mackrackit's ConnectOne example code

[jellis00]

The Aha moment came when I finally purchased an EVB for the MiniSocket that allowed me to use the config utility to pre-set the parameters in my iChip and to interactively test different sequences of AT+i commands, which also helped me converge on the correct syntax for the AT+i commands. Once I did this, it helped transition the results and my learning curve to my PBP code version of the AT+i commands.

The main thing I did different than Macrackit's example code is break things into callable subroutines so that the user can decide where and in what sequence in the mainloop to make things happen with the MiniSocket. Since the AT+i code will stop anywhere it fails and therefore stop further execution of the main PBP program, this gives more flexibility to the user on how to use the different features of the MiniSocket rather than a complete, single, in-line code set like Mackrackit's example which will fail wherever an AT+i command fails. For example, breaking the Email process away from the FTP process as separate callable routines very much accelerated my troubleshooting process and seems to increase the reliability of the functional performance of the main program.

Annother thing I did different was to take advantadge of the fact that most of the EMAIL setup AT+i parameters can be pre-set as permanent parameters stored in FLASH on the iChip. As long as you are always going to send the EMAILs to the same place, as my application does, this eliminates the need of having to list these as PBP statements in you program and executing them everytime you send an email, as Mackrackit is doing in his example code....this saves MCU program memory and reduces execution time of the EMAIL routine.

Good question re: RTC-FTP. I know the RTC is running during most of the program because of the embedded statements that WRITE the HH:MM to EEPROM. However, I haven't tested to make sure it is still running and hasn't stopped for some reason when the FTP subroutine starts. I will do that...Thanks! I am also going to try changing the time statement from HEX2 hr and HEX2 MINs to DEC2 hr and DEC2 MINs to see if that displays the correct time on the web page after the FTP. I know using HEX2 is the right way to display time on LCD, but not sure whether it should stay in HEX format via the FTP process to web page or not.

I notice you attempted to send me a PM this morning and my PM mailbox was full and rejected it. I have cleaned up my PM mail box, so send it again.
Thanks for all your help and advice. /s/ John Ellis