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  • Y Yunus
    16 Dec 2019, 10:00

    @sankarapandiyan He is also sending texts and numbers to Arduino :). He is controlling arduino by sending letters, and numbers. Thats why I thought maybe helpfull for you. You can also send data to arduino only by using C++. But using Qt makes it easy.

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    sankarapandiyan
    wrote on 16 Dec 2019, 10:41 last edited by
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    @Yunus Sure thanks a lot i will refer

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    • S sankarapandiyan
      16 Dec 2019, 10:24

      @mrjj @JonB

      alternate text

      Yes both of you are right .. above image shows my output ,
      if i clicked the send button first time ,
      "" is printed like this
      while clicked second time
      line 5 is printed
      while third time same is printed

      i Dont know why its came like this

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      JonB
      wrote on 16 Dec 2019, 11:24 last edited by
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      @sankarapandiyan
      You cannot expect people to help if you show output which simply does not correspond to anywhere in the code you have shown, can you? For example, you have a screenshot showing output where the code you have shown simply does not include any such output lines....

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      • J JonB
        16 Dec 2019, 11:24

        @sankarapandiyan
        You cannot expect people to help if you show output which simply does not correspond to anywhere in the code you have shown, can you? For example, you have a screenshot showing output where the code you have shown simply does not include any such output lines....

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        sankarapandiyan
        wrote on 16 Dec 2019, 11:47 last edited by
        #12

        @JonB ok fine.. thanks

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          16 Dec 2019, 11:24

          @sankarapandiyan
          You cannot expect people to help if you show output which simply does not correspond to anywhere in the code you have shown, can you? For example, you have a screenshot showing output where the code you have shown simply does not include any such output lines....

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          ODБOï
          wrote on 16 Dec 2019, 13:07 last edited by ODБOï
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          @JonB said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

          you have a screenshot showing output where the code you have shown simply does not include any such output lines..

          hi, the 2nd line in his on_send_clicked method doas qDebbug() << "serial opened-"

          @sankarapandiyan you should put it in a if statement to call qDebug only if open() returns true

          if(serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite))
          
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          • O ODБOï
            16 Dec 2019, 13:07

            @JonB said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

            you have a screenshot showing output where the code you have shown simply does not include any such output lines..

            hi, the 2nd line in his on_send_clicked method doas qDebbug() << "serial opened-"

            @sankarapandiyan you should put it in a if statement to call qDebug only if open() returns true

            if(serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite))
            
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            JonB
            wrote on 16 Dec 2019, 13:20 last edited by JonB
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            @LeLev said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

            hi, the 2nd line ot his on_send_clicked method doas qDebbug() << "serial opened-"

            You are right. I searched the whole page for serial opened (or even seral opened), I have only just seen it is in a screenshot. However, I still do not see where the baToSend used there is declared or set, I only see it elsewhere (local variable inside on_send_clicked()). Nor do I know what it is the text file read in. So it's still pretty hard to know what is going on....

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            • J JonB
              16 Dec 2019, 13:20

              @LeLev said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

              hi, the 2nd line ot his on_send_clicked method doas qDebbug() << "serial opened-"

              You are right. I searched the whole page for serial opened (or even seral opened), I have only just seen it is in a screenshot. However, I still do not see where the baToSend used there is declared or set, I only see it elsewhere (local variable inside on_send_clicked()). Nor do I know what it is the text file read in. So it's still pretty hard to know what is going on....

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              sankarapandiyan
              wrote on 16 Dec 2019, 15:07 last edited by
              #15

              @JonB In text file i have 5 lines ,

              line 1
              line 2
              line 3
              line 4
              line 5

              i want to print these five line in arduino serial monitor , While i clicking send button

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              • J JonB
                16 Dec 2019, 13:20

                @LeLev said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                hi, the 2nd line ot his on_send_clicked method doas qDebbug() << "serial opened-"

                You are right. I searched the whole page for serial opened (or even seral opened), I have only just seen it is in a screenshot. However, I still do not see where the baToSend used there is declared or set, I only see it elsewhere (local variable inside on_send_clicked()). Nor do I know what it is the text file read in. So it's still pretty hard to know what is going on....

