Cayenne_connected

Bugs / Issues
1

Hi,
I have an Arduino mega and w5100 ethernet shield. I would like to use CAYENNE_CONNECTED to determine if my Arduino is connected or not. I have written some simple code to toggle on/off an LED if connected/disconnected.
The trouble is… when I have turned the internet off, the LED still turns on every 2 or 3 seconds (for about 1 sec) - I presume when trying to connect. I was hoping to carry out some processes if not connected but the method wont work.
DO you have any ideas?
Craig

2

in your sketch could you add this define (before setup) ? :

#define CAYENNE_DEBUG

I use it with my “Cayenne-MQTT-ESP8266” librarie, and very usefull to see whats happen in serial monitor, with Cayenne.

3

I use the exact same thing your trying to do. You need to call CAYENNE_CONNECTED and CAYENNE_DISCONNECTED and put your digital write for you LED under those functions. However, to get the disconnected part to work you need to edit your cayenne library.

Cayenne library → Blynk → BlynkProtocal.h

There will be about 8 or 9 functions named “BlynkOnDisconnected();” that are commented out. Uncomment all of these and now when the system gets disconnected it calls that function in your code. Here is a example of what I use for testing my boards:

in header to hold values:

unsigned long onlineTime;
unsigned long prevTime;
byte disco = 0;

after loop or wherever in your sketch as long as its not under another function or loop:

CAYENNE_CONNECTED()  //set LED on if connected
{
	prevTime = millis();
	digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
}

CAYENNE_DISCONNECTED()  //set LED off if disconnected
{
	digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
	disco++;
}




CAYENNE_OUT(V23)  // counts disconnects
{
	Cayenne.virtualWrite(V23, disco);
}

CAYENNE_OUT(V24)  // tracks system power on time in minutes
{
	float time2 = (mills() / 1000) / 60;
	Cayenne.virtualWrite(V24, time2);
}

CAYENNE_OUT(V25)  // tracks online time in minutes
{
	onlineTime = ((mills() - prevTime) / 1000) / 60;
	Cayenne.virtualWrite(V25, onlineTime);
}
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Ok… so I have just had some more time to look at this. I uncommented the debug messages and the serial output is as follows:
When connected:

Connected 1
Connected 11325×859 98.1 KB

And that seems all OK.
When I disconnect the ethernet cable:
Connected 2
Connected 2800×851 104 KB

And the problem lies in that whenever the line
Connecting to arduino.mydevices.com:8442 appears… the LED turns ON then turns OFF again when connection fails.
Any ideas?
My code is a simple one to check this as follows:

#define CAYENNE_DEBUG // Uncomment to show debug messages
#define CAYENNE_PRINT Serial // Comment this out to disable prints and save space
#include <CayenneEthernet.h>

// Cayenne authentication token. This should be obtained from the Cayenne Dashboard.
char token = “n50v11ls5g”;

boolean onlineStatus = false;

const int TestPin = 13;

void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
Cayenne.begin(token);

pinMode (TestPin, OUTPUT);

}

void loop()
{
Cayenne.run();
if (onlineStatus == true){
digitalWrite(TestPin, HIGH);
}
if (onlineStatus == false){
digitalWrite(TestPin, LOW);
}
}

CAYENNE_CONNECTED() {
onlineStatus = true;
}

CAYENNE_DISCONNECTED() {
onlineStatus = false;
}

5

Hmm, It shouldn’t turn on the LED until its connected, not when its trying to connect. Your code looks good. I tried your code on my mega & 5100 ethernet shield and it didn’t flash the light when I unplugged the ethernet. Maybe try this library and replace your current Cayenne library. This is is already setup for disconnect/reconnect. See if this makes a difference.

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