Is there a way to define an alias for a hardware Serial

Question

I'm porting some code from Arduino Uno over to a Mega and I want to replace a SoftwareSerial defined in the previous code with one of the built-in UARTs.

Rather than go through and replace all references to the serial port, I'd prefer to create an alias for Serial1. The alias can be a constant.

In my old code, I setup the Software Serial as follows:

//SoftwareSerial HMI(HMIRX, HMITX); // Define software serial for the HMI adapter (RX, TX)

I"m not even sure where to start.

Answer 1

it is simple #define HMI Serial1

• tttapa: Alternatively: HardwareSerial &HMI = Serial1;