GPS module and GSM module on Mega -- GSM3Softserial and softwareserial

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Hi guys,

I want to use the GSM shield on the MEGA which uses pin 10 and pin3 (&pin7). But i also would like to use this GPS module( GPS shield - Elecrow), documentation of the GPS module shows that i have to use software serial and I have to use pin D0-7.

I can't use this solution Learning Purposeful Science: Arduino GSM Shield tips & tricks were you can "disable" GSM3softserial for pins 8-13 becaus:

  1. the GSM shield uses pin 10
  2. the documentations of the GPS shield (GPS shield - Elecrow) only mentions only pin D0-7.

Are they any solutions?

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both shields use a serial port. So don't "sandwich shields up" on top of your MEGA, connect the Tx/Rx pins to Hardware Serial ports of your mega and drive the communication correctly. (might means you need to rewrite some of those libraries which are designed for software serial)

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This is the example code;

//at 9600 bps 8-N-1
//Computer is connected to Arduino/Crowduino
//SoftSerial Shield is connected to the Software UART:D2&D3 
 
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
 
SoftwareSerial SoftSerial(6, 7);
unsigned char buffer[256]; // buffer array for data recieve over serial port
int count=0;     // counter for buffer array 
void setup()
{
  SoftSerial.begin(9600);               // the SoftSerial baud rate   
  Serial.begin(9600);             // the Serial port of Arduino baud rate.
 
}
 
void loop()
{
  if (SoftSerial.available())              // if date is comming from softwareserial port ==> data is comming from SoftSerial shield
  {
    while(SoftSerial.available())          // reading data into char array 
    {
      buffer[count++]=SoftSerial.read();     // writing data into array
      if(count == 256)break;
  }
    Serial.write(buffer,count);            // if no data transmission ends, write buffer to hardware serial port
    clearBufferArray();              // call clearBufferArray function to clear the storaged data from the array
    count = 0;                       // set counter of while loop to zero
 
 
  }
  if (Serial.available())            // if data is available on hardwareserial port ==> data is comming from PC or notebook
    SoftSerial.write(Serial.read());       // write it to the SoftSerial shield
}
void clearBufferArray()              // function to clear buffer array
{
  for (int i=0; i<count;i++)
    { buffer[i]=NULL;}                  // clear all index of array with command NULL
}

Would it be possible to just use the TX2 PIN 16 and RX2 PIN17 and use command like;
void serialEvent2(){
}
instead of using the softwareserial lib to make use of D0-D7