Control Stepper via Serial Monitor

Question

I would like to control my stepper via serial monitor and unfortunatley the code below did not work. Serial monitor works (Serial.println()), but it does not execute the stepperOne() part. Any ideas why would be awesome. Thank you.

#include <AccelStepper.h>
const int stepPin = 5;
const int dirPin = 4;
const int enPin = 12;
String msg;
unsigned int DEST = 800;
unsigned int SPD = 1600;
unsigned int ACCEL = 1600;
const int TEST = 3;
void setup() {
 pinMode(stepPin,OUTPUT);
 pinMode(dirPin,OUTPUT);
 pinMode(enPin,OUTPUT);
 digitalWrite(enPin,HIGH);
 Serial.begin(9600); // Start Serial
}
void loop() {
if (Serial.available()>0) {
 msg = "";
 while (Serial.available()) {
 delay(10);
 char tmp = Serial.read();
 // msg += tmp;
 if( tmp!='\r' && tmp!='\n' ) msg+=tmp; // Does not work either
 }
 msg.replace(" ","");
 if (msg=="G") {
 stepperOne();
 Serial.println("Stepper turned.");
 }
 Serial.flush();
 }
}
void stepperOne() {
 AccelStepper stepper(1,stepPin,dirPin);
 digitalWrite(enPin,LOW);
 stepper.setMaxSpeed(SPD);
 stepper.setAcceleration(ACCEL);
 stepper.move(DEST);
 if (DEST > 0) {
 while ( stepper.distanceToGo() > 0 ) {
 stepper.run();
 }
 digitalWrite(enPin,HIGH);
 }
 }

• Gerben: It you type "G" in the serial console, it will send "G\r\n" (with an "enter" at the end). Your code doesn't account for the carriage return and newline at the end.
• digit: How can I account for carriage return ?
• Gerben: You could opt to ignore it. if( tmp!='\r' && tmp!='\n' ) msg+=tmp;
• digit: Stupid question can the Arduino version (older Uno) be the reason for this ? Or am I missing something ? Thanks
• digit: I found the solution, it was the Arduino, older version R2, the R3 works like a charm. I didn't know that the version could cause so much trouble. Sorry.

Answer 1

I found the solution, it was the Arduino, older version R2, the R3 works like a charm. I didn't know that the version could cause so much trouble. But in case someone encounters the same problem R3 did it for me.