I recently just purchased the Seeed bluetooth shield from Radioshack (RadioShack.com Official Site - America's Technology Store)i am using Arduino UNO R3 .I found this Bluetooth Shield | Seeed Studio Wiki but it didn't really help me i installed the two libraries and up loaded slave but it didnt work it came up with an error . I spent three days trying to figure out how to use it but I'm so lost could someone please help me? it would be much appreciated.
i installed the two libraries and up loaded slave but it didnt work it came up with an error .
Which you are not interested in fixing, apparently, or you would have told us what it was. And posted the code.
Sorry the error is
Slave:37: error: 'NewSoftSerial' does not name a type
Slave.pde: In function 'void loop()':
Slave:52: error: 'blueToothSerial' was not declared in this scope
Slave:58: error: 'blueToothSerial' was not declared in this scope
Slave.pde: In function 'void setupBlueToothConnection()':
Slave:65: error: 'blueToothSerial' was not declared in this scope
this is the code im using im not the best coder so idk whats wrong i have the board setup just like on the wiki page
/*
BluetoothShield Demo Code Slave.pde. This sketch could be used with
Master.pde to establish connection between two Arduino. It can also
be used for one slave bluetooth connected by the device(PC/Smart Phone)
with bluetooth function.
2011 Copyright (c) Seeed Technology Inc. All right reserved.
Author: Steve Chang
This demo code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
For more details about the product please check http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/
*/
/* Upload this sketch into Seeeduino and press reset*/
#include <SoftwareSerial.h> //Software Serial Port
#define RxD 6
#define TxD 7
#define DEBUG_ENABLED 1
NewSoftSerial blueToothSerial(RxD,TxD);
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(RxD, INPUT);
pinMode(TxD, OUTPUT);
setupBlueToothConnection();
}
void loop()
{
char recvChar;
while(1){
if(blueToothSerial.available()){//check if there's any data sent from the remote bluetooth shield
recvChar = blueToothSerial.read();
Serial.print(recvChar);
}
if(Serial.available()){//check if there's any data sent from the local serial terminal, you can add the other applications here
recvChar = Serial.read();
blueToothSerial.print(recvChar);
}
}
}
void setupBlueToothConnection()
{
blueToothSerial.begin(38400); //Set BluetoothBee BaudRate to default baud rate 38400
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STWMOD=0\r\n"); //set the bluetooth work in slave mode
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STNA=SeeedBTSlave\r\n"); //set the bluetooth name as "SeeedBTSlave"
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STOAUT=1\r\n"); // Permit Paired device to connect me
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STAUTO=0\r\n"); // Auto-connection should be forbidden here
delay(2000); // This delay is required.
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+INQ=1\r\n"); //make the slave bluetooth inquirable
Serial.println("The slave bluetooth is inquirable!");
delay(2000); // This delay is required.
blueToothSerial.flush();
}
What version of the IDE are you using? Prior to 1.0, NewSoftSerial was a user downloaded library. With 1.0 and on, NewSoftSerial was adopted as an official library, and renamed SoftwareSerial.
