How to get Serial data from jevois to NodeMCU ?

Question

Hello everyone,

I am trying to use this simple c code to get infos from the jevois camera to be printed on my computer ArduinoIDE Serial monitor thru a NodeMCU Lolin V3 :

#include<SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial txrx(D5,D6);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  txrx.begin(115200);
}

void loop() {
  txrx.write("info");
  while (txrx.available() > 0) {
    Serial.print((char)txrx.read());
  }
}

My serial monitor (on computer) is set to 115200 Bauds and the 4Pins serial from jevois is wired to the NodeMCU this way :

Jevois RED --------> nodemcu Vin

Jevois BLACK ----> nodemcu Ground

Jevois YELLOW -> nodemcu D6

jevois WHITE -----> nodemcu D5

I have weird behaviors during my tests. 

The NodeMCU seems not to send commands correctly, and i can't get proper datas from jevois.

Sometimes i receives stuff bus it's mosly garbage chars.

 What am i doing wrong ?

Answer 1

It seems that it's not possible to use both RxTx pins and serial monitor. It works using following code:

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266httpUpdate.h>
#define INLEN 256

char instr[INLEN + 1];

const char* ssid = "SSID";
const char* password = "PWD";
const int led=2;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  while (WiFi.waitForConnectResult() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(1000);
    ESP.restart();
  }
}

void loop() {
   digitalWrite(led, LOW);
  Serial.println("info");
  
  String val = "test=";

  while (Serial.available()) {
        val.concat((char)Serial.read());
  }

  HTTPClient http;    //Declare object of class HTTPClient
          http.begin("http://192.168.1.33/duino/read_post_request.php");
          http.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); 
          int httpCode = http.POST(val); 
          http.end();
         digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
  delay(1000);
}