External data not reading

[ChristopherNL]

Hi all,

Got this piece of script (and some above, but there is no problem there...)
All running on a Yun rev 2. All works like a charm.

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void loop() {

   // Initialize the client library
  HttpClient client;
  HttpClient client2;

  // Make a HTTP request:
  client.get("http://www.fake.nl/t/1.txt");
  client2.get("http://www.fake.nl/t/2.txt");
  

  // if there are incoming bytes available
  // from the server, read them and print them:
  while (client.available()) {
    const char *t = client.read();
    const char *b = client2.read();
 
  dmd.clearScreen( true );
   dmd.selectFont(MyGraphicsFont);
   dmd.drawChar(  0,  0,  (t), GRAPHICS_NORMAL );
   dmd.drawChar(  0,  16,  (b), GRAPHICS_NORMAL );
   delay( 5000 );

  dmd.clearScreen( true );
   dmd.selectFont(System5x7);
   dmd.drawString(  0,  0, (t), 3, GRAPHICS_NORMAL );
   dmd.drawString(  0,  16, (b), 3, GRAPHICS_NORMAL );
   delay( 5000 );
  }
}

This works fine and shows the data that should be shown (is just one number):

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 dmd.clearScreen( true );
   dmd.selectFont(System5x7);
   dmd.drawChar(  0,  0,  (t), GRAPHICS_NORMAL );
   dmd.drawChar(  0,  16,  (b), GRAPHICS_NORMAL );
   delay( 5000 );

This doesn't show the correct characters. It does show text, but strange other symbols. . \ etc. (more than one, so drawChar won't work):

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 dmd.clearScreen( true );
   dmd.selectFont(System5x7);
   dmd.drawString(  0,  0, (t), 3, GRAPHICS_NORMAL );
   dmd.drawString(  0,  16, (b), 3, GRAPHICS_NORMAL );
   delay( 5000 );

Anyone know what the difference is and how I can solve the problem?
It also doesn't work in the marquee...

Thanks!

[Brissieboy]

In

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dmd.drawString(  0,  0, (t), 3, GRAPHICS_NORMAL );

Looks like (t) is only pointing to a character and you're trying to print a string?

[ChristopherNL]

Yes.
The strange thing is it works like it should using 'drawChar' and doesn't with 'drawString'.

[stryker]

It's hard to know without seeing the rest of your code, but why can you presume there are 3 characters to display following the client.read() granted you hard code the length as 3 in the calls to dmd.drawString()? There's nothing I see here that means you're waiting for 3 before displaying them. If there are only 2 received the 3rd will be uninitialised, and could display as anything that was there from previous excuted code. dmd.drawChar only expects one character, and you know for sure there will be one (at least, but 3's not guaranteed) That's one thought.

Another I have is I can't see where you allocate memory for the character array that t and b would store the 2nd and 3rd characters in. You may have, but if you're still stuck can you post the whole code so we can see the declarations?

Thanks, Geoff

[ChristopherNL]

What happens:

I go from:

1.txt file:
"26"

Through myfile.ino

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Step1: 
  HttpClient client;
Step2:
  client.get("http://www.fake.nl/t/1.txt");
Step3:
  char t = client.read();
Step4: 
  dmd.drawChar(  0,  0,  (t), GRAPHICS_NORMAL );

In DMD.h

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//Draw a string
  void drawString( int bX, int bY, const char* bChars, byte length, byte bGraphicsMode);

In DMD.cpp

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void DMD::drawString(int bX, int bY, const char *bChars, byte length,
		     byte bGraphicsMode)
{
    if (bX >= (DMD_PIXELS_ACROSS*DisplaysWide) || bY >= DMD_PIXELS_DOWN * DisplaysHigh)
	return;
    uint8_t height = pgm_read_byte(this->Font + FONT_HEIGHT);
    if (bY+height<0) return;

    int strWidth = 0;
	this->drawLine(bX -1 , bY, bX -1 , bY + height, GRAPHICS_INVERSE);

    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
        int charWide = this->drawChar(bX+strWidth, bY, bChars[i], bGraphicsMode);
	    if (charWide > 0) {
	        strWidth += charWide ;
	        this->drawLine(bX + strWidth , bY, bX + strWidth , bY + height, GRAPHICS_INVERSE);
            strWidth++;
        } else if (charWide < 0) {
            return;
        }
        if ((bX + strWidth) >= DMD_PIXELS_ACROSS * DisplaysWide || bY >= DMD_PIXELS_DOWN * DisplaysHigh) return;
    }
}

Somewhere in the code the "26" converts to something else. Because the screen shows 'EwA' and '.'

Anyone who knows how to fix the different steps with variables in variables in a way where 'INPUT' -> 'OUTPUT' without conversion?

[ChristopherNL]

Besides that I used this code as example

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HttpClientConsole

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/*
  Yún HTTP Client Console version for Arduino Uno and Mega using Yún Shield

 This example for the YunShield/Yún shows how create a basic
 HTTP client that connects to the internet and downloads
 content. In this case, you'll connect to the Arduino
 website and download a version of the logo as ASCII text.

 created by Tom igoe
 May 2013
 modified by Marco Brianza to use Console

 This example code is in the public domain.

 http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HttpClient

 */

#include <Bridge.h>
#include <HttpClient.h>
#include <Console.h>

void setup() {
  // Bridge takes about two seconds to start up
  // it can be helpful to use the on-board LED
  // as an indicator for when it has initialized
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);
  Bridge.begin();
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);

  Console.begin();

  while (!Console); // wait for a serial connection
}

void loop() {
  // Initialize the client library
  HttpClient client;

  // Make a HTTP request:
  client.get("http://www.arduino.cc/asciilogo.txt");

  // if there are incoming bytes available
  // from the server, read them and print them:
  while (client.available()) {
    char c = client.read();
    Console.print(c);
  }
  Console.flush();

  delay(5000);
}