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Tinkerman255
Tinkerman255

Reputation: 355

Sending strings from processing to arduino

I'm trying to set up communications between my PC, and my Arduino with the Processing environment, but the Arduino doesn't seem to be getting any of the messages I send. I doubled checked, and I know I can receive messages from the Arduino, but I can't send anything back. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Here's my test code for processing:

import processing.serial.*;
Serial myPort;

void setup(){
  myPort = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0], 9600);
}

void draw(){
  myPort.write("test");
  while (myPort.available() > 0) {
    String inByte = myPort.readString();
    println(inByte);
  }
}

Here's my test code for the Arduino:

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

String data;
void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  //Serial.println("is running");
  if (Serial.available() > 0) {
    // read the incoming byte:
    data = Serial.readString();

    // say what you got:
    Serial.print("I received: ");
    Serial.println(data);
  }
}

I'd appreciate any help I can get! Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1222

Answers (1)

Tinkerman255
Tinkerman255

Reputation: 355

Okay, after looking into several different posts on the Arduino forum, I figured out what the problem is. The function processing uses to send data over serial does not automatically include a return character at the end of the string. This is important because the Arduino won't read from the serial buffer until it sees that return character. All I had to do was add "\r\n" to the end of each string I sent over serial, and that solved the problem!

Upvotes: 1

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