[SOLVED] Serial communication doesn't work – Focus plugin

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Solved: I had to send the command with an option (in Arduino’s Serial Monitor) newline.

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Hi,

I’m kinda lost. I’m trying to experiment with Focus plugin but I can’t get Serial work. See the example attached below. Once I compile that firmware I open Arduino’s Serial Monitor (on 9600 baud) but the only thing I get is .. I’ve tried help, version, example command but I get nothing than . :frowning_face: :

/* -*- mode: c++ -*-
 * Kaleidoscope-Focus -- Bidirectional communication plugin
 * Copyright (C) 2017, 2018  Gergely Nagy
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#include <Kaleidoscope.h>
#include <Kaleidoscope-Focus.h>

// *INDENT-OFF*
const Key keymaps[][ROWS][COLS] PROGMEM = {
  [0] = KEYMAP_STACKED
  (Key_NoKey,         Key_1, Key_2, Key_3, Key_4, Key_5, Key_NoKey,
   Key_Backtick,      Key_Q, Key_W, Key_E, Key_R, Key_T, Key_Tab,
   Key_PageUp,        Key_A, Key_S, Key_D, Key_F, Key_G,
   Key_PageDown,      Key_Z, Key_X, Key_C, Key_V, Key_B, Key_Escape,

   Key_LeftControl, Key_Backspace, Key_LeftGui, Key_LeftShift,
   Key_skip,

   Key_skip,  Key_6, Key_7, Key_8,     Key_9,      Key_0,         Key_skip,
   Key_Enter, Key_Y, Key_U, Key_I,     Key_O,      Key_P,         Key_Equals,
              Key_H, Key_J, Key_K,     Key_L,      Key_Semicolon, Key_Quote,
   Key_skip,  Key_N, Key_M, Key_Comma, Key_Period, Key_Slash,     Key_Minus,

   Key_RightShift, Key_RightAlt, Key_Spacebar, Key_RightControl,
   Key_skip),
};
// *INDENT-OFF*

bool exampleFocusHook(const char *command) {
  if (strcmp_P(command, PSTR("example")) != 0)
    return false;

  Serial.println(F("This is an example response. Hello world!"));

  return true;
}

KALEIDOSCOPE_INIT_PLUGINS(Focus);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("Hello Computer");

  Kaleidoscope.setup();

  Focus.addHook(FOCUS_HOOK(exampleFocusHook, "example"));
  Focus.addHook(FOCUS_HOOK_HELP);
  Focus.addHook(FOCUS_HOOK_VERSION);
}

void loop() {
  Kaleidoscope.loop();
}

Does anyone have a clue what’s going on?

Thanks in advance, I hope we can solve it somehow.

Best,

Jakub

EDIT:

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This is the screen from IDE, so I guess I have all the drivers. Using macOS 10.13.6.

EDIT 2:

I’ve tried my SUPER CUSTOM FIRMWARE (my Arduino UNO was actually able to run/display this correctly)

void setup() {
  // initialize serial communication at 9600 bits per second:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("hello");
}

// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
}

nothing. So I guess… something is wrong, right? :sob:

EDIT 3:

Not everything is lost! I’ve tried to add Serial.println("Hello") into loop function and I can get the message! So I don’t know, is something wrong with Focus plugin?

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Glad you got it sorted out!

Focus is a mostly line-oriented protocol, so commands need to end with a newline (ideally \r\n, but \n works too).

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