Bluetooth + Serial Monitor = Trouble?

cattledog May 6, 2021, 9:13pm 13

SoftwareSerial mySerial(18, 19);

Do not use software serial on the Mega. Use Serial1 on those pins. See this thread https://forum.arduino.cc/t/using-hc-05-and-mega-2560/857677

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