I spent several months a few years ago making a controller for my pool that i could control via the web. I was totally self taught and although it was pretty rough it worked. I haven'd one anything with Arduino in a few years but i am trying to pick it up again.
I returned to my pool controller and want to improve it, i hit a wall and I'm out of ideas so hopefully someone can help.
In order for this to work, i need to set the time. I used a sketch from the time library and modified it for my use. Now when i try to run any of the sketches, i get "no ntp response" on the serial monitor.
I dont want to post over 1000 lines of code so i believe this is the applicable code.
Lines 26-46
// MAC address from Ethernet shield sticker under board
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xEF };
IPAddress ip(192, 168, 1, 99); // IP address, may need to change depending on network
EthernetServer server(80); // create a server at port 80
File webFile; // the web page file on the SD card
char HTTP_req[REQ_BUF_SZ] = { 0 }; // buffered HTTP request stored as null terminated string
char req_index = 0; // index into HTTP_req buffer
boolean LED_state[4] = { 0 }; // stores the states of the LEDs
IPAddress timeServer(64, 90, 182, 55); // time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
// IPAddress timeServer(132, 163, 4, 102); // time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
// IPAddress timeServer(132, 163, 4, 103); // time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
//const int timeZone = 1; // Central European Time
//const int timeZone = -5; // Eastern Standard Time (USA)
const int timeZone = -4; // Eastern Daylight Time (USA)
//const int timeZone = -8; // Pacific Standard Time (USA)
//const int timeZone = -7; // Pacific Daylight Time (USA)
EthernetUDP Udp;
unsigned int localPort = 8888; // local port to listen for UDP packets
Lines 1032-1082
/*-------- NTP code ----------*/
const int NTP_PACKET_SIZE = 48; // NTP time is in the first 48 bytes of message
byte packetBuffer[NTP_PACKET_SIZE]; //buffer to hold incoming & outgoing packets
time_t getNtpTime()
{
while (Udp.parsePacket() > 0); // discard any previously received packets
Serial.println("Transmit NTP Request");
sendNTPpacket(timeServer);
uint32_t beginWait = millis();
while (millis() - beginWait < 1500) {
int size = Udp.parsePacket();
if (size >= NTP_PACKET_SIZE) {
Serial.println("Receive NTP Response");
Udp.read(packetBuffer, NTP_PACKET_SIZE); // read packet into the buffer
unsigned long secsSince1900;
// convert four bytes starting at location 40 to a long integer
secsSince1900 = (unsigned long)packetBuffer[40] << 24;
secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[41] << 16;
secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[42] << 8;
secsSince1900 |= (unsigned long)packetBuffer[43];
return secsSince1900 - 2208988800UL + timeZone * SECS_PER_HOUR;
}
}
Serial.println("No NTP Response :-(");
return 0; // return 0 if unable to get the time
}
// send an NTP request to the time server at the given address
void 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();
}
Clearly i am a newbie and most of what i did learn i forgot. Any help is greatly appreciated.