I had this sketch working on my mega, using serial1. I wanted to switch it over to an uno so I changed serial1 to serial. The sketch works on the UNO when I send the commands through the USB, but when I send it through the max232, I get nothing. Do I need to disable the USB in the code or something?
//macro for calculating the length of arrays
#define ARY_LEN(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))
//array called "state"
boolean state [] = {
LOW, LOW, LOW, LOW };
//array called "command" that defines the commands that need to be received from the remote
int command [] = {
0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34 };
//get the length of the "command" array and call it "num_commands"
const int NUM_COMMANDS = ARY_LEN(command);
// array called "pins" that defines which pins are outputs
int pins [] = {
8, 9, 10, 11 };
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
//sets pins defined in "pins" array as outputs
for(int i = 0; i<NUM_COMMANDS; i++) pinMode(pins [i], OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
if (Serial.available() > 0) {
// reads data from Serial and saves it as a variable called "data"
int data = Serial.read();
//for-loop that starts with i=0 which is the first box of each array.
//proceeds through the loop, then adds one to i, for i=1 which is the second
//box of each array. does this till i=num_commands at which time it exits the loop
for(int i = 0; i<NUM_COMMANDS; i++) {
// if the data received from the serial port = the ith value of the "command" array, then
if (data == command[i]){
//change the state of the ith command to its opposite
state[i] = !state[i];
//make the ith pin match the state that was set above
digitalWrite(pins [i], state [i]);
}
}
}
}
You can't disable the USB. There are resistors between it and and Tx/Rx pins. Maybe the MAX232 isn't putting out enough power to overcome them.
Now that I try it on the Mega. I can not get serial to work on there either. Only serial1. This is the board I'm using for the max232; Error, Electronic & Electronics Components Depot United States
Are there workarounds for this, or should I try to use software serial on some of the other pins?
Since this now appears to be a hardware issue, feel free to move it. Thanks
You could try software serial. That avoids fighting with the USB chip.
First time using softwareserial. Is this correct, because it still does not work...
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial mySerial(2, 3);
//macro for calculating the length of arrays
#define ARY_LEN(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))
//array called "state"
boolean state [] = {
LOW, LOW, LOW, LOW };
//array called "command" that defines the commands that need to be received from the remote
int command [] = {
0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34 };
//get the length of the "command" array and call it "num_commands"
const int NUM_COMMANDS = ARY_LEN(command);
// array called "pins" that defines which pins are outputs
int pins [] = {
8, 9, 10, 11 };
void setup() {
mySerial.begin(9600);
//sets pins defined in "pins" array as outputs
for(int i = 0; i<NUM_COMMANDS; i++) pinMode(pins [i], OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
if (mySerial.available() > 0) {
// reads data from mySerial and saves it as a variable called "data"
int data = mySerial.read();
//for-loop that starts with i=0 which is the first box of each array.
//proceeds through the loop, then adds one to i, for i=1 which is the second
//box of each array. does this till i=num_commands at which time it exits the loop
for(int i = 0; i<NUM_COMMANDS; i++) {
// if the data received from the mySerial port = the ith value of the "command" array, then
if (data == command[i]){
//change the state of the ith command to its opposite
state[i] = !state[i];
//make the ith pin match the state that was set above
digitalWrite(pins [i], state [i]);
}
}
}
}
edit: Got it. On the mega, "only the following can be used for RX: 10, 11, 12, 13, 50, 51, 52, 53, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 " So the above worked, I just had to change the SoftwareSerial pins.