Hello Everyone, I discovered DCC++ yesterday and thanks to Amazon have now got a Mega, Ethernet Shield and Motor Shield and as far as i can tell so far everything is plugged together and doing what it should. One thing i cant figure out it how to disable DHCP for the Ethernet and set a static IP. I have a feeling i've missed something really obvious and would appreciate a pointer. Thanks in advance, Joel.
Joel ... you neglected to state what Base Station code you are using with the Mega. Here is a code sample that should help you .. obviously the first 7 lines are what you will need to insert into whatever code you are using: // begin static IP code const char *ssid = "YourSSID"; const char *pass = "YourPassword"; // Update these with values suitable for your network. IPAddress ip(10,0,0,11); //Node static IP IPAddress gateway(10,0,0,200); IPAddress subnet(255,255,255,0); void setup() { WiFi.begin(ssid, pass); WiFi.config(ip, gateway, subnet); //Wifi connection while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { delay(500); Serial.print("."); } Serial.println(""); Serial.print("WiFi connected, using IP address: "); Serial.println(WiFi.localIP()); } void loop() { } // end static IP code
Apologies, i downloaded the code from https://sites.google.com/site/dccppsite/ and went for the official release 1.2.1 It doesn't look like its been updated for a while - is that the best source? I'm not actually using a Wifi shied, just the standard Ethernet one with the W5100 controller. Thanks, Joel.
You can configure it in the Config.h file of the Arduino BaseStation code, you will need to set the COMM_INTERFACE to the right value depending on the Ethernet shield and library you will be using.
Alternatively, if you can log in to your router settings, you may be able allocate a fixed IP address in the dhcp server settings.
Hi Jimbo20 I think you might have the easiest solution here as i can see in config.h where to define the MAC so ill just set up a DHCP reservation rule in the router as you suggest. I am a bit surprised that there isn't a setting in here to define the IP although I'm sure someone with more programming knowledge than me could figure it out! Thanks, Joel.
I'm guessing you missed this: https://github.com/DccPlusPlus/BaseStation/blob/master/DCCpp_Uno/Config.h#L36-L41 Uncomment line 41 and set it to the IP you want to use. It will then use that IP address every time and not require you to alter anything on your AP.
If you follow Atani's advise and uncomment and supply your own IP, DCC++ will automaticly ignor DCHP. Otherwise it will use the DHCP setting on your router.
That is great - it turns out the code on Github is newer/different to the one on the Google site for the DCC++ project. I will download the the one off Github and give it a go. Thanks again, Joel.
Thos is exactly why I upgraded my router last year, I got tired of having to program every device with a static up address. That’s 20+ devices to be programmed by hand. My new router supports assigning up based on MAC address, so my servers (yes plural, two for video, 1 for books, and 3 different instances of JMRI and wi throttle) can be set and stay where they need to be, even when there is a power outage and everything comes back on out of order!
