Problem Sending Data To Arduino

I am trying to send data to my arduino but with no chance. I made a Circuit with arduino and 3 leds on pins 2,3,4. I want to dim the leds according to the game data but i had no chance. How i can setup my SimTool to send data safety to arduino board? Also i am trying to write a small piece of code to send the data to leds. Thanks!

My arduino board receives only 255 ,255,255

Ok heres a code that I wrote for controlling a fan with the speed value from gamedash.
This too can be used to recieve an axis information.

Ok from this the interface setting need to look like this below.


Plus dont forget to be able to test this with SimTools GameEngine - Output Testing you need to set Axis 1 in the default Axis Assignments to be at least one force.

// This just works with one axis from SimTools.
int Axis1 ;
int Axis1SimTools = 0;
int bufferArray[4];
int LedA=2;
int LedB=3;
int LedC=4;

void setup(){

Serial.begin(9600);

pinMode(LedA,OUTPUT);
pinMode(LedB,OUTPUT);
pinMode(LedC,OUTPUT);

}

void loop(){
//****************************** READ DATA FROM SERIAL ******************************
ReadData();
}

void ReadData(){
if (Serial.available() == 4); { //if 4 bits available in the Serial buffer...

int x;
for (x=0; x<4; x=x+1) { // read and label each byte.
bufferArray[x] = Serial.read();
}

if (bufferArray[0] == 'A'){
Axis1SimTools = ((bufferArray[1]-48)*100) + ((bufferArray[2]-48)*10) + ((bufferArray[3]-48)*1);

analogWrite(LedA,Axis1SimTools);
analogWrite(LedB,Axis1SimTools);
analogWrite(LedC,Axis1SimTools);
}
}
}

And nothing happens again .. any idea? thank you guys!

For @eaorobbie's sketch you should set "Output Type" as "Decimal"

void loop(){
Axis1=Serial.read();
}

This returns -1 ..

Thanks @prilad yes decimal is needed in order for the above sketch to work properly, and depending on the speed of you machine you might find that slowing it down to say 20ms might result in smoother running of code.
From my original code you can invoke the serial communication and test via the serial monitor in Ard IDE to make sure it works before testing in simtools.

Opps your using more than one axis, each axis contains 4 bits so you need to increase the array in order to read all the correct axis info coming in , should be 12 for your code.
Will make changes and test and come back with a solution mate.

Plus I made a booboo this code is for Gamedash use. Sorry will post a better one soon

Ok fixed the above code.

Now you can test this in the Ard IDE serial monitor with A255B255C255 and all leds should light up changing the values to smaller values should now dim the lights, once confirmed you can use your above interface settings but use decimal not binary. And output string needs to be A<Axis1>B<Axis2>C<Axis3>

thank you very much! I finaly