Communicating PC to Arduino Mega 2560 through serial

[system]

Hi,

I am having difficulty sending serial data from LabVIEW to my mega from my PC through USB.

A little bit of background to what I am trying to achieve: I would like to send a ASCII character (w, x, y, z) from the PC through serial to the mega, to move a servo.

I am able to send serial data through my terminal program (Putty) and interface with the mega. Everything works fine when I do this. When I try to do this in LabVIEW the RX Led blinks (So I know the mega is receiving data) but my servo does not move, Why?

Please may some one shed some light on this issue

Kind Regards

Kev

attached and below is my arduino sketchCode

#include <Servo.h>

Servo Pan;
Servo Tilt;

//int inByte = 0;
int panPos = 90;
int tiltPos = 90;
byte inByte = 0;
void setup(){
//initialize Serial
Serial.begin(115200);
delay(2000);
//Servo pins
Pan.attach(13);
Tilt.attach(12);

//Center Servos
Pan.write(panPos);
Tilt.write(tiltPos);
}

void loop(){
Serial.flush();
if (Serial.available() > 0){
inByte = Serial.read();

switch (inByte){

case 'w':
if (panPos >= 180){
Pan.write(180);
}
else{
panPos= panPos + 15; //move servo Left
Pan.write(panPos);
}

break;

case 'x':
if (panPos <= 0){
Pan.write(0);
}
else{
panPos= panPos - 15; //Move servo right
Pan.write(panPos);
}

break;

case 'y':
if(tiltPos >= 180){
Tilt.write(180);
}
else{
tiltPos = tiltPos + 15;
Tilt.write(tiltPos);
}

break;

case 'z':
if(tiltPos <= 0){
Tilt.write(0);
}
else {
tiltPos = tiltPos - 15;
Tilt.write(tiltPos);
}

break;

default:
Tilt.write(tiltPos);
Pan.write(panPos);

}
}
}

Pan_and_Tilt.ino (1.05 KB)

[Grumpy_Mike]

If this code works with putty or the serial monitor then your error is in the LabView bit which you have not posted.

[system]

Unless you have a damned good reason for using Serial.flush(), stop it. If you do, you'd be the first Arduino user EVER that did, and I'd like to hear it.

[system]

Hey,

Thanks for such swift reply.

Serial.flush() I put in just to try things out hoping it would help (Saw it on a website)

Are you familiar with NI (National Instruments) products?

I have used VISA test panel, in Measurement and Automation explorer (MAX) to send a character, that is in my switch case w, x, y, z and everything works fine.

However when I do the same in LabVIEW it does not, (Ps. I am not a novice to LabVIEW)

Please see attached Block Diagram and Front Panel

Kind Regards

Kev