serial monitor for win 7

I have found that some things with the ARDUINO require you to use a serial monitor on the computer to monitor the out put.

Iam using windows 7. Can any one help get a serial monitor set up on ths computer?

0 jw0752 over 10 years ago

Hi Bob,
If the program you have running on the Arduino is sending data to the computer all you have to do is have the USB cord hooked up. Have the Arduino IDE downloaded and running, open tools and select the proper com port. Match the baud rate to the baud rate selected in the Arduino program and open the monitor in the IDE window. Most of the books on beginning arduino will have a chapter that takes you step by step through the process. I know that "Exploring Arduino" by Jeremy Blum has a good chapter on this. Windows 7 works very well with the Arduino IDE. Hope this helps.
John
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0 jw0752 over 10 years ago

Hi Bob,
Here is a tutorial for taking temperature measurements and displaying it on the computer monitor. Perhaps you can see how they have set up the code and adapt it to your own use.

http://tronixstuff.com/2010/04/15/getting-started-with-arduino-chapter-two/

These tutorials are very good and you may want to investigate more of them.

John
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0 Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago

These may also help you, some of my own tutorials

http://www.element14.com/community/groups/arduino/blog/2014/06/09/fast-track-to-arduino-programming

http://www.element14.com/community/groups/arduino/blog/2014/11/16/dht22-temperature-and-humidity-sensor-with-arduino-uno-and-ethernet-card-enc-or-wiznet-instant-whether-station
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0 Paul over 10 years ago

There is a serial monitor built into the Arduino IDE. I like it because it will automatically disconnect when you go to upload new code.

Have a look here to see how to use it: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-5-the-serial-monitor/the-serial-monitor
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0 clem57 over 9 years ago

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0 Robert Peter Oakes over 9 years ago in reply to Paul

More specifically, there is a serial port on the Arduinos that can be used to pass data to and fro from a connected device, you can also use a software serial port if you need more than one or reserve the one connected to the USB for software upload and the like

If you are using windows to communitace with the Arduino, then once you have the program loaded and coded with the required "Serial.Print" type commands, you just need a terminal program to listen to the port

There is one built into the Arduino IDE, or you can use Putty or any other terminal program you choose

If you want to connect to the Arduino using a program then you would use the COM port apis for that language
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