I am trying to connect my Arduino Nano Connect RP2040 with my machine using Python (3.8.8). I want to use WiFi communication protocol and I am currently working on a client-server socket.
Since I am not so familiar with this communication protocol I am following this thread which looks to perform good results. Of course, this thread talks about Ethernet and I am readapting using WiFiNina library which has been developed by Arduino in order to use the module.
Here the code I am running on Arduino:
#include <SPI.h>
#include <WiFiNINA.h>
#include <ArduinoJson.h>
// Enter a MAC address and IP address for your controller below.
// The IP address will be dependent on your local network:
byte mac[] = {
0x08, 0x3A, 0xF2, 0xB1, 0x9D, 0xE0 };
IPAddress ip(192,168,43,98);
// Enter the IP address of the server you're connecting to:
IPAddress server(192,168,0,4);
// Initialize the WiFi client library
// with the IP address and port of the server
WiFiClient client;
char ssid[] = "xxxxx"; // the name of your network
char username[] = "xxxxxxx";
char pass[] = "xxxxxxx";
void setup() {
// start the Wifi connection:
WiFi.beginEnterprise(ssid, username, pass);
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
}
// give the Ethernet shield a second to initialize:
delay(1000);
Serial.println("connecting...");
// if you get a connection, report back via serial:
if (client.connect(server, 13380)) {
Serial.println("connected");
}
else {
// if you didn't get a connection to the server:
Serial.println("connection failed");
}
}
void loop()
{
//JSON stuff
StaticJsonBuffer<200> jsonBuffer;
JsonObject& root = jsonBuffer.createObject();
root["sensor"] = "gps";
root["time"] = 42;
JsonArray& data = root.createNestedArray("data");
data.add(48.756080);
data.add(2.302038);
char json[100];
root.printTo(json);
Serial.print(json);
// if there are incoming bytes available
// from the server, read them and print them:
if (client.available()) {
char c = client.read();
Serial.print(c);
}
// as long as there are bytes in the serial queue,
// read them and send them out the socket if it's open:
if (client.connected()) {
client.print(json);
}
// if the server's disconnected, stop the client:
if (!client.connected()) {
Serial.println();
Serial.println("disconnecting.");
client.stop();
// do nothing:
while(true);
}
}
I have used some functions from WiFiNina (for example .beginEnterprise() in order to connect Arduino to the network).
For what server concerns, here the code in Python:
import socket
import sys
import json
# host = '127.0.0.1'
host = '192.168.0.4'
port = 13380
address = (host, port)
server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server_socket.bind(address)
server_socket.listen(5)
# server_socket.connect(address)
print ("waiting for a connection . . .")
conn, address = server_socket.accept()
print ("Connection established: "), address
while True:
output = conn.recv(84048);
if output.strip() == "disconnect":
conn.close()
sys.exit("Disconnect message received - terminate the connection")
conn.send("dack")
elif output:
print(output)
data = json.load(output)
print(data)
I am not interested in sending JSON data, like I have already mentioned I am just readapt the code in thread. I actually need to send data in real-time, but step-by-step :-)
The problem is that I cannot establish the connection between Arduino (client) and Python (server).
From server part, I actually got this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "server_arduino.py", line 18, in <module>
server_socket.bind(address)
OSError: [WinError 10049] The requested address is not valid in its context
For some reasons which I actually did not understand yet, if I would change host in 127.0.0.1 (following suggestions here) the server part starts to work, and it stucks in waiting for a connection . . . printed in my console, because it needs a client to connect.
At this stage, running my Arduino code I got this:
connecting...
connection failed
{"sensor":"gps","time":42,"data":[48.75608,2.302038]}
disconnecting.
So, it does mean to me that I was able to connect to WiFi, but not to server.
Does anyone give me any suggestions?
I know I am really beginner and any suggestions would be really appreciated.
127.0.0.1makes it only accept connection from localhost i.e. the same computer. Are you sure192.168.0.4is the actual IP of the computer? Try0.0.0.0.3which should meansWL_CONNECTEDand it sounds good to me. By changing192.168.0.4in0.0.0.0nothing changed. Also, checking withipconfigfrom cmd, what I got as IP isIPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.200.9.36. Using this IP I again gotConnection Failed