Serial2 Implemented?

Firmware
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I was confused by a previous post whether the Serial2 was implemented or not.
I read from the firmware document that the initial method is

#include "Serial2.h"

However my sketch doesn’t compile so I guess its not yet included?
Any idea on a timeline?

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@MagicTech, Serial2 is only implemented if you compile locally and have the latest master firmware repo from github. It is not yet implemented on the Spark CLI or IDE yet.

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Thanks again Peekay. As you know I am new to this but any idea when it will be implemented?

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@MagicTech, I believe as soon as it is tested and confirmed to be working. I’ll be doing some testing later tonight. :smile:

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Thanks Man…I think you are going to start sending me invoices :slight_smile:

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@peekay123, Serial2 is already in the master and server2 branch and I have tested it halfway previously via Web IDE.

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@kennethlimcp, that’s exactly what I was saying to @MagicTech! I just tested Serial2 with the ported VisiGenie library and display at 115Kbaud and it works just fine. I have not tested it with Serial1 going at the same time at 115Kbaud but that is next. :smile:

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What I mean is that the latest firmware already comes with Serial2. :slight_smile:

It can be used in the Web IDE.

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Kenneth
If you say its already in the Web IDE, do I still use

#include "Serial2.h

It fails to compile?
fatal error: Serial2.h: No such file or directory

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@kennethlimcp, it is NOT included. I just tried to compile with CLI and it throws an error. :frowning:

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Opps weird… Indeed it’s not :smiley:

Should be available in the next WEB IDE update. I have seen the V0.30 firmware release on Github.

Sorry for the confusion :smiley:

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@kennethlimcp, OMG! You can foretell the future! :stuck_out_tongue:

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He lives in a future time zone in Singapore so maybe he already has it :wink:

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You guys are funny! Cmon just see this :wink:

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@kennethlimcp, well it ain’t on the IDE that’s for sure! Release is imminent I guess :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hi Guys,

I also thought that Serial2 was in the compile-server2 branch and so I checked and it is! So are the makefile changes but I don’t think the production makefile has been updated for the library.

I created an issue for this:

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FYI, anything I touch gets jinxed … and I wrote the Serial2 implementation. So this is all just another day in the life of Gruvin, from where I sit! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hang in there! I think it is just the difference between the local build makefile and the web IDE makefile.

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I realized this post dated back to July. But as of now I still can’t include “Serial2.h” in my IDE code.

Isn’t it implemented? @peekay123

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I don’t think it’s there yet, but will be coming soon. But a heads up on the syntax, it will be #include “libraryname/header.h” so

#include "Serial2/Serial2.h"