Switch case & strings

Firmware
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Right, but you could try something like putting all of your possible commands into an array of Strings, and then comparing the String argument to each element in the array:

String cmd[] = {"Start", "Stop", "Run", "Hide"}; //array of possible commands

String myCommand = "Stop"; // your command

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  int i = -1;
  for (i = 0; i <= sizeof(cmd)/sizeof(cmd[0]); i++) // notice the less than or equal to comparison
  {
    if (myCommand.equals(cmd[i])) // compare String myCommand and Array Element
    break;
  }
  switch (i) 
  {
    case 0:
      Serial.print("command was: ");
      Serial.println(myCommand);
      break;
    case 1:
      Serial.print("command was: ");
      Serial.println(myCommand);
      break;
    case 2:
      Serial.print("command was: ");
      Serial.println(myCommand);
      break;
    case 3:
      Serial.print("command was: ");
      Serial.println(myCommand);
      break;
    default: 
      Serial.println("Bad Command");
  }
}

void loop()
{
  
}

I hope that gives you something to work with...

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