Hello,
I am using TCP Client but is not working all the time. Sometimes it connects and sometimes it just passes a lot of time until it connects again. I am trying to connect to an IP address (Apache Server) over port 80 and if i try to connect from an Java program it works always.
@bko
Hey @christian_arias, I know it’s possible that you are simply using the TCPClient example but as always, it’s usually helpful if you could post the code you are working on.
Also, where is the apache server and where is the java server (relative network-wise to the core)?
Hello @harrisonhjones thanks for your answer.
I am trying to connect to my PC that has Apache Server running, and the Java application is just a simple program that uses Socket Connection, I wrote it just to test if the connection works from another device in this case my laptop.
I have 200 lines of code, so better I put just the important part here:
#include "MFRC522.h"
#define SS_PIN SS
#define RST_PIN D2
TCPClient cliente;
byte server[] = { 192, 168, 1, 103 };
int8_t port = 80;
boolean estado;
MFRC522 mfrc522(SS_PIN, RST_PIN); // Crear instancia del MFRC522
//This function tries to connect
void conectarSTCP(){
Serial.println("Conectando al Servidor"); //Connecting to the server
cliente.connect(server, port);
String m= "Conexión Exitosa a Servidor "; //Success
String oct1 = String(server[0]);
String oct2 = String(server[1]);
String oct3 = String(server[2]);
String oct4 = String(server[3]);
String servidor = String(oct1 + "." + oct2 + "." + oct3 + "." + oct4);
if (cliente.connected()){
Serial.println(m + servidor);
} else {
Serial.println("Falló conexión!"); //No connection
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}
}
//Just SPI and Serial initialization
void setup() {
//*****************************//
Spark.function("ledws", ledControl);
// Configure the pins to be outputs
pinMode(led1, OUTPUT);
// Initialize both the LEDs to be OFF
digitalWrite(led1, LOW);
//******************************//
Serial.begin(9600); // Inicializar comunicacion Serial
while(!Serial.available()) SPARK_WLAN_Loop();
SPI.begin(); // Inicializar comunicacion SPI
SPI.setClockDivider(SPI_CLOCK_DIV8);
mfrc522.PCD_Init(); // Inicializar el modulo MFRC522111
pinMode(buzzer, OUTPUT); //Pin para un buzzer
digitalWrite(buzzer, LOW);
Serial.println("-------------------------------------");
}
//This function just test if there is connection
boolean verificarConexion(){
if (cliente.connected()){
estado = true;
} else {
estado = false;
}
return estado;
}
//This function just send a code to the web service in this case it sends a character just for testing
void sendToWebService(){
String prueba = "h";
cliente.println("GET /wishlist/spark.php?code=" + prueba + " HTTP/1.0");
cliente.println("Host: 192.168.1.103"); //PC with Apache Server
cliente.println();
delay(100);
cliente.flush();
cliente.stop();
}
//Here I use the RFID library to read the UID of a MIFARE tag, after it reads it tries to connect to the server and send the code (in this case a character) to the webService.
Sometimes the connection works all the time but sometimes it just can't connect even if I reset the Core or update my code.
void loop() {
MFRC522::MIFARE_Key key;
for (byte i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
key.keyByte[i] = 0xFF;
}
// Buscar tarjetas
if ( ! mfrc522.PICC_IsNewCardPresent()) {
return;
}
// Seleccionar la tarjeta
if ( ! mfrc522.PICC_ReadCardSerial()) {
return;
}
// Ahora que la tarjeta esta seleccionada. El UID (codigo) y el SAK esta en mfrc522.uid.
// Dump UID
//Mensaje enviados de forma Serial al PC
Serial.print("Numero de Bytes: ");
Serial.print(mfrc522.uid.size);
Serial.println();
Serial.print("UID:");
enviarCodigo();
tipoPICC(); //Inicia la transmision del UID a la PC
//Call connection function
conectarSTCP();
if (verificarConexion()){
sendToWebService();
Serial.println("OK");
}
delay(1500);
}
There a couple of things I would change in your code. First I would switch server to an IPAddress and port should be a uint16_t but these are not big issues, just clean up.
Here is some code I have used that waits for the return data from the server with a timeout, reads any available data, and then finally flushes and stops the client.
client.connect(server, 80);
if (client.connected()) {
Serial.println("Connected to server.");
client.print("GET ");
client.print(url);
client.println(" HTTP/1.1");
client.print("Host: ");
client.println(server);
client.println("Connection: close"); //should make the server close after one connection
client.println();
unsigned int count = 0;
unsigned long lastTime = millis();
while( client.available()==0 && millis()-lastTime<10000) { //ten second timeout
SPARK_WLAN_Loop() } // or do nothing if you don't need the cloud
lastTime = millis();
while( client.available() && millis()-lastTime<10000 ) { //ten seconds
client.read(); //flush data
count++;
}
client.flush(); //for safety
delay(400);
client.stop();
Serial.print("sent and closed-bytes: ");
Serial.println(count);
}
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Thanks for your help @bko I really appreciate it, I will try it and let you know the results
I think this line is important becuase everything is working fine now, thanks
client.println(“Connection: close”);
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The two while() loops are also important since just calling flush() does not get the data out of the TI CC3000.
Glad it is working for you!