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Arduino commands for Alpha Sign Communication Protocol
// Commands for Alpha Sign Communication Protocol
byte NUL = 0x00;
byte START_HEADER = 0x01;
byte START_TEXT = 0x02;
byte END_TRANSMISSION = 0x04;
byte ESC = 0x1B;
byte FILL = 0x30;
byte ROTATE = 0x61;
byte SLOW = 0x15;
byte FAST = 0x19;
byte TIME = 0x13;
byte CALL_STRING = 0x10;
byte CALL_SIZE = 0x1A;
byte SIZE_LARGE = 0x33;
byte SIZE_SMALL = 0x31;
#define STANDBY 0
#define CHECKED_IN 1
int mode = STANDBY;
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
// Enter a MAC address and IP address for your controller below.
// The IP address will be dependent on your local network:
byte mac[] = {
0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
IPAddress ip(10,0,1, 123);
// Initialize the Ethernet server library
// with the IP address and port you want to use
// (port 80 is default for HTTP):
EthernetServer server(80);
String response = "";
String formattedResponse = "";
long changeAt = 0;
void setup()
{
// start the Ethernet connection and the server:
Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
server.begin();
Serial.begin(9600);
writeText("Check in here on foursquare! ");
}
void loop()
{
// listen for incoming clients
EthernetClient client = server.available();
if (client) {
// an http request ends with a blank line
boolean currentLineIsBlank = true;
while (client.connected()) {
if (client.available()) {
char c = client.read();
response += c;
if (c == '\n') {
if ( (response.indexOf("+++") != -1) && (response.indexOf("&&&") != -1) )
{
int first = response.indexOf("+++") + 3;
int last = response.indexOf("&&&");
formattedResponse = response.substring(first,last);
formattedResponse = urlDecode(formattedResponse);
writeText(formattedResponse);
mode = CHECKED_IN;
changeAt = millis() + 60000;
response = "";
}
else {
response = "";
}
}
if (c == '\n' && currentLineIsBlank) {
// send a standard http response header
client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
client.println("Content-Type: text/html");
client.println();
break;
}
if (c == '\n') {
// you're starting a new line
currentLineIsBlank = true;
}
else if (c != '\r') {
// you've gotten a character on the current line
currentLineIsBlank = false;
}
}
}
// give the web browser time to receive the data
delay(1);
// close the connection:
client.stop();
}
if ( (millis() > changeAt) && (mode == CHECKED_IN) ) {
writeText("Check in here on foursquare! ");
mode = STANDBY;
}
}
void writeText(String text) {
Serial.write(NUL); // Start frame sync chars
Serial.write(NUL);
Serial.write(NUL);
Serial.write(NUL);
Serial.write(NUL); // end frame sync chars
Serial.write(START_HEADER); // start of header
Serial.write("Z00"); // all sign types, all addresses
Serial.write(START_TEXT); //start of text
Serial.write("AA"); // write command, text file A
Serial.write(ESC);
Serial.write(FILL);
Serial.write(ROTATE);
Serial.print(text);
Serial.write(END_TRANSMISSION);
}
String urlDecode(String input)
{
input.replace("%20", " ");
input.replace("+", " ");
input.replace("%21", "!");
input.replace("%22", "\"");
input.replace("%23", "#");
input.replace("%24", "$");
input.replace("%25", "%");
input.replace("%26", "&");
input.replace("%27", "\'");
input.replace("%28", "(");
input.replace("%29", ")");
input.replace("%30", "*");
input.replace("%31", "+");
input.replace("%2C", ",");
input.replace("%2E", ".");
input.replace("%2F", "/");
input.replace("%2C", ",");
input.replace("%3A", ":");
input.replace("%3A", ";");
input.replace("%3C", "<");
input.replace("%3D", "=");
input.replace("%3E", ">");
input.replace("%3F", "?");
input.replace("%40", "@");
input.replace("%5B", "[");
input.replace("%5C", "\\");
input.replace("%5D", "]");
input.replace("%5E", "^");
input.replace("%5F", "-");
input.replace("%60", "`");
return input;
}
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