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/* Udp NTP Client Get the time from a Network Time Protocol (NTP) time server Demonstrates use of UDP sendPacket and ReceivePacket For more on NTP time servers and the messages needed to communicate with them, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol created 4 Sep 2010 by Michael Margolis modified 9 Apr 2012 by Tom Igoe modified 02 Sept 2015 by Arturo Guadalupi This code is in the public domain. */ #include <SPI.h> #include <Ethernet.h> #include <EthernetUdp.h> // Enter a MAC address for your controller below. // Newer Ethernet shields have a MAC address printed on a sticker on the shield byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED }; unsigned int localPort = 8888; // local port to listen for UDP packets char timeServer[] = "id.pool.ntp.org"; // id.pool.ntp.org NTP server const int NTP_PACKET_SIZE = 48; // NTP time stamp is in the first 48 bytes of the message byte packetBuffer[ NTP_PACKET_SIZE]; //buffer to hold incoming and outgoing packets // A UDP instance to let us send and receive packets over UDP EthernetUDP Udp; void setup() { // Open serial communications and wait for port to open: Serial.begin(9600); while (!Serial) { ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only } // start Ethernet and UDP if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) { Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP"); // no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore: for (;;) ; } Udp.begin(localPort); } void loop() { sendNTPpacket(timeServer); // send an NTP packet to a time server // wait to see if a reply is available delay(1000); if (Udp.parsePacket()) { // We've received a packet, read the data from it Udp.read(packetBuffer, NTP_PACKET_SIZE); // read the packet into the buffer // the timestamp starts at byte 40 of the received packet and is four bytes, // or two words, long. First, extract the two words:
unsigned long highWord = word(packetBuffer[40], packetBuffer[41]);
unsigned long lowWord = word(packetBuffer[42], packetBuffer[43]);
// combine the four bytes (two words) into a long integer
// this is NTP time (seconds since Jan 1 1900):
unsigned long secsSince1900 = highWord << 16 | lowWord;
Serial.print("Seconds since Jan 1 1900 = ");
Serial.println(secsSince1900);
// now convert NTP time into everyday time:
Serial.print("Unix time = ");
// Unix time starts on Jan 1 1970. In seconds, that's 2208988800:
const unsigned long seventyYears = 2208988800UL;
// subtract seventy years:
unsigned long epoch = secsSince1900 - seventyYears;
// print Unix time:
Serial.println(epoch);
// print the hour, minute and second:
Serial.print("The UTC time is "); // UTC is the time at Greenwich Meridian (GMT)
Serial.print((epoch % 86400L) / 3600); // print the hour (86400 equals secs per day)
Serial.print(':');
if (((epoch % 3600) / 60) < 10) {
// In the first 10 minutes of each hour, we'll want a leading '0'
Serial.print('0');
}
Serial.print((epoch % 3600) / 60); // print the minute (3600 equals secs per minute)
Serial.print(':');
if ((epoch % 60) < 10) {
// In the first 10 seconds of each minute, we'll want a leading '0'
Serial.print('0');
}
Serial.println(epoch % 60); // print the second
}
// wait ten seconds before asking for the time again
delay(10000);
Ethernet.maintain();
}
// send an NTP request to the time server at the given address
void sendNTPpacket(char* 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();
}