Ive tried connecting the data lines with the code from the instructable (posted below) and that worked fine but still isn't working without the data line, Is there any way to individually test either the receiver or the transmitter to see if ones faulty? cant see what else it could be at this point. Thanks for the help so far and sorry for taking so long to reply to the last post.
//simple Tx on pin D12
//Written By : Mohannad Rawashdeh
// 3:00pm , 13/6/2013
//http://www.genotronex.com/
//..................................
#include <VirtualWire.h>
void setup()
{
vw_set_ptt_inverted(true); // Required for DR3100
vw_set_rx_pin(12);
vw_setup(4000); // Bits per sec
pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
vw_rx_start(); // Start the receiver PLL running
}
void loop()
{
uint8_t buf[VW_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN];
uint8_t buflen = VW_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN;
if (vw_get_message(buf, &buflen)) // Non-blocking
{
if(buf[0]=='1'){
digitalWrite(13,1);
}
if(buf[0]=='0'){
digitalWrite(13,0);
}
}
}
//simple Tx on pin D12
//Written By : Mohannad Rawashdeh
// 3:00pm , 13/6/2013
//http://www.genotronex.com/
//..................................
#include <VirtualWire.h>
char *controller;
void setup() {
pinMode(13,OUTPUT);
vw_set_ptt_inverted(true); //
vw_set_tx_pin(12);
vw_setup(4000);// speed of data transfer Kbps
}
void loop(){
controller="1" ;
vw_send((uint8_t *)controller, strlen(controller));
vw_wait_tx(); // Wait until the whole message is gone
digitalWrite(13,1);
delay(2000);
controller="0" ;
vw_send((uint8_t *)controller, strlen(controller));
vw_wait_tx(); // Wait until the whole message is gone
digitalWrite(13,0);
delay(2000);
}