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                wrote on 16 Dec 2019, 15:54 last edited by sankarapandiyan
                #16

                @JonB Tried to Edit my code in correct form

                #include "mainwindow.h"
                #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
                #include <QList>
                #include <QComboBox>
                #include <QString>
                #include <QTextEdit>
                #include <QTime>
                #include <QDebug>
                #include <QtSerialPort/QSerialPortInfo>
                #include <QtSerialPort>
                #include <QFile>
                #include <QList>
                #include <QSerialPort>
                
                MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
                    : QMainWindow(parent)
                    , ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
                {
                
                      ui->setupUi(this);
                      QString filename1="/home/adx-soft1/Shankar/serial/myfile1.txt";
                      QFile file(filename1);
                      if(!file.exists()){
                          qDebug() << "NO FILE "<<filename1;
                      }else{
                          qDebug() << filename1<<" ...";
                      }
                      QString line1;
                      ui->sender->clear();
                      if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)){ ui->sender->setText(file.readAll()); }
                
                      QList<QSerialPortInfo> list;
                      list = QSerialPortInfo::availablePorts();
                
                      for (int i= 0; i < list.length(); i++)
                      {
                        ui->comboBox->addItem(list[i].portName());
                
                      }
                }
                
                MainWindow::~MainWindow()
                {
                    serial->close();
                    delete ui;
                }
                
                void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
                {
                    serial = new QSerialPort(this);
                    serial->setPortName(ui->comboBox->currentText());
                    serial->setBaudRate(QSerialPort::Baud9600);
                    serial->setDataBits(QSerialPort::Data8);
                    serial->setParity(QSerialPort::NoParity);
                    serial->setStopBits(QSerialPort::OneStop);
                    serial->setFlowControl(QSerialPort::NoFlowControl);
                    serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
                    connect(serial, &QSerialPort::readyRead, this, &MainWindow::serialReceived);
                
                   ui->progressBar->setValue(100);
                //    ui->receive->clear();
                }
                void MainWindow::checkAndSendData()
                {
                    if(!m_lines.isEmpty()){
                        baToSend = m_lines.takeFirst().toUtf8();
                        serial->write(baToSend);
                        //qDebug() << baToSend << "serial Writed---" ;
                
                        ui->aknowmnt->setText("Sent Message -->" +  QString(baToSend) + "\n");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        ui->aknowmnt->setText("Receiving ");
                    }
                }
                
                
                void MainWindow ::on_send_clicked()
                {
                      //serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
                      qDebug () << baToSend << "seral opened ----" ;
                
                      qDebug() << "Serial: " << serial->isOpen();
                      qDebug() << "Error: " << serial->error() << " | " << serial->errorString();
                
                      line = ui->sender->toPlainText();
                        QString txt1 = ui->receive->toPlainText();
                        /*QString*/ txt3 = ui->aknowmnt->toPlainText();
                
                        qDebug() << "m_lines: " << m_lines;
                
                         if(m_lines.isEmpty()){
                            QFile inputFile(QString("/home/adx-soft1/Shankar/serial/myfile1.txt"));
                            inputFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
                
                            if (!inputFile.isOpen()) {
                                return;
                            }
                
                            QTextStream stream(&inputFile);
                
                            while(!stream.atEnd()) {
                                QString strline = stream.readLine();
                                m_lines.append(strline + QString("\r\n"));
                
                                qDebug() << "m_lines: " << m_lines;
                            }
                        }
                        checkAndSendData();
                }
                
                
                void MainWindow::serialReceived()
                {
                
                    qDebug() << "serial->readAll().trimmed(): " << serial->readAll().trimmed();
                
                    QString glen = serial->readAll().trimmed();
                
                    qDebug() << "glen: " << glen;
                
                     if (glen.length() > 0) {
                         ui->receive->append(glen);
                        /*QString*/ //line = ui->receive->toPlainText();
                        //ui->receive->setText(ui->receive->toPlainText() + line + "\n");
                        //ui->receive->setText(line + "\r\n" + glen + "\r\n");
                        //line = txt3;
                    }
                    checkAndSendData();
                }
                

                But i did not get the data received in arduino side

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                • O ODБOï
                  16 Dec 2019, 13:07

                  @JonB said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                  you have a screenshot showing output where the code you have shown simply does not include any such output lines..

                  hi, the 2nd line in his on_send_clicked method doas qDebbug() << "serial opened-"

                  @sankarapandiyan you should put it in a if statement to call qDebug only if open() returns true

                  if(serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite))
                  
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                  sankarapandiyan
                  wrote on 16 Dec 2019, 15:56 last edited by
                  #17

                  @LeLev ok fine i will correct it

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                  • J JonB
                    16 Dec 2019, 13:20

                    @LeLev said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                    hi, the 2nd line ot his on_send_clicked method doas qDebbug() << "serial opened-"

                    You are right. I searched the whole page for serial opened (or even seral opened), I have only just seen it is in a screenshot. However, I still do not see where the baToSend used there is declared or set, I only see it elsewhere (local variable inside on_send_clicked()). Nor do I know what it is the text file read in. So it's still pretty hard to know what is going on....

