Hello 
I found this script that allows you to turn LEDs on and off via macromedia flash. The script (in conjuction with serproxy) is able to comunicate back and forth with Arduino however when Arduino comunicates back it pretty much speaks in jibberish. Also, when you try to send a command from flash, Arduino just sends back constant messages of jibberish. The original flash interfacing tutorial found on the tutorial section of Arduino's home page works fine for me and Arduino speaks in English rather than jiberish. This script is based on that tutorial and does pretty much the same thing, so I have no idea why it is not working. Perhaps the script itself is messed up. I tried to find a problem in the script but was unable to find anything wrong. Hopefully someone here can help!!
Thanks in advance!!!!
David
Here is the script:
/* ------------------------------------------------
* Flash + Arduino LED Tester
* by Jonah Model <jmodel@parsaons.edu>
* modified from ARDUINO CONVERSATION, by beltran berrocal, b@progetto25zero1.com
* ------------------------------------------------ */
int activeLED ; // What LED has Flash requested we turn on? Numbers 2-9, for a total of 8 possible LEDs
int switchState = 0; // What is the current switch state?
int lastSwitchState = 0; // Was the switch previously on, or off?
int switchPin = 13; // Which digital i/o pin is setup for the switch?
//----------------------------------------------------------
void setup() {
Serial.begin(19200); //setup serial conversation at 19200 bauds
pinMode(switchPin, INPUT); // sets the switch pin as input
for (int i=2; i<=9; i++) {
pinMode(i, OUTPUT); // sets the digital pins 2-9 as output
}
}
void loop () {
//------------------------------------------------------------------------ SWITCH LOGIC
// get the current state of the switch from our board
switchState = digitalRead(switchPin);
// if the switch has changed states, then let Flash know about it
if (switchState != lastSwitchState) {
if (switchState == 1){
sendStringToFlash("switchOff");
}
else if (switchState == 0){
sendStringToFlash("switchOn");
}
}
// now store the state for later comparison
lastSwitchState = switchState;
//------------------------------------------------------------------------ LED LOGIC
// checks if a serial message has arrived to the board
if(Serial.available() > 0) {
//must be a request to light up an LED
//activeLED should be a number 2-9, but in binary it will come in as 50-57
activeLED = Serial.read();
}
if(activeLED >= 50 && activeLED <= 57) {
//a valid LED signal has been received from Flash
// convert the byte to an int - getting ready for digitalWrite()
int outputPort = activeLED-48;
Serial.print("Requesting LED port:");
Serial.println(outputPort);
if(outputPort >= 2 && outputPort <= 9) {
// turns all the LEDs OFF
for (int i=2; i<=10; i++) {
digitalWrite(i,LOW);
}
// then turns your selected LED ON
digitalWrite(outputPort, HIGH);
}
// when we're done, default the activeLED to nothing
activeLED = 0;
}
else if (activeLED) {
Serial.print("Requesting invalid LED port:");
Serial.println(activeLED,BYTE);
}
//slows down the visualization: each sentence will be emitted every .5 seconds
delay(50);
}
//----------------------------------------------------------
/*send to flash
* inspired by D.Mellis printString function. it simply adds the byte(0) at the end
* needed by the XMLSocket to know that the transmission is over.
* read the XMLSocket Actionscript Class documentation for more details
*/
void sendStringToFlash (char *s) {
while (*s) {
printByte(*s++);
}
printByte(0); //notify the XMLSocket that the comunication is over
}
::Here are some pictures so you can see what I am saying::
This is what happens while in flash once you send ardiuno a command; Arduino will just send back constant messages of jibberish
Even when you try to talk to it in the serial monitor, it still talks in jiberish. In this picture I pressed the pushbutton on and off and here is the jiberish it sends back (in this script, once the pushbutton is pressed it sends back a message )
