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Posted: **Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:44 pm**

Hi all,

I have a stupid problem ...

I would like to setup a tcp socket connection between an android phone and an ESP8266 running in AP mode.

Here is the code I currently use :

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/* Create a WiFi access point and provide a web server on it. */

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h> 
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>

/* Set these to your desired credentials. */
const char *ssid = "JP_TestAP";

int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;
boolean alreadyConnected = false; // whether or not the client was connected previously

WiFiServer server(23);

void setup() 
{
   delay(1000);
   Serial.begin(115200);
   Serial.println();
   Serial.print("Configuring access point...");
   /* You can remove the password parameter if you want the AP to be open. */
   WiFi.softAP(ssid);
delay(10000);
   IPAddress myIP = WiFi.softAPIP();
   Serial.print("AP IP address: ");
   Serial.println(myIP);

   Serial.println("\nStarting server...");
  // start the server:
  server.begin();
}




void loop() 
{
 // wait for a new client:
  WiFiClient client = server.available();
  // when the client sends the first byte, say hello:
  if (client) 
  {
    if (!alreadyConnected) 
    {
      // clead out the input buffer:
      client.flush();
      Serial.println("We have a new client");
      client.println("Hello, client!");
      alreadyConnected = true;
    }

    if (client.available() > 0) {
      // read the bytes incoming from the client:
      char thisChar = client.read();
      // echo the bytes back to the client:
      server.write(thisChar);
      // echo the bytes to the server as well:
      Serial.write(thisChar);
    }
  }
}

This code "almost" works...
The AP is dicovered by my Android, I can connect
I can as well open a socket on port 23 with IP 192.168.4.1
the ESP sends back the "Hello Client" message to android.

The problem is that if I try to send a message to ESP from Android nothing happens...

Here is the log

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Configuring access point...AP IP address: 192.168.4.1

Starting server...
We have a new client

There should be an obviou bug , but I can't find where...

Thank you for your help
JP

Posted: **Tue Oct 06, 2015 3:31 pm**

Of course, the above code is simply echoing the character received from the client.
You will have to accumulate those characters into a buffer, and when a complete line is buffered by detecting newline or carriage return character, you can then analyse the buffer to figure out which command is been received.
It is in fact becoming of Telnet server with your own shell commands.

Posted: **Tue Oct 06, 2015 3:40 pm**

THank you for your answer.

But it is even worse than that... No echo is received on client side.

I am afraid that the second half of code doesn't work at all..

JP

Posted: **Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:38 pm**

Is the Android application is a telnet client ?
Did you try a telnet from a PC ?
Also, for the code above, maybe you can try changing server.write() with client.write() ...

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