Arduino Receiving negative values from serial

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Hi everyone, Im trying to move my mouse with arduino leonardo with python code. As you know there is X and Y axis for mouse movements. Python and Arduino communicates with serial band. which is "Serial.readBytes();" There is a question on me. i can send the values which is like x = 5 y = 5 because those are positive values. But when i try to send negative values like x = -5 etc. it fails. i've got some value error like "ValueError: byte must be in range(0, 256)" arduino accepts only 0,256 value so how can i receive negative values ?

here is my arduino code.

#include <Mouse.h>

byte bf[2];

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Mouse.begin();
}

void loop() {
  if (Serial.available() > 0) {
    Serial.readBytes(bf, 2);
    Mouse.move(bf[0], bf[1], 0);
  }
}

and little python :

arduino = serial.Serial('COM3', 9600)
pax2 = [10,-2]
arduino.write(pax2)
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According to Mouse.move() - Arduino Reference the Mouse.move() method takes the X and Y parameters are two signed integers. You are wrongly supplying just two bytes/chars. Assuming we are talking of the same library as you, you need to read two strings from the input and convert them to signed integer values.

Your first job is to define the format of the input. I would use to integers as decimal strings and separate them with a comma. For example, one posssiblility, something like "12,-5". Then split the input into the two separate strings and use atoi() to convert them to signed integers.

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skyvan:
According to Mouse.move() - Arduino Reference the Mouse.move() method takes the X and Y parameters are two signed integers. You are wrongly supplying just two bytes/chars. Assuming we are talking of the same library as you, you need to read two strings from the input and convert them to signed integer values.

Your first job is to define the format of the input. I would use to integers as decimal strings and separate them with a comma. For example, one posssiblility, something like "12,-5". Then split the input into the two separate strings and use atoi() to convert them to signed integers.

First of all thank your for commant. I'ts hard to get it for me , I need to make a converter which is converting my int values to signed ints then i'll convert them to byte and use them like Mouse.move(x,y)
x = converted signed int, converted to byte, and y is same do i correct ? if not can you explain more simple please :frowning:

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If you want to use your bytes as signed values, cast then to 'char':

    Mouse.move((char) bf[0], (char) bf[1], 0);

That should work fro values from -128 to 127.

Note: You should probably wait for both characters to arrive before reading them from the buffer:

  if (Serial.available() >= 2) {
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johnwasser:
If you want to use your bytes as signed values, cast then to 'char':

    Mouse.move((char) bf[0], (char) bf[1], 0);

That should work fro values from -128 to 127.

Note: You should probably wait for both characters to arrive before reading them from the buffer:

  if (Serial.available() >= 2) {

Thanks for comment, I've change my code with yours looks my problem starts from Python. I've still same problem on that side. :frowning:

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phantomninja:
i've got some value error like "ValueError: byte must be in range(0, 256)"

Where are you seeing this error?

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Perehama:
Where are you seeing this error?

on python's console

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phantomninja:
on python's console

Python code:

arduino.write(chr(-2))

Should send "-2".

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