SoftwareSerial: overflow()

[SoftwareSerial]

Description

Tests to see if a software serial buffer overflow has occurred. Calling this function clears the overflow flag, meaning that subsequent calls will return false unless another byte of data has been received and discarded in the meantime.

The software serial buffer can hold 64 bytes.

Syntax

// set up a new serial port
SoftwareSerial mySerial =  SoftwareSerial(rxPin, txPin);

mySerial.overflow()

Parameters

none

Returns

boolean

Example

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
 
// software serial : TX = digital pin 10, RX = digital pin 11
SoftwareSerial portOne(10,11);
 
void setup()
{
  // Start the hardware serial port
  Serial.begin(9600);
 
  // Start software serial port
  portOne.begin(9600);
}
 
void loop()
{
  if (portOne.overflow()) {
   Serial.println("SoftwareSerial overflow!"); 
}

See also

• SoftwareSerial()
• SoftwareSerial.begin()
• SoftwareSerial.read()
• SoftwareSerial.print()
• SoftwareSerial.println()

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