Sorry if this isn't the right forum but I don't know where to post this.
I'm using the code found on https://playground.arduino.cc/Interfacing/CPPWindows/ to receive the serial output of my esp-wroom-32d (i know it isn't arduino but i didn't find anyway to use esp-idf to do the same thing, so i thought to post this here because i used code from the arduino website) directly on c++ (on a windows 11 machine) but all i get on the terminal is:
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While on the arduino serial monitor the output displays correctly
Here is the code used in c++ on the windows machine:
main.cpp:
#include"Serial.h"
#include<iostream>
#define LEN 6
int main() {
Serial* SP = new Serial("\\\\.\\COM3");
char buf[LEN];
while (SP->IsConnected()) {
if (SP->ReadData(buf, LEN) != -1) {
//proc_buf(buf, LEN);
printf("%s", buf);
}
}
}
Serial.h:
#ifndef SERIALCLASS_H_INCLUDED
#define SERIALCLASS_H_INCLUDED
#define ARDUINO_WAIT_TIME 2000
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
class Serial
{
private:
//Serial comm handler
HANDLE hSerial;
//Connection status
bool connected;
//Get various information about the connection
COMSTAT status;
//Keep track of last error
DWORD errors;
public:
//Initialize Serial communication with the given COM port
Serial(const char* portName);
//Close the connection
~Serial();
//Read data in a buffer, if nbChar is greater than the
//maximum number of bytes available, it will return only the
//bytes available. The function return -1 when nothing could
//be read, the number of bytes actually read.
int ReadData(char* buffer, unsigned int nbChar);
//Writes data from a buffer through the Serial connection
//return true on success.
bool WriteData(const char* buffer, unsigned int nbChar);
//Check if we are actually connected
bool IsConnected();
};
#endif // SERIALCLASS_H_INCLUDED
Serial.cpp:
#include "Serial.h"
Serial::Serial(const char* portName)
{
//We're not yet connected
this->connected = false;
//Try to connect to the given port throuh CreateFile
this->hSerial = CreateFileA(portName,
GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
0,
NULL,
OPEN_EXISTING,
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
NULL);
//Check if the connection was successfull
if (this->hSerial == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
//If not success full display an Error
if (GetLastError() == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) {
//Print Error if neccessary
printf("ERROR: Handle was not attached. Reason: %s not available.\n", portName);
}
else
{
printf("ERROR!!!");
}
}
else
{
//If connected we try to set the comm parameters
DCB dcbSerialParams = { 0 };
//Try to get the current
if (!GetCommState(this->hSerial, &dcbSerialParams))
{
//If impossible, show an error
printf("failed to get current serial parameters!");
}
else
{
//Define serial connection parameters for the arduino board
dcbSerialParams.BaudRate = CBR_115200;
dcbSerialParams.ByteSize = 8;
dcbSerialParams.StopBits = ONESTOPBIT;
dcbSerialParams.Parity = NOPARITY;
//Setting the DTR to Control_Enable ensures that the Arduino is properly
//reset upon establishing a connection
dcbSerialParams.fDtrControl = DTR_CONTROL_ENABLE;
//Set the parameters and check for their proper application
if (!SetCommState(hSerial, &dcbSerialParams))
{
printf("ALERT: Could not set Serial Port parameters");
}
else
{
//If everything went fine we're connected
this->connected = true;
//Flush any remaining characters in the buffers
PurgeComm(this->hSerial, PURGE_RXCLEAR | PURGE_TXCLEAR);
//We wait 2s as the arduino board will be reseting
Sleep(ARDUINO_WAIT_TIME);
}
}
}
}
Serial::~Serial()
{
//Check if we are connected before trying to disconnect
if (this->connected)
{
//We're no longer connected
this->connected = false;
//Close the serial handler
CloseHandle(this->hSerial);
}
}
int Serial::ReadData(char* buffer, unsigned int nbChar)
{
//Number of bytes we'll have read
DWORD bytesRead;
//Number of bytes we'll really ask to read
unsigned int toRead;
//Use the ClearCommError function to get status info on the Serial port
ClearCommError(this->hSerial, &this->errors, &this->status);
//Check if there is something to read
if (this->status.cbInQue > 0)
{
//If there is we check if there is enough data to read the required number
//of characters, if not we'll read only the available characters to prevent
//locking of the application.
if (this->status.cbInQue > nbChar)
{
toRead = nbChar;
}
else
{
toRead = this->status.cbInQue;
}
//Try to read the require number of chars, and return the number of read bytes on success
if (ReadFile(this->hSerial, buffer, toRead, &bytesRead, NULL))
{
return bytesRead;
}
}
//If nothing has been read, or that an error was detected return 0
return 0;
}
bool Serial::WriteData(const char* buffer, unsigned int nbChar)
{
DWORD bytesSend;
//Try to write the buffer on the Serial port
if (!WriteFile(this->hSerial, (void*)buffer, nbChar, &bytesSend, 0))
{
//In case it don't work get comm error and return false
ClearCommError(this->hSerial, &this->errors, &this->status);
return false;
}
else
return true;
}
bool Serial::IsConnected()
{
//Simply return the connection status
return this->connected;
}
Here is the code written in the arduino ide for the esp:
void setup(){
Serial.begin(115200);
}
void loop(){
Serial.print("<hello>");
}
As you can see the code in main.cpp and in the aduino ide is very trivial so i don't know what else could be the problem.
Any help is appriaciated
