Problem with NewSoftSerial !

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Hello,

I realize a project with an Arduino Duemilanove + GPRS (Libelium) and I want to retrieve the message from an SMS.

I have a problem in my code the following lines:

#include <NewSoftSerial.h>
#define rxPin 0
#define txPin 1

char inchar;

NewSoftSerial cell(0,1);

I have this error :

sketch_feb16b.cpp:2:27: error: NewSoftSerial.h: No such file or directory
sketch_feb16b:7: error: 'NewSoftSerial' does not name a type
sketch_feb16b.cpp: In function 'void setup()':
sketch_feb16b:31: error: 'cell' was not declared in this scope
sketch_feb16b.cpp: In function 'void loop()':
sketch_feb16b:52: error: 'cell' was not declared in this scope

If anyone can help me I thank in advance!

2

Have you downloaded the NewSoftSerial library and installed it in the correct folder on your PC?

Lefty

3

Also, you do not want to be using NewSoftSerial to read from the hardware serial pins (0 and 1). Use Serial for that.

4

I downloaded NewSoftSerial but it must be installed in that file?

Paul: I do not understand?!

5

From - Libraries - Arduino Reference

If you're using one of these libraries, you need to install it first. To do so, download the library and unzip it. It should be in a folder of its own, and will typically contain at least two files, one with a .h suffix and one with a .cpp suffix. Open your Arduino sketchbook folder. If there is already a folder there called libraries, place the library folder in there. If not, create a folder called libraries in the sketchbook folder, and drop the library folder in there. Then re-start the Arduino programming environment, and you should see your new library in the Sketch > Import Library menu.
For details, see the page on the Arduino environment.

6

LyMax:
I downloaded NewSoftSerial but it must be installed in that file?

Paul: I do not understand?!

There are hardware serial ports on all Arduinos. Some have more than one. On all of them, the hardware serial port is connected to pins 0 and 1. The HardwareSerial class, instanced as Serial, is designed to manage those two pins.

Any other pair of pins can be used for serial I/O, using NewSoftSerial. But, NewSoftSerial should NOT be used to do software serial on the hardware pins.

There is already a class that can do the (much more robust and rapid) job of serial I/O on those pins.