Serial read, Wait for $GPRMC [Solved!]

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1

I have a GPS set to do nothing but the $GPRMC.

With this, I check for the $ and it blinks 13 once / sec ?

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(4800);
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}

void loop()
{
  if (Serial.available() > 0)
  {
    int inByte = Serial.read();
    if (inByte == 36)
    {
      dollarblink();
    }
  }
}

void dollarblink ()
{
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
  delay(100);
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);
}

So, for my follow-up, I wanted to test for the complete sentence header, but 13 stays on all the time (my scheme craters) ?

int i;
int GPSchar [13];
int GPScheck [7] = {36,71,80,82,77,67,44};
//                   $  G  P  R  M  C  ,  
void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(4800);
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}

void loop()               // wait for $GPRMC,
{              
  for (i = 0; i < 7; i++)   
  {
    if (Serial.available() > 0)
    {
      GPSchar[i] = Serial.read();
      if (GPSchar[i] != GPScheck[i])
      {
        checkbombed();
      }
    }
  }
  successblink();
}  
      
void checkbombed ()
{
  i = 0;    // re-initialise loop
}
 
void successblink()
{
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
  delay(75);
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);
}

Do I need more/some delay between Serial.reads?
Once I verify that I've captured the header - $GPRMC, - I want to grab the next six characters/bytes [hhmmss].
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2

You may want to capture the data as a string like below and extract the desired info.

//zoomkat 3-5-12 simple delimited ',' string parce 
//from serial port input (via serial monitor)
//and print result out serial port
// CR/LF could also be a delimiter

String readString;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("serial delimit test 1.0"); // so I can keep track of what is loaded
}

void loop() {

  //expect a string like wer,qwe rty,123 456,hyre kjhg,
  //or like hello world,who are you?,bye!,
  
  if (Serial.available())  {
    char c = Serial.read();  //gets one byte from serial buffer
    if (c == ',') {
      //do stuff
      Serial.println(readString); //prints string to serial port out
      readString=""; //clears variable for new input      
     }  
    else {     
      readString += c; //makes the string readString
    }
  }
}
3

Thanks for your Reply, zoomkat.
OK
I have, what appears to be, a successful "Wait for $GPRMC".
I could test it more thoroughly, by enabling another sentence or sending it some manual input, but it's D13'ing 1pps.

int idx;
int GPSchar [13];
int GPSchk [7] = {36,71,80,82,77,67,44};
//                 $  G  P  R  M  C  ,  
void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(4800);
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}

void loop()               // wait for $GPRMC,
{
  while (idx < 7)
  {  
    if(Serial.available() > 0)
    {
      GPSchar[idx] = Serial.read();
      if(GPSchar[idx] == GPSchk[idx])
      {
        idx++;
      }
      else
      {
        idx = 0;
      }
    }
  }
  successblink();
}
 
void successblink()
{
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
  delay(75);
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);
  for (int a=0; a<7; a++)
  {
    GPSchar[a]=0;
  }
  idx = 0;
}

I haven't captured the time characters yet, haven't tried ??? one step at a time.

4

OK
I've succeeded in capturing the time characters