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I have no trouble with the version of SoftwareSerial that comes with my IDE except at 115200 I get errors that I don't get using hardware serial ports. The IDE incuded libraries are version specific.
That said, I liked the SDfat library more than the included SD library when I ran IDE 0023.
This is the Two Port Receive example directly from the File->Examples->SoftwareSerial in my IDE 1.03.
You should have one in you IDE Examples to click open in a new IDE window.
/*
Software serial multple serial test
Receives from the two software serial ports,
sends to the hardware serial port.
In order to listen on a software port, you call port.listen().
When using two software serial ports, you have to switch ports
by listen()ing on each one in turn. Pick a logical time to switch
ports, like the end of an expected transmission, or when the
buffer is empty. This example switches ports when there is nothing
more to read from a port
The circuit:
Two devices which communicate serially are needed.
* First serial device's TX attached to digital pin 2, RX to pin 3
* Second serial device's TX attached to digital pin 4, RX to pin 5
Note:
Not all pins on the Mega and Mega 2560 support change interrupts,
so only the following can be used for RX:
10, 11, 12, 13, 50, 51, 52, 53, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
Not all pins on the Leonardo support change interrupts,
so only the following can be used for RX:
8, 9, 10, 11, 14 (MISO), 15 (SCK), 16 (MOSI).
created 18 Apr. 2011
modified 25 May 2012
by Tom Igoe
based on Mikal Hart's twoPortRXExample
This example code is in the public domain.
*/
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
// software serial #1: TX = digital pin 10, RX = digital pin 11
SoftwareSerial portOne(10,11);
// software serial #2: TX = digital pin 8, RX = digital pin 9
// on the Mega, use other pins instead, since 8 and 9 don't work on the Mega
SoftwareSerial portTwo(8,9);
void setup()
{
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
}
// Start each software serial port
portOne.begin(9600);
portTwo.begin(9600);
}
void loop()
{
// By default, the last intialized port is listening.
// when you want to listen on a port, explicitly select it:
portOne.listen();
Serial.println("Data from port one:");
// while there is data coming in, read it
// and send to the hardware serial port:
while (portOne.available() > 0) {
char inByte = portOne.read();
Serial.write(inByte);
}
// blank line to separate data from the two ports:
Serial.println();
// Now listen on the second port
portTwo.listen();
// while there is data coming in, read it
// and send to the hardware serial port:
Serial.println("Data from port two:");
while (portTwo.available() > 0) {
char inByte = portTwo.read();
Serial.write(inByte);
}
// blank line to separate data from the two ports:
Serial.println();
}
If your PC has a hub, you can run multiple Arduinos at the same time, each with its own IDE and serial monitor. You might need to power the hub but I've done two on just the hub many times. Don't forget to connect the grounds! If you do run serial, 2 wires for data and 1 for ground. Don't just do the data pins