So i finally managed to work out how to set the time using the following code and the serial monitor input:-
/*
* TimeSerial.pde
* example code illustrating Time library set through serial port messages.
*
* Messages consist of the letter T followed by ten digit time (as seconds since Jan 1 1970)
* you can send the text on the next line using Serial Monitor to set the clock to noon Jan 1 2010
T1262347200
T1332509000 T13:23:20 23 3 2012
T1332272300 19:38:20 20 3 2012
*
* A Processing example sketch to automatically send the messages is inclided in the download
*/
#include <Time.h>
#define TIME_MSG_LEN 11 // time sync to PC is HEADER followed by unix time_t as ten ascii digits
#define TIME_HEADER 'T' // Header tag for serial time sync message
#define TIME_REQUEST 7 // ASCII bell character requests a time sync message
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
setSyncProvider( requestSync); //set function to call when sync required
Serial.println("Waiting for sync message");
}
void loop(){
if(Serial.available() )
{
processSyncMessage();
}
if(timeStatus()!= timeNotSet)
{
digitalWrite(13,timeStatus() == timeSet); // on if synced, off if needs refresh
digitalClockDisplay();
}
delay(1000);
}
void digitalClockDisplay(){
// digital clock display of the time
Serial.print(hour());
printDigits(minute());
printDigits(second());
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(day());
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(month());
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(year());
Serial.println();
}
void printDigits(int digits){
// utility function for digital clock display: prints preceding colon and leading 0
Serial.print(":");
if(digits < 10)
Serial.print('0');
Serial.print(digits);
}
void processSyncMessage() {
// if time sync available from serial port, update time and return true
while(Serial.available() >= TIME_MSG_LEN ){ // time message consists of a header and ten ascii digits
char c = Serial.read() ;
Serial.print(c);
if( c == TIME_HEADER ) {
time_t pctime = 0;
for(int i=0; i < TIME_MSG_LEN -1; i++){
c = Serial.read();
if( c >= '0' && c <= '9'){
pctime = (10 * pctime) + (c - '0') ; // convert digits to a number
}
}
setTime(pctime); // Sync Arduino clock to the time received on the serial port
}
}
}
time_t requestSync()
{
Serial.print(TIME_REQUEST);
return 0; // the time will be sent later in response to serial mesg
}
The problem now is that the time goes tits......as shown below.....
19:43:16 20 3 2012
19:43:17 20 3 2012
19:43:18 20 3 2012
19:43:19 20 3 2012
7197:437:20 720 73 72012
7197:437:21 720 73 72012
7197:437:22 720 73 72012
7197:437:23 720 73 72012
7197:437:24 720 73 72012
After 5 mins or 300 seconds exactly! is there a problem with my dodgy ebay RTC? or am i missing something?
do i need to input the time in to memory or something?
Thanks
Dan