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Send and Receive UDP String

This sketch waits for a UDP packet on a local port. When a valid packet is received, an acknowledge packet is sent back to the client on a specified outgoing port.

This sketch waits for a UDP packet on a local port. When a valid packet is received, an acknowledge packet is sent back to the client on a specified outgoing port.

Hardware Required

  • Arduino WiFi Shield

  • Shield-compatible Arduino board

Circuit

The WiFi shield uses pins 10, 11, 12, and 13 for the SPI connection to the HDG104 module. Digital pin 4 is used to control the chip select pin on the SD card.

You should have access to a 802.11b/g wireless network that connects to the internet for this example. You will need to change the network settings in the sketch to correspond to your particular networks SSID.

WiFiShield bb

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In the above image, the Arduino board would be stacked below the WiFi shield.

Code

1/*
2
3 WiFi UDP Send and Receive String
4
5 This sketch wait an UDP packet on localPort using a WiFi shield.
6
7 When a packet is received an Acknowledge packet is sent to the client on port remotePort
8
9 Circuit:
10
11 * WiFi shield attached
12
13 created 30 December 2012
14
15 by dlf (Metodo2 srl)
16
17 */
18
19#include <SPI.h>
20#include <WiFi.h>
21#include <WiFiUdp.h>
22
23int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;
24char ssid[] = "yourNetwork"; // your network SSID (name)
25char pass[] = "secretPassword"; // your network password (use for WPA, or use as key for WEP)
26int keyIndex = 0; // your network key Index number (needed only for WEP)
27
28unsigned int localPort = 2390; // local port to listen on
29
30char packetBuffer[255]; //buffer to hold incoming packet
31char ReplyBuffer[] = "acknowledged"; // a string to send back
32
33WiFiUDP Udp;
34
35void setup() {
36
37 //Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
38
39 Serial.begin(9600);
40
41 while (!Serial) {
42
43 ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
44
45 }
46
47 // check for the presence of the shield:
48
49 if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_SHIELD) {
50
51 Serial.println("WiFi shield not present");
52
53 // don't continue:
54
55 while (true);
56
57 }
58
59 String fv = WiFi.firmwareVersion();
60
61 if (fv != "1.1.0") {
62
63 Serial.println("Please upgrade the firmware");
64
65 }
66
67 // attempt to connect to Wifi network:
68
69 while (status != WL_CONNECTED) {
70
71 Serial.print("Attempting to connect to SSID: ");
72
73 Serial.println(ssid);
74
75 // Connect to WPA/WPA2 network. Change this line if using open or WEP network:
76
77 status = WiFi.begin(ssid);
78
79 // wait 10 seconds for connection:
80
81 delay(10000);
82
83 }
84
85 Serial.println("Connected to wifi");
86
87 printWifiStatus();
88
89 Serial.println("\nStarting connection to server...");
90
91 // if you get a connection, report back via serial:
92
93 Udp.begin(localPort);
94}
95
96void loop() {
97
98 // if there's data available, read a packet
99
100 int packetSize = Udp.parsePacket();
101
102 if (packetSize) {
103
104 Serial.print("Received packet of size ");
105
106 Serial.println(packetSize);
107
108 Serial.print("From ");
109
110 IPAddress remoteIp = Udp.remoteIP();
111
112 Serial.print(remoteIp);
113
114 Serial.print(", port ");
115
116 Serial.println(Udp.remotePort());
117
118 // read the packet into packetBufffer
119
120 int len = Udp.read(packetBuffer, 255);
121
122 if (len > 0) {
123
124 packetBuffer[len] = 0;
125
126 }
127
128 Serial.println("Contents:");
129
130 Serial.println(packetBuffer);
131
132 // send a reply, to the IP address and port that sent us the packet we received
133
134 Udp.beginPacket(Udp.remoteIP(), Udp.remotePort());
135
136 Udp.write(ReplyBuffer);
137
138 Udp.endPacket();
139
140 }
141}
142
143void printWifiStatus() {
144
145 // print the SSID of the network you're attached to:
146
147 Serial.print("SSID: ");
148
149 Serial.println(WiFi.SSID());
150
151 // print your WiFi shield's IP address:
152
153 IPAddress ip = WiFi.localIP();
154
155 Serial.print("IP Address: ");
156
157 Serial.println(ip);
158
159 // print the received signal strength:
160
161 long rssi = WiFi.RSSI();
162
163 Serial.print("signal strength (RSSI):");
164
165 Serial.print(rssi);
166
167 Serial.println(" dBm");
168}

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