NewSoftserial problem

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Hello
I have a skecth that was build on a arduino IDE 22 and I was using the Serial function as normal.Now I want to use the Newsoftserial library to change the pins (rx tx) and have more devices on serial comunication,but now the program wont work just changing it to the new library Newsoftserial.
here is some part of the code

void setup()  
{
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("Start Reading Modem");
modem.begin(9600);
pic.begin(2400);
pinMode(13, OUTPUT);      
pinMode(22, INPUT);
digitalWrite(13, LOW);  
modem.write("AT");  //Set Modem to Text Mode
delay(30);
modem.write(0x0d,BYTE);  //Give an Enter @ final of the AT Command    
delay(30);
modem.write("AT+CMGF=1");
modem.flush();//Clear the Serial Buffer to remove unexpected data

when I try to build it give an error:

sms_07_03.cpp: In function 'void setup()':
sms_07_03:27: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'uint8_t'
sms_07_03:27: error: initializing argument 1 of 'virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)'
sms_07_03:29: error: no matching function for call to 'NewSoftSerial::write(int, int)'
C:\Users\Hugo\Documents\arduino-0022\libraries\NewSoftSerial/NewSoftSerial.h:99: note: candidates are: virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)
sms_07_03:31: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'uint8_t'
sms_07_03:31: error: initializing argument 1 of 'virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)'
sms_07_03.cpp: In function 'void extract_SMS_Data()':
sms_07_03:86: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'uint8_t'
sms_07_03:86: error: initializing argument 1 of 'virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)'
sms_07_03:90: error: no matching function for call to 'NewSoftSerial::write(int, int)'
C:\Users\Hugo\Documents\arduino-0022\libraries\NewSoftSerial/NewSoftSerial.h:99: note: candidates are: virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)
sms_07_03.cpp: In function 'void clear_Received_SMS()':
sms_07_03:131: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'uint8_t'
sms_07_03:131: error: initializing argument 1 of 'virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)'
sms_07_03:134: error: no matching function for call to 'NewSoftSerial::write(int, int)'
C:\Users\Hugo\Documents\arduino-0022\libraries\NewSoftSerial/NewSoftSerial.h:99: note: candidates are: virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)
sms_07_03.cpp: In function 'void send_SMS(String, String)':
sms_07_03:154: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'uint8_t'
sms_07_03:154: error: initializing argument 1 of 'virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)'
sms_07_03:156: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'uint8_t'
sms_07_03:156: error: initializing argument 1 of 'virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)'
sms_07_03:157: error: no matching function for call to 'NewSoftSerial::write(String&)'
C:\Users\Hugo\Documents\arduino-0022\libraries\NewSoftSerial/NewSoftSerial.h:99: note: candidates are: virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)
sms_07_03:158: error: no matching function for call to 'NewSoftSerial::write()'
C:\Users\Hugo\Documents\arduino-0022\libraries\NewSoftSerial/NewSoftSerial.h:99: note: candidates are: virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)
sms_07_03:160: error: no matching function for call to 'NewSoftSerial::write(String&)'
C:\Users\Hugo\Documents\arduino-0022\libraries\NewSoftSerial/NewSoftSerial.h:99: note: candidates are: virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)
sms_07_03:161: error: no matching function for call to 'NewSoftSerial::write(int, int)'
C:\Users\Hugo\Documents\arduino-0022\libraries\NewSoftSerial/NewSoftSerial.h:99: note: candidates are: virtual void NewSoftSerial::write(uint8_t)

I presume it is because the write function is expecting a int and I'm seending a char?

2

This line (and the others like it)

modem.write("AT+CMGF=1");

is attempting to write the address of a multi-byte character array, which is longer than eight bits, hence:

error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'uint8_t'

You could try modem.print() instead.

3

can you tell me what is the diference betwen modem.print and modem.write

4

Writes binary data to the serial port. This data is sent as a byte or series of bytes; to send the characters representing the digits of a number use the print() function instead.

Prints data to the serial port as human-readable ASCII text. This command can take many forms. Numbers are printed using an ASCII character for each digit. Floats are similarly printed as ASCII digits, defaulting to two decimal places. Bytes are sent as a single character. Characters and strings are sent as is. For example:

Serial.print(78) gives "78"
Serial.print(1.23456) gives "1.23"
Serial.print('N') gives "N"
Serial.print("Hello world.") gives "Hello world."