I have a liquid sensor and I want to find out the exact time when it activated, but I don't want to scroll all the way up and find it. It doesn't seem like I can ctrl f and find it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this without ctrl f?
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wow, it's been a while since the last time I read a topic and didn't understand anything.
I think I'm getting old. 
I didn't understand anything about the explanation of this topic.
@ruilviana. You are not the only one worrying about getting old 
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I think @atomicalmond123 has a lot of data scrolled away on the serial monitor, probably time coded. They want do do a <ctrl> F, search like in the IDE editor, to find a particular value instead of scrolling back and find it.
No, there is no such function in the IDE's Serial Monitor.
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Hi @atomicalmond123.
That is correct. The Arduino IDE Serial Monitor does not have a "Find" feature. The Arduino developers are tracking the request to add such a feature here:
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You might look for a standalone serial terminal application that has a "Find" capability. I normally recommend the free open source PuTTY terminal, but it does not have such a capability. It does have the ability to log the serial output to a file, which you could then open in any standard text editor, which will certainly have a "Find" capability.
The forum helpers might be able to suggest an alternative standalone terminal application that does have a "Find" capability. There are several other excellent free terminal applications but from my surveys it seems that they tend to be operating system-specific (the primary reason I give preference to PuTTY is that it is cross-platform). So it would be helpful if you would tell us which operating system (e.g., "Windows") you are using.
@atomicalmond123 - To capture Serial Monitor data (time, for example), CLOSE your IDE Serial Monitor and OPEN a terminal emulation program like PuTTY...
https://www.circuitbasics.com/logging-arduino-data-to-files-on-a-computer/
Some possible solutions
- Only print when the sensor became activated, not when the sensor is activated.
- Use a 3rd party terminal program that allows you search; in Windows coolterm might do the trick, not sure (can't test).
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