Serial Monitor in the mBlock Graphical Interface?

drew345 · 2017-03-13 08:45:52 UTC

I see the serial commands in the “communication” extension. There are blocks for “read line” and “write line” . Is there a way to open a serial monitor to read and send the data in the mBlock graphical software? I can’t find the Serial Monitor anywhere. Do I have to “Open in Arduino IDE” and run there, and then use the Arduino IDE serial monitor? Would be great if there were a Serial Monitor built right in to the mBlock interface.

Thanks,
Andrew

tech_support · 2017-03-13 12:03:34 UTC

Normally, this function on mBlock seldom used.
If you want to use it, you may refer to this document and see if it helps.

Andreas · 2017-03-13 14:06:56 UTC

I don’t have my mBot here to check it, but IIRC there is a serial monitor build into the Makeblock software. Switch to Arduino mode. Check the radiobuttons marked in the screenshot. Then you should see the input in the window and can send stuff to the bot through the input field.