'SD open fail'

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#1

Hi, I’m trying an sketch from the arduino Playground that sends an FTP. Just starting it it tells me to press f to create the FTP (what I want) or read, and after pressing f it shows:

Ready. Press f or r
SD open fail
FTP FAIL

Here I leave the full code. I’m a beginner if you see any other error tell me please. (:

#include <SD.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
// comment out next line to write to SD from FTP server
#define FTPWRITE

// this must be unique
byte mac[] = { 0x90, 0xA2, 0xDA, 0xF8, 0x4B, 0x70 };  

// change to your network settings
IPAddress ip( 192, 168, 1, 150 );    
IPAddress gateway( 192, 168, 1, 1 );
IPAddress subnet( 255, 255, 255, 0 );

// change to your server
IPAddress server( 192, 168, 1, 200 );  


EthernetClient client;
EthernetClient dclient;

char outBuf[128];
char outCount;

// change fileName to your file (8.3 format!)
char fileName[13] = "FTP.txt";

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);

  digitalWrite(10,HIGH);

  if(SD.begin(4) == 0)
  {
    Serial.println(F("SD initiate fail"));          
  }

  Ethernet.begin(mac, ip, gateway, gateway, subnet); 
  digitalWrite(10,HIGH);
  delay(2000);
  Serial.println(F("Ready. Press f or r"));
}

void loop()
{
  byte inChar;

  inChar = Serial.read();

  if(inChar == 'f')
  {
    if(doFTP()) Serial.println(F("FTP OK"));
    else Serial.println(F("FTP FAIL"));
  }

  if(inChar == 'r')
  {
    readSD();   
  }

}

File fh;

byte doFTP()
{
#ifdef FTPWRITE
  fh = SD.open(fileName,FILE_READ);
#else
  SD.remove(FTP.txt);
  fh = SD.open(fileName,FILE_WRITE);
#endif

  if(!fh)
  {
    Serial.println(F("SD open fail"));
    return 0;    
  }

#ifndef FTPWRITE  
  if(!fh.seek(0))
  {
    Serial.println(F("Rewind fail"));
    fh.close();
    return 0;    
  }
#endif

  Serial.println(F("SD opened"));

  if (client.connect(server,21)) {
    Serial.println(F("Command connected"));
  } 
  else {
    fh.close();
    Serial.println(F("Command connection failed"));
    return 0;
  }

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  client.println(F("USER adria"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  client.println(F("PASS adria"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  client.println(F("SYST"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  client.println(F("Type I"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  client.println(F("PASV"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  char *tStr = strtok(outBuf,"(,");
  int array_pasv[6];
  for ( int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
    tStr = strtok(NULL,"(,");
    array_pasv[i] = atoi(tStr);
    if(tStr == NULL)
    {
      Serial.println(F("Bad PASV Answer"));    

    }
  }

  unsigned int hiPort,loPort;

  hiPort = array_pasv[4] << 8;
  loPort = array_pasv[5] & 255;

  Serial.print(F("Data port: "));
  hiPort = hiPort | loPort;
  Serial.println(hiPort);

  if (dclient.connect(server,hiPort)) {
    Serial.println(F("Data connected"));
  } 
  else {
    Serial.println(F("Data connection failed"));
    client.stop();
    fh.close();
    return 0;
  }

#ifdef FTPWRITE 
  client.print(F("STOR "));
  client.println(fileName);
#else
  client.print(F("RETR "));
  client.println(fileName);
#endif

  if(!eRcv())
  {
    dclient.stop();
    return 0;
  }

#ifdef FTPWRITE
  Serial.println(F("Writing"));

  byte clientBuf[64];
  int clientCount = 0;

  while(fh.available())
  {
    clientBuf[clientCount] = fh.read();
    clientCount++;

    if(clientCount > 63)
    {
      dclient.write(clientBuf,64);
      clientCount = 0;
    }
  }

  if(clientCount > 0) dclient.write(clientBuf,clientCount);

#else
  while(dclient.connected())
  {
    while(dclient.available())
    {
      char c = dclient.read();
      fh.write(c);      
      Serial.write(c); 
    }
  }
#endif

  dclient.stop();
  Serial.println(F("Data disconnected"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  client.println(F("QUIT"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  client.stop();
  Serial.println(F("Command disconnected"));

  fh.close();
  Serial.println(F("SD closed"));
  return 1;
}

byte eRcv()
{
  byte respCode;
  byte thisByte;

  while(!client.available()) delay(1);

  respCode = client.peek();

  outCount = 0;

  while(client.available())
  {  
    thisByte = client.read();    
    Serial.write(thisByte);

    if(outCount < 127)
    {
      outBuf[outCount] = thisByte;
      outCount++;      
      outBuf[outCount] = 0;
    }
  }

  if(respCode >= '4')
  {
    efail();
    return 0;  
  }

  return 1;
}


void efail()
{
  byte thisByte = 0;

  client.println(F("QUIT"));

  while(!client.available()) delay(1);

  while(client.available())
  {  
    thisByte = client.read();    
    Serial.write(thisByte);
  }

  client.stop();
  Serial.println(F("Command disconnected"));
  fh.close();
  Serial.println(F("SD closed"));
}

void readSD()
{
  fh = SD.open(fileName,FILE_READ);

  if(!fh)
  {
    Serial.println(F("SD open fail"));
    return;    
  }

  while(fh.available())
  {
    Serial.write(fh.read());
  }

  fh.close();
}
#2

Do you have a file on the SD card, in the root directory, called FTP.txt?

#3

Yes, and it shows the same message. I don't really know why this happens.

The process SD initiate happens correctly, but when i press 'f' it fails opening the SD.

Thanks for helping!

#4

You have too much code. You need to dump all that code, and just run a simple sketch that lists the files on the SD card.

Then, when it is confirmed that you CAN read from the SD card, write some code to open that specific file, and print it's contents.

When you know that the file exists, and is readable, THEN you can add the code back in to ftp the file somewhere.

#5