/* UDP NTP Client using the EtherCard library 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 13 Sep 2017 by Jeroen Vermeulen inspired by https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/UdpNtpClient License: GPLv2 */ #include // https://github.com/njh/EtherCard // Ethernet mac address - must be unique on your network const byte myMac[] PROGMEM = { 0x70, 0x69, 0x69, 0x2D, 0x30, 0x31 }; const char NTP_REMOTEHOST[] PROGMEM = "ntp.bit.nl"; // NTP server name const unsigned int NTP_REMOTEPORT = 123; // NTP requests are to port 123 const unsigned int NTP_LOCALPORT = 8888; // Local UDP port to use const unsigned int NTP_PACKET_SIZE = 48; // NTP time stamp is in the first 48 bytes of the message byte Ethernet::buffer[350]; // Buffer must be 350 for DHCP to work void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); Serial.println(F("\n[EtherCard NTP Client]")); // Change 'SS' to your Slave Select pin, if you arn't using the default pin if (ether.begin(sizeof Ethernet::buffer, myMac, SS) == 0) Serial.println(F("Failed to access Ethernet controller")); if (!ether.dhcpSetup()) Serial.println(F("DHCP failed")); ether.printIp("IP: ", ether.myip); ether.printIp("GW: ", ether.gwip); ether.printIp("DNS: ", ether.dnsip); if (!ether.dnsLookup(NTP_REMOTEHOST)) Serial.println("DNS failed"); uint8_t ntpIp[IP_LEN]; ether.copyIp(ntpIp, ether.hisip); ether.printIp("NTP: ", ntpIp); ether.udpServerListenOnPort(&udpReceiveNtpPacket, NTP_LOCALPORT); Serial.println("Started listening for response."); sendNTPpacket(ntpIp); } void loop() { // this must be called for ethercard functions to work. ether.packetLoop(ether.packetReceive()); } // send an NTP request to the time server at the given address void sendNTPpacket(const uint8_t* remoteAddress) { // buffer to hold outgoing packet byte packetBuffer[ NTP_PACKET_SIZE]; // 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: ether.sendUdp(packetBuffer, NTP_PACKET_SIZE, NTP_LOCALPORT, remoteAddress, NTP_REMOTEPORT ); Serial.println("NTP request sent."); } void udpReceiveNtpPacket(uint16_t dest_port, uint8_t src_ip[IP_LEN], uint16_t src_port, const char *packetBuffer, uint16_t len) { Serial.println("NTP response received."); // 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; // 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.print("Unix time = "); Serial.println(epoch); }