qextserialport write and progress bar

[another_one]

Hi !

Can anybode help in my question about how to use progress bar while getting qextserialport writing?

I do file transfer via serial port and I need to see the progress of it
To do file transfer I use Qbytearray as data and "port->write()" as data transfer function.
And in this way I do not know how to control data transfer to increment till end the progress bar.

Thus, please help!

[JonB]

@another_one
If you do a single write() of the whole of the data you may have a problem.

If you do many write()s of portions of the data, and you know how big the total data will be and can count how much you have sent so far, then you can update a progress bar correspondingly after each write().

[another_one]

@JonB
Hello!
Can anybody prompt why after compilation project on CenOS the progress bar window is black screen?

And is it necessary do initializtion of QbyteArray before doing this:

 QByteArray data = port->readAll();

And in case when QByteArray announced as global in public section of MainWindow class and used after as buffer between File reading and trasnferring?

Thanks!

[SGaist]

Hi,

Did you take into account the remarks of @JonB ? If not, then there lies your issue. If you send a big file in one big chunk, the event loop will be blocked until all data was sent and thus cannot refresh the UI.

[another_one]

@SGaist

Thank you for your replay!
Now I see that
But I still do not undrestand how to do right portion of data..

[SGaist]

It's up to you split the file size into some reasonable size. You could use 4k blocks for example.

[another_one]

@SGaist
Thanks, I did that but still in CentOS instead of progress bar in window I see black screen

 QByteArray y;   
  QByteArray arr;   
if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))	
 {
	 QMessageBox::information(this, tr("can't open"),
	 file.errorString());
	 return;
 }
 else
  {
				 arr.resize(fls);
				 for(unsigned long i; i<fls;i++)
				 {arr = 0;}
				 arr = file.readAll();
				 while (!file.atEnd());
				 file.close();

  }
 bar->setRange(1, fls); 
 unsigned long i;
 for(i=0;i<fls;i++)
 {
  bar->setValue(i);
  y = arr.mid(i, 1 );     
  port->write(y);
}
bar->setValue(fls);

[JonB]

@another_one
I have no idea whether you have a CentOS issue with physically showing the progress bar. But you do realise that with your code you likely won't see any progress at all, you will simply see the bar at 100% complete at the end? The UI will not be updated during your for loop calling bar->setValue(i) because (so far as I know) port->write() doesn't yield for that, it won't be refreshed till after the bar->setValue(fls).

You can test the progress bar drawing with a simple QTimer() timing out, say, once per second and causing in increment; not your code with a for loop or port->write(). that would tell you whether the CentOS progress bar drawing is working.

[another_one]

@JonB
sorry, i forgot to say what this code on Ws works well
I just compile it in cent os and all is work except progress bar bag with black screen instead

[jsulm]

@another_one Your current code can't work. As long as the for loop calling bar->setValue(i) is running Qt event loop is blocked and the progress bar will not update or even be black or whatever.
You could call https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qcoreapplication.html#processEvents inside same loop, but that is a ugly work around. Proper solution in this case would be to move the serial port handling into another thread and emit a signal from that thread every time you want to update the progress bar.

[another_one]

@jsulm
Thank you for your advice!
I already use serial port handling but only when I read:

   connect(port, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readData()));

And here I use readyRead() emiting
In my byte by byte writing case, can I use bytesWritten(one byte) to increment, in thread, the progress bar ?

[JonB]

@another_one

to increment, in thread, the progress bar ?

If you use another thread to do the serial port stuff you must not directly update the progress bar, you must send a signal from the serial thread to the main UI thread, like @jsulm wrote.

[another_one]

@JonB
Thank you, now I undestand for what I should do it
But can't imagine the construction itself
Can anybody give me an example?, please

[JonB]

@another_one
What is there to say? Above you have code to connect() signal and slot, you need to do a connect here too. The https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/signalsandslots.html#a-small-example is enough to follow for your case.

[another_one]

@JonB

Thanks!
Ive done another thread but it got worse
First I set global variable of progress bar/ data iteration

unsigned long ii = 0;

After Ive done the link:

 connect(port, SIGNAL(bytesWritten(qint64)), this, SLOT(writeData(qint64)));
void monMK::writeData(qint64)
{
bar->setValue(ii);
 qDebug() << "ii progress bar value" << ii;
}
void mM::on_open_folder_clicked()
{// from button clicked
....
....
....

   bar = new QProgressDialog(this);

           port->write(dataArr4);
           bar->setLabelText(tr("loading..."));
           bar->setCancelButtonText(tr("&Cancel"));
          
           bar->setMinimumDuration(0); 
           bar->setWindowTitle(tr("Loading"));
           bar->setVisible(1);
           qApp->processEvents();
           bar->setValue(1);
           bar->setRange(1, fls-1); // where fls size of File stored
        
           for(ii=0;ii<fls;ii++)
           {
            y = arr.mid(ii, 1 );     /
            port->write(y,1);
            //port->waitForBytesWritten(1);
           }
....
}

As result I see progress bar appering and stopping on 0 %
While in debug i see:
"
ii progress bar value 0
// several time waiting
ii progress bar value 77457
"
So please help!

[jsulm]

@another_one What is the size of the file?
There is no need for any global variables, simply use the parameter of your slot:

void monMK::writeData(qint64 ii)
{
 bar->setValue(ii);
 qDebug() << "ii progress bar value" << ii;
}

You should stop using old connect syntax.
The actual issue is that you write the data in one blocking loop inside on_open_folder_clicked() - this blocks the Qt event loop.

[another_one]

@jsulm said in qextserialport write and progress bar:
What is the size of the file?*
Thank you for your replay!
The size of File is 77457 Bytes
How can I transfer ii value from "button clicked" to slot writeData?, via port->waitForBytesWritten(ii);?
You should stop using old connect syntax.
The actual issue is that you write the data in one blocking loop inside on_open_folder_clicked() - this blocks the Qt event loop.*
Sorry, here, again, I didnt undestand
How can I fdo write data(write the File) in non-blocking state?, Can you give me an example how its possible to do unblocked file writing to qextserialport?, please
Cause I didnt undestand how "Code of Conduct" can help in this case
Thanks in advance!

[jsulm]

@another_one Please take a look at this example application: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtserialport-cwriterasync-example.html

[another_one]

@jsulm

Thank you for this example!
It' seems to be what I need, but I wanted to clarify about progress bar using in SerialPortWriter class, - can I increment progress bar in :handleBytesWritten ??

Thank you!

[SGaist]

@another_one emit a signal from that class and connect that one to the progress bar. That way you avoid leaking GUI knowledge in your business logic class.