Calling socket connect() triggers errno=95

[Loren Rogers]

Hello,

I am offloading sockets in config.  I instantiate a socket, set the send/recv timeouts, and then call connect().  It's returning a 95 which is EOPNOTSUPP.  I was able to step via debug all the way down to a nrf_connect().  But that was it.

Anyone have any ideas of what I'm doing wrong?

/Loren

[Charlie]

Hi Loren,

Is this a customize board? Did you test with a TLS connection? If the connection is lost during data transmission, there can be an error thrown (for TLS, it is normally -95). Could you check if the signal strength (via AT+CESQ) is good when this occurs?

If the problem still exists, could you provide your current modem firmware version and a modem trace when the failure happens? 

Best regards,

Charlie

[Loren Rogers]

Hi Charlie,

It is the standard nrf9160 dk board.  I'm not going to lie.  I am totally lost and pretty overwhelmed.  Especially when it comes to what CONFIG options I need.  All I want is an application that will create and connect to a TLS socket (443) to ANY server I choose (not just nRF Cloud) and be able to call the http_client_req() method with my particular REST method and an url.  I come from the iOS/Android world where there are libraries that do this automatically.  Could you please let me know what CONFIG options I need and some source code on how to set this up?

The other thing that I find infuriating is that I can't seem to reliably debug this thing.  I'll tap 'step over' and it jumps to some other place I have no clue about.  And I believe I've set the NO_OPTIMIZATIONS configuration but I still can't see some local variables.

Thanks!

/Loren

[Charlie]

Hi Loren,

Welcome to the embedded world! You are not alone as a beginner struggling with this new field, even me can not fully understand every part of NCS. I suggest you do not bother with CONFIG too much at the beginning, the existing samples and applications and satisfy most of your needs already. nRF9160: HTTPS Client sounds like a good start for you, can you make sure this sample can work on your setup first?

The network-related applications are quite time-sensitive, so the "step and stop" debug is not fit this condition. You can use nRF Connect Trace Collector to log the communication process and analysis the issue.

Best regards,

Charlie

[Loren Rogers]

Hi Charlie!

Thanks for the welcome.  HTTPS Client definitely can connect, send the data and receive.  However I cannot get any captures in Connect Trace Collector.  In the https_client prj.conf I definitely have the line: CONFIG_NRF_MODEM_LIB_TRACE_ENABLED=y.  I've updated the board itself.  But every time I capture either with trace collector or trace collector v2, I get 0 packets captured.  Please help.

/Loren

[Charlie]

Hi Loren,

I just test with Trace Collector V2 preview v0..0.11, PCAP seems not to work, please use RAW and convert the log data later.

Also, remember to try with a different serial port if it still does not work.

Best regards,

Charlie

[Loren Rogers]

Hi Charlie,

I seem to be able to now capture.  But every time I try to convert to pcap I get:

2021-09-29T13:22:58.931Z ERROR Failed conversion to pcap: end of file reached while searching db uid plugin path: C:\Users\lrogers\.nrfconnect-apps\node_modules\pc-nrfconnect-tracecollector-preview\node_modules\nrf-monitor-lib-js\Release\win32-ia32\nrfml-insight-source.nrfml
2021-09-29T13:22:58.931Z DEBUG Full error: {"error_code":100,"message":"end of file reached while searching db uid plugin path: C:\\Users\\lrogers\\.nrfconnect-apps\\node_modules\\pc-nrfconnect-tracecollector-preview\\node_modules\\nrf-monitor-lib-js\\Release\\win32-ia32\\nrfml-insight-source.nrfml","origin":"Error when running nrfml operation worker."}

I really wish Nordic's stuff worked reliably.  This is frustrating.