Pointer to a SoftwareSerial instance

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1

My C is fairly strong but C++ not so and I'm having trouble getting a pointer to a SoftwareSerial instance.

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial mySs(10, 11);
*SoftwareSerial ss = mySs; //<===== error here

void setup() {
   ss->begin(9600);

}

void loop() {
    for (int i = 'A'; i < 'Z'; i++) {
         ss->write (i);
    }
  ss->write ('\n');
  delay(100);
}

expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before 'ss'

Anybody know the correct syntax for this?

This is just a test prog, the pointer is required for a library function that needs to call the user-supplied object's write func.

Rob

2

Does this work...

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial mySs(10, 11);
SoftwareSerial * ss = & mySs; //<===== error here

void setup() {
ss -> begin(9600);

}

void loop() {
for (int i = 'A'; i < 'Z'; i++) {
ss -> write (i);
}
ss -> write ('\n');
delay(100);
}

3

Thanks CB, that works a treat with the test prog.

I'll plug it into the main prog and see how it goes.

Rob

4

Doh, just looking at my code and see I had the * before the SoftwareSerial, that wouldn't have helped.

Anyway all working now.

Rob

5

Doh, just looking at my code and see I had the * before the SoftwareSerial, that wouldn't have helped.

Mistakes like that just put you in good company. :wink:

Anyway all working now.

Excellent!