ok so i went in total nerd mode missed a day of school spent the whole day to figure this out . so i used this code that i changed a little bit
//Author: Steve Chang
#include <SoftwareSerial.h> //Software Serial Port
#define RxD 6
#define TxD 7
#define DEBUG_ENABLED 1
const int right = 8;
const int left = 9;
const int headlight = 10;
const int pingPin = 11;
int incomingByte;
SoftwareSerial blueToothSerial(RxD,TxD);
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(RxD, INPUT);
pinMode(TxD, OUTPUT);
pinMode(right, OUTPUT);
pinMode(left, OUTPUT);
pinMode(headlight, OUTPUT);
setupBlueToothConnection();
}
void loop()
{
char recvChar;
while(1){
if(blueToothSerial.available()){//check if there's any data sent from the remote bluetooth shield
recvChar = blueToothSerial.read();
Serial.print(recvChar);
}
if(Serial.available()){//check if there's any data sent from the local serial terminal, you can add the other applications here
recvChar = Serial.read();
blueToothSerial.print(recvChar);
}
if (recvChar == 'F') {
digitalWrite(right, LOW);
digitalWrite(left, LOW);
}
// if it's an L (ASCII 76) turn off the LED:
if (recvChar == 'L') {
digitalWrite(right, LOW);
digitalWrite(left,HIGH);
}
if(recvChar == 'R') {
digitalWrite(right,HIGH);
digitalWrite(left, LOW);
}
if(recvChar == 'S') {
digitalWrite(right, HIGH);
digitalWrite(left, HIGH);
}
if(recvChar == 'J') {
digitalWrite(headlight, HIGH);
}
if(recvChar == 'K') {
digitalWrite(headlight, LOW);
}
}
}
void setupBlueToothConnection()
{
blueToothSerial.begin(38400); //Set BluetoothBee BaudRate to default baud rate 38400
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STWMOD=0\r\n"); //set the bluetooth work in slave mode
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STNA=SeeedBTSlave\r\n"); //set the bluetooth name as "SeeedBTSlave"
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STOAUT=1\r\n"); // Permit Paired device to connect me
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STAUTO=0\r\n"); // Auto-connection should be forbidden here
delay(2000); // This delay is required.
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+INQ=1\r\n"); //make the slave bluetooth inquirable
Serial.println("The slave bluetooth is inquirable!");
delay(2000); // This delay is required.
blueToothSerial.flush();
}
this is the original code
/*
BluetoothShield Demo Code Slave.pde. This sketch could be used with
Master.pde to establish connection between two Arduino. It can also
be used for one slave bluetooth connected by the device(PC/Smart Phone)
with bluetooth function.
2011 Copyright (c) Seeed Technology Inc. All right reserved.
Author: Steve Chang
This demo code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
For more details about the product please check http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/
*/
/* Upload this sketch into Seeeduino and press reset*/
#include <SoftwareSerial.h> //Software Serial Port
#define RxD 6
#define TxD 7
#define DEBUG_ENABLED 1
NewSoftSerial blueToothSerial(RxD,TxD);
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(RxD, INPUT);
pinMode(TxD, OUTPUT);
setupBlueToothConnection();
}
void loop()
{
char recvChar;
while(1){
if(blueToothSerial.available()){//check if there's any data sent from the remote bluetooth shield
recvChar = blueToothSerial.read();
Serial.print(recvChar);
}
if(Serial.available()){//check if there's any data sent from the local serial terminal, you can add the other applications here
recvChar = Serial.read();
blueToothSerial.print(recvChar);
}
}
}
void setupBlueToothConnection()
{
blueToothSerial.begin(38400); //Set BluetoothBee BaudRate to default baud rate 38400
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STWMOD=0\r\n"); //set the bluetooth work in slave mode
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STNA=SeeedBTSlave\r\n"); //set the bluetooth name as "SeeedBTSlave"
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STOAUT=1\r\n"); // Permit Paired device to connect me
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+STAUTO=0\r\n"); // Auto-connection should be forbidden here
delay(2000); // This delay is required.
blueToothSerial.print("\r\n+INQ=1\r\n"); //make the slave bluetooth inquirable
Serial.println("The slave bluetooth is inquirable!");
delay(2000); // This delay is required.
blueToothSerial.flush();
}
See i changed NewSoftSerial blueToothSerial(RxD,TxD); to SoftwareSerial blueToothSerial(RxD,TxD);
and i put all my other code in the while statement and changed the incomingByte/Serial.read to recvChar in the if statement
and now every thing is working nice that code is the code i used on my first wireless non autonomous robot XD
and now every thing is working nice
Great. Now, get rid of the infinite loop (while(1) {}) inside the infinite loop (loop()).
ok now i have another problem i was doing good then i took a break for like a week came back
uploaded my edited sketch and now my phone detects the the seed slave it then says "connecting..."
then "Bluetooth serial port connection fail."