Arduino Library - RemoteSerial

This library allows you to receive messages through a network into a console window.

Todo

• Make HTTP requests async/non-blocking.

Basics

• Server: Receives messages and prints to console.
• Library: Sends the messages from the device to your PC.

1. Install Library

1. Go to your project folder.
2. Open or create and open the 'lib' folder.
3. Run the command (ensure you have git installed)

git clone https://github.com/c-ridgway/arduino-remoteserial.git

2. Start Server

1. Install node.js https://nodejs.org/en/download/current
2. Open the library directory: lib/arduino-remoteserial/server
3. Open start_nodejs_server

3. Example Code

Insert your ip address in to match your server machine, as seen in the above image.

I assume you will already be connecting via WIFI. This is the only requirement.

// Add to your header section
#include  <RemoteSerial.h>

void  setup() {
  // Url (your ip address), flush interval, flush failure retry delay
  RemoteSerial.begin("http://192.168.1.108:10000/remoteserial", 100, 1000);

  RemoteSerial.clear(); // Completely clear the console
  RemoteSerial.println(clock()); // Send current time on its own line, it'll be sent once the wifi has connected
  RemoteSerial.cprintln("[#13F700]Colour [#F74B00]your text. [#] Or keep it normal."); // Send coloured output, on its own line
  //RemoteSerial.shell("ls"); // Run shell command, must be enabled in server code
}

void  loop() {
  if (clock() % 1000 == 0) // Once a second
    RemoteSerial.print(clock()); // Print without a new line, once a second

  RemoteSerial.tick();
}