I'm working on a project using the Arduino Yun in which I need to be able to output to the Serial data at 7 bits, even parity, with two stop bits (and 9600 baud, but that's easy to set). I do not need to use the serial monitor, I'm only concerned with output.
Now, from looking around online, my understanding is that Serial and Serial1 are reserved for usage through the bridge (which I am using for YunClient and YunServer) and the usb connection with the computer. This leaves SoftwareSerial as more or less the only viable option. Now, SoftwareSerial lacks the same config options as the typical Serial function, which leads to the following questions:
A) Am I missing something? Is there anyway to use the D0 and D1 transmit and receive pins as one would normally do on another board?
B) Is there any way to specify the parity, stop bits, etc. using SoftwareSerial without having to modify the library? (Unlikely, unless its a recent or otherwise undocumented change)
C) If not, what changes to I need to make to the SoftwareSerial.h file in order to allow it to fit my requirements? I've seen code addressing this issue for other cases (different parity, stop bits, etc.) from a user named pylon, but, as C, C++, etc. are not my primary programming languages, I have trouble telling what changes are being made. Could someone provide some help as to what specifically needs to be changed to make this work in the way I require or point me to some code that already exists that addresses this issue?
D) Any other ways around this that I'm missing?