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Question Arduino not receiving any serial data from Game Engine.

Discussion in 'New users start here - FAQ' started by Niklas, Oct 14, 2017.

  1. Niklas

    Niklas New Member

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    My Arduino is not receiving any serial data from the Game Engine.
    The Arduino speaks to com5 9600 BPS 8 Data Bit None Parity 1 Stop Bit.
    Ive reinstalled all Windows updates containing .Net Framework via Windows update since .Net no longer can be reinstalled or uninstalled on Windows 10.
    Ive searched the forums for a solution and seem to have tried everything by now.
    What am I doing wrong?

    In Picture:
    My Arduino Serial Monitor should be receiving incoming data but only returns -1
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    Niklas, Oct 14, 2017
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    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    In the Interface Settings instead of axis defined like this <Axis1> it is now has designate grouping for a or b for each axis assignment, like this <Axis1a>
    noorbeast, Oct 14, 2017
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  3. Niklas

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    Thanks, I tried that and unfortunately no luck. Nothing changed. Any more suggestion?

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    Niklas, Oct 14, 2017
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  4. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    noorbeast, Oct 14, 2017
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  5. Niklas

    Niklas New Member

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    Didn't wanna give up that easy and I found out that I couldn't have a serial connection via Serial Monitor because it came in conflict with Simtools serial connection to the Arduino. I have no idea if this is suppose to work, but it doesn't and Simtools don't warn me that there is a conflict either. I found that out because I tried to make a serial connection via Putty to my Arduino. Putty then complained about a conflict with Simtool.

    So my solution for the debugging problem was to lcd.print the serial data to a display instead.
    In other words, it worked just fine as it was, i just couldn't see the data.
    Niklas, Oct 16, 2017
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