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                    sankarapandiyan
                    wrote on 17 Dec 2019, 07:39 last edited by
                    #18

                    @JonB @LeLev @mrjj cant open port : QSerialPort::SerialPortError(PermissionError)
                    I get the error like this ..

                    Thanks

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                    • S sankarapandiyan
                      17 Dec 2019, 07:39

                      @JonB @LeLev @mrjj cant open port : QSerialPort::SerialPortError(PermissionError)
                      I get the error like this ..

                      Thanks

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                      jsulm
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                      wrote on 17 Dec 2019, 07:45 last edited by
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                      @sankarapandiyan said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                      PermissionError

                      Make sure your user has needed access rights for the serial port device file.
                      See for example https://askubuntu.com/questions/58119/changing-permissions-on-serial-port

                      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                      • J jsulm
                        17 Dec 2019, 07:45

                        @sankarapandiyan said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                        PermissionError

                        Make sure your user has needed access rights for the serial port device file.
                        See for example https://askubuntu.com/questions/58119/changing-permissions-on-serial-port

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                        wrote on 17 Dec 2019, 08:02 last edited by
                        #20

                        @jsulm Is it possible to open the port in both Qt app and Arduino in a same OS ..
                        Here if i open the port in Qt means , in Arduino ,i got a error the port is changed or not found

                        while if i open the port in Arduino first means , I got a error message in Qt as (PERMISSION ERROR)

                        I am Stucked here for a day, I am very new to this arduino topic , So give me some idea abouth this .

                        Thanks in advance .

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                        • S sankarapandiyan
                          17 Dec 2019, 08:02

                          @jsulm Is it possible to open the port in both Qt app and Arduino in a same OS ..
                          Here if i open the port in Qt means , in Arduino ,i got a error the port is changed or not found

                          while if i open the port in Arduino first means , I got a error message in Qt as (PERMISSION ERROR)

                          I am Stucked here for a day, I am very new to this arduino topic , So give me some idea abouth this .

                          Thanks in advance .

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                          wrote on 17 Dec 2019, 09:05 last edited by
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                          @sankarapandiyan said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                          Is it possible to open the port in both Qt app and Arduino in a same OS

                          Not sure what you mean? If both devices run same OS then yes.

                          "i got a error the port is changed or not found" - then make sure you're using correct port!

                          "I got a error message in Qt as (PERMISSION ERROR)" - then make sure your user has access right like I suggested above.

                          https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                          • S sankarapandiyan
                            17 Dec 2019, 08:02

                            @jsulm Is it possible to open the port in both Qt app and Arduino in a same OS ..
                            Here if i open the port in Qt means , in Arduino ,i got a error the port is changed or not found

                            while if i open the port in Arduino first means , I got a error message in Qt as (PERMISSION ERROR)

                            I am Stucked here for a day, I am very new to this arduino topic , So give me some idea abouth this .

                            Thanks in advance .

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                            JKSH
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                            wrote on 18 Dec 2019, 07:40 last edited by JKSH
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                            @sankarapandiyan said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                            Is it possible to open the port in both Qt app and Arduino in a same OS ..

                            If you have 2 apps on the same computer that want to use the same serial port, then only one of the programs can use the serial port at a time.

                            When App 1 opens a serial port, App 2 cannot use the same serial port. App 2 must wait until App 1 closes the port.

                            Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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                            • S sankarapandiyan
                              16 Dec 2019, 15:54

                              @JonB Tried to Edit my code in correct form

                              #include "mainwindow.h"
                              #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
                              #include <QList>
                              #include <QComboBox>
                              #include <QString>
                              #include <QTextEdit>
                              #include <QTime>
                              #include <QDebug>
                              #include <QtSerialPort/QSerialPortInfo>
                              #include <QtSerialPort>
                              #include <QFile>
                              #include <QList>
                              #include <QSerialPort>
                              
                              MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
                                  : QMainWindow(parent)
                                  , ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
                              {
                              
                                    ui->setupUi(this);
                                    QString filename1="/home/adx-soft1/Shankar/serial/myfile1.txt";
                                    QFile file(filename1);
                                    if(!file.exists()){
                                        qDebug() << "NO FILE "<<filename1;
                                    }else{
                                        qDebug() << filename1<<" ...";
                                    }
                                    QString line1;
                                    ui->sender->clear();
                                    if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)){ ui->sender->setText(file.readAll()); }
                              
                                    QList<QSerialPortInfo> list;
                                    list = QSerialPortInfo::availablePorts();
                              
                                    for (int i= 0; i < list.length(); i++)
                                    {
                                      ui->comboBox->addItem(list[i].portName());
                              
                                    }
                              }
                              
                              MainWindow::~MainWindow()
                              {
                                  serial->close();
                                  delete ui;
                              }
                              
                              void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
                              {
                                  serial = new QSerialPort(this);
                                  serial->setPortName(ui->comboBox->currentText());
                                  serial->setBaudRate(QSerialPort::Baud9600);
                                  serial->setDataBits(QSerialPort::Data8);
                                  serial->setParity(QSerialPort::NoParity);
                                  serial->setStopBits(QSerialPort::OneStop);
                                  serial->setFlowControl(QSerialPort::NoFlowControl);
                                  serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
                                  connect(serial, &QSerialPort::readyRead, this, &MainWindow::serialReceived);
                              
                                 ui->progressBar->setValue(100);
                              //    ui->receive->clear();
                              }
                              void MainWindow::checkAndSendData()
                              {
                                  if(!m_lines.isEmpty()){
                                      baToSend = m_lines.takeFirst().toUtf8();
                                      serial->write(baToSend);
                                      //qDebug() << baToSend << "serial Writed---" ;
                              
                                      ui->aknowmnt->setText("Sent Message -->" +  QString(baToSend) + "\n");
                                  }
                                  else
                                  {
                                      ui->aknowmnt->setText("Receiving ");
                                  }
                              }
                              
                              
                              void MainWindow ::on_send_clicked()
                              {
                                    //serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
                                    qDebug () << baToSend << "seral opened ----" ;
                              
                                    qDebug() << "Serial: " << serial->isOpen();
                                    qDebug() << "Error: " << serial->error() << " | " << serial->errorString();
                              
                                    line = ui->sender->toPlainText();
                                      QString txt1 = ui->receive->toPlainText();
                                      /*QString*/ txt3 = ui->aknowmnt->toPlainText();
                              
                                      qDebug() << "m_lines: " << m_lines;
                              
                                       if(m_lines.isEmpty()){
                                          QFile inputFile(QString("/home/adx-soft1/Shankar/serial/myfile1.txt"));
                                          inputFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
                              
                                          if (!inputFile.isOpen()) {
                                              return;
                                          }
                              
                                          QTextStream stream(&inputFile);
                              
                                          while(!stream.atEnd()) {
                                              QString strline = stream.readLine();
                                              m_lines.append(strline + QString("\r\n"));
                              
                                              qDebug() << "m_lines: " << m_lines;
                                          }
                                      }
                                      checkAndSendData();
                              }
                              
                              
                              void MainWindow::serialReceived()
                              {
                              
                                  qDebug() << "serial->readAll().trimmed(): " << serial->readAll().trimmed();
                              
                                  QString glen = serial->readAll().trimmed();
                              
                                  qDebug() << "glen: " << glen;
                              
                                   if (glen.length() > 0) {
                                       ui->receive->append(glen);
                                      /*QString*/ //line = ui->receive->toPlainText();
                                      //ui->receive->setText(ui->receive->toPlainText() + line + "\n");
                                      //ui->receive->setText(line + "\r\n" + glen + "\r\n");
                                      //line = txt3;
                                  }
                                  checkAndSendData();
                              }
                              

                              But i did not get the data received in arduino side

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                              • J JKSH
                                18 Dec 2019, 07:40

                                @sankarapandiyan said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                                Is it possible to open the port in both Qt app and Arduino in a same OS ..

                                If you have 2 apps on the same computer that want to use the same serial port, then only one of the programs can use the serial port at a time.

                                When App 1 opens a serial port, App 2 cannot use the same serial port. App 2 must wait until App 1 closes the port.

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                                wrote on 18 Dec 2019, 12:02 last edited by
                                #24

                                @JKSH Yes You are right .. thanks for your reply

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                                  17 Dec 2019, 09:05

                                  @sankarapandiyan said in How to send the Data from Qt App to Arduino by serial communication:

                                  Is it possible to open the port in both Qt app and Arduino in a same OS

                                  Not sure what you mean? If both devices run same OS then yes.

                                  "i got a error the port is changed or not found" - then make sure you're using correct port!

                                  "I got a error message in Qt as (PERMISSION ERROR)" - then make sure your user has access right like I suggested above.

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                                  wrote on 18 Dec 2019, 12:03 last edited by
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                                  @jsulm sure

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