the other device.

  IPAddress destIP(192,168,7,2);
  int destPort = 8888;

  Udp.beginPacket(destIP, destPort);

I use netcat on the receiving computer to test the send.