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I have tried with two leonardos to get some serial I/O with the monitor and so far nothing. I can upload programs (blink, etc). When I upload the following with the while enabled, I get nothing--no serial output, no blinking. If I comment out the while, the led blinks. Any suggestions? (besides going back to the uno)

Code:

//Leonardo test 1 -- check serial i/o

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(13,OUTPUT);
//  while(!Serial);
}

void loop(){
  int i;
  Serial.println("Ready:");
  for(i=1;i<11;i++) {
    digitalWrite(13,HIGH);
    delay(500);
    Serial.println(i);
    digitalWrite(13,LOW);
    delay(200);
  }
}

[Reply #1 on:]

The example code for the Leonardo serial port requires you to wait, for example:

Code:

//Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  while (!Serial)  { }

Add in the line after Serial.begin and it should work better.

[Reply #2 on:]

Already tried it. It still doesn't work. Whenever the while is enabled, the program never gets out of setup. Yet comm is okay since I can upload programs. I am at a loss.

[Reply #3 on:]

Try a higher baud rate? I am using 115200 with mine. It gets converted into USB anyway.

[Reply #4 on:]

Tried higher baud rate, still nothing. I am going to try an xp machine (this has been on Windows 7 up to now)

[Reply #5 on:]

UPDATE
The leonardo talks to the serial monitor on an XP machine. So my question is now: How do I get it to talk the serail monitor on my windows 7 machine????

[Reply #6 on:]

Do you need brackets after this line?

your code above

while(!Serial);

like this instead

while(!Serial){}

[Reply #7 on:]

It works either way. In any case, the problem appears to be with windows 7. The leonardo communicates with an XP laptop, but not windows 7 via the serial monitor. I can upload to it with Win 7.

[Reply #8 on:]

This may sound odd, but try changing this setting in your Serial object in your application:
RtsEnable =True
and try again.

I found the same issue on my (arg - Vista) machine, where it would work fine when talking with the Arduino serial monitor, but not my application.  I created a simple print and receive set of apps, and they didnt work.  I then updated the RtsEnable setting and amazed it started working.

Hope that helps

[Reply #9 on:]

This may sound odd, but try changing this setting in your Serial object in your application:
RtsEnable =True
and try again.

I'm not sure it applies. The problem is between the leonardo and the arduino serial monitor. Where would I put the code you suggest? It looks like code for an external program. Agian it is apparently a Windows 7 problem because I can see the leonado in XP.

[Reply #10 on:]

Ah - in my case the serial monitor was working, just not my application.

[Reply #11 on:]

I am going to start a new thread to be more specific. Please look for that thread and do not answer this one. Thanks