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Arduino Internet Control Using The Arduino Ethernet Shield

This document describes how to control relays remotely over the Internet using an Arduino board and Ethernet shield. The hardware used includes an Arduino Uno, Ethernet shield, and 4-channel relay module. Software requirements involve using the Teleduino service to send commands via URLs to control the relays. An example Arduino sketch is provided to test the hardware connections and relay control. Overall, the document presents an inexpensive and easy way to remotely control relays online with open-source Arduino hardware and software.

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Arduino Internet Control Using The Arduino Ethernet Shield

This document describes how to control relays remotely over the Internet using an Arduino board and Ethernet shield. The hardware used includes an Arduino Uno, Ethernet shield, and 4-channel relay module. Software requirements involve using the Teleduino service to send commands via URLs to control the relays. An example Arduino sketch is provided to test the hardware connections and relay control. Overall, the document presents an inexpensive and easy way to remotely control relays online with open-source Arduino hardware and software.

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Control relays over the

Internet with Arduino


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either case, you will have to connect an external DC power


supply with the required ratings to the RELAY4 boards
power terminals (bottom-left of Fig.3).
On the other hand, if you can keep the current draw
under 150mA and are using solid-state 5V relays with very
low switching currents, the on-board Arduino 5V supply
will be enough.
With a 5V supply, the RELAY4 board itself draws around
13mA with all LEDs on. Add four relays drawing just
20mA each and you can comfortably power the lot from
the Arduino. In that case, connect the positive pin from the
RELAY4 power terminal to the Arduino +5V pin.

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Testing
You can then test the connections to the RELAY4 board
with a simple Arduino sketch (software program) that
turns the outputs on and off as indicated by the on-board
RELAY4 LEDs. Once your hardware has been connected,
enter and upload the following sketch using the Arduino
IDE (Integrated Development Environment):

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To identify an individual Arduino board to the Teleduino service, we use a unique key in the form of a long
hexadecimal number. This key is issued by the Teleduino
service and is inserted into the Arduino sketch and also
into the commands issued to control the board.
To generate a key, simply go to
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short time later, your key will arrive via email remember
to store this for later retrieval. It will be a long string of
characters, eg, 18F5F4749B058F952ABCDEF8534B2BBF.
The next step is to download and install the Teleduino
Arduino library into the IDE. The latest library can be
Extract
found at:
the library folder and copy it to the arduino-1.0.1/libraries
folder in your IDE installation. If your IDE is running, you
will need to restart it in order to use the library.
You now have to prepare the Teleduino sketch for the
Arduino board. This sketch connects the Arduino to the
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Software and network requirements


To control our Arduino over the Internet, we use a free
online service called Teleduino. It allows us to send commands to an Arduino board (via the Internet) using simple
commands in the form of URLs similar to that used to refer
to a web page.
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At this stage, all four LEDs should be blinking on and off


at 2Hz. If not, check the wiring between the two boards,
including the GND line.

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PORTD = B01101100; // set D2, D3, D5, D6 HIGH
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PORTD = B00000000; // set D2, D3, D5, D6 LOW
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Teleduino server and also executes received commands


via the service. The sketch is included with the library,
so in the IDE select File > Examples > Teleduino328 >
TeleduinoEthernetClientProxy.
Before uploading the sketch, the unique Teleduino key
needs to be inserted so the Arduino can identify itself to
the service. To do this, go to
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loaded in the IDE, locate the same byte variable (it should
start on line 36) and replace the array full of zeros with
your Teleduino key array see Fig.5 (for example).
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your Arduino as normal. You should also save the sketch
so you dont need to repeat the key-insertion process in
the future. Note that if you are going to control multiple
Arduino boards, you will need multiple Teleduino keys. Just
remember to keep track of the key uploaded to each board.
The next step is to test that the Arduino is connecting to
the Teleduino service by monitoring the connection status.
This can be done using an LED indicator connected via a
560 resistor between the Arduinos D8 pin and GND, as
shown in Fig.6.
Once the indicator LED is in place, connect the Arduino
to your router via a network cable, apply power and watch
the LED. After a few moments, the LED will start blinking
to indicate the status of the connection to the Teleduino
service.
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are used:
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decide what the default settings will be for each of the
relays. These are the settings that the relays revert to when
the Arduino board is turned on or reset, loses the Internet
connection or the network cable is removed.
You can set the defaults after your Arduino has connected
to Teleduino by browsing to
After entering your Teleduino key,
a large selection of options will be displayed. Scroll down
to the Pins section (see Fig.7) and change the mode of the
Arduino pins youre using to OUTPUT. Then, depending
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correctly. Once youve done that, the status LED can be
removed if desired, but we suggest keeping it to aid troubleshooting if you strike problems in the future.

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can test the pin control without needing to wire up your
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been successful or not. If the command worked, an output
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This tells you that the Arduino has lost connection to


the Teleduino servers.
Conclusion
Once you have run through the set-up procedure, controlling the relays remotely is quite simple. If you need to
control more relays, either add another RELAY4 board or
check out the Freetronics RELAY8 board.
Finally, the Teleduino service allows web-based control
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