Hi All
Is there a way to set a compiler flag to disable serial ports ?
Suppose i want to KEEP Serial0, but i want to make my own serial interrupt for S1, S2, and S3
Or have my own serial interrupt for S0, but use S1 as a debug port, with serial libray active
At different times it will be Mega2560, uno, w 168, or 328, or maybe even my own board with a 644 processor.
So, it will be 'random' combinations of serial libray active at different projects.
kind regards
Create your own board variant(s) which only defines the serial ports you want the hardwareSerial to handle.
You will have to check, but I think ISR's using 'ISR()' should have the 'weak' attribute set by default.
If its not set, you could add 'attribute((weak))' to the core versions, and implement your own versions in the sketch.
This might not work, but is how the AVR core defines its interrupts so they all point to the bad_vector ISR, unless you provide your own version.
So far i have resolved it by editing hardwareserial.cpp
it has the drawback, that i MUST remember to use the proper hardwareserial and copy the correct one into the libfolder
majenko:
what about board variants - can i set it in boards.txt ?
what will happen if i need s2, and s3 by hardwareserial - but s0 and s1 must be controlled by my own interrupt ?
pYro_65
I would rather have some kind of
/#define disable_serial0 ... kind of thing
This does work, even without any 'disable_serial0'
applying weak to the HWserial cpp I can now use the code below. Instead of the serial implementation, sending data will toggle the pin 13 led.
ISR(USART_RX_vect){
volatile unsigned char c = UDR0;
digitalWrite( 13, !digitalRead( 13 ) );
}
void setup(){
pinMode( 13, OUTPUT );
Serial.begin(115200);
}
void loop(){}
Just to make sure i have it right :
in hardwareserial.cpp change
SIGNAL(SIG_USART0_RECV)
to
SIGNAL(SIG_USART0_RECV)attribute((weak))
repeat for S1,S2, and S3
Will allow me to override all built-in serial handling, when i want to ?
or did i get it completely wrong ?
as a non-professional c-programmer, i am not totally conversant in the finer nuances of the language 
It's a hint to the linker, but it sounds to my like pYro_65 is giving you good advice. Try it and see.
Yes Yes
My comment on being conversant was a hint that i need to know what exactly to put in
Hmm, in 1.0.5 they used ISR(), but 1.5.1 uses SIGNAL() which is deprecated.
All I added above the isr definition was this ( weak must be on declaration, not definition ).
ISR(USART_RX_vect) __attribute__((weak));
ISR(USART_RX_vect)
I just tried 1.5.2 with the SIGNAL macro and it worked fine too.
It will use the default implementation if you do not define your own version.
Clearly i am doing something wrong
my code:
void USART_setup()
{
// USART1 initialization
// USART1 Communication Parameters: 8 Data, 1 Stop, No Parity
// USART1 Receiver: On
// USART1 Transmitter: On
// USART1 Mode: Asynchronous
// USART1 Baud Rate: 38400 (16 MHz X-Tal)
// USART1 RX interrupt enable
UCSR1A=0x00;
UCSR1B=0x98;
UCSR1C=0x06;
UBRR1H=0x00;
UBRR1L=0x19;
}
ISR(USART1_RX_vect)
{
ReceivedByte = UDR1; // read byte from rx register
rx_disable();
if (ReceivedByte >=0 && ReceivedByte <=14 ) {USART_TX(ReceivedByte); }
g_mpx_led_state = !g_mpx_led_state;
rx_enable(); // enable serial interrupt
}
static void rx_enable()
{
byte t;
t=UDR1;t=UDR1; // empty buffer
sbi(UCSR1B,RXEN1); // enable RX
sbi(UCSR1A,RXC1); // clear RX interrupt
sbi(UCSR1B,RXCIE1); // enable RX interrupts
}
static void rx_disable()
{
cbi(UCSR1B,RXEN1);
cbi(UCSR1B,RXCIE1);
}
my hardwareserial.cpp - and i haven't changed anything
It might be wise to mention that it is in sanguino/core-tree, and my compiler are 1.0.5
#if defined(USART1_RX_vect)
void serialEvent1() __attribute__((weak));
void serialEvent1() {}
#define serialEvent1_implemented
SIGNAL(USART1_RX_vect)
{
unsigned char c = UDR1;
store_char(c, &rx_buffer1);
}
#elif defined(SIG_USART1_RECV)
#error SIG_USART1_RECV
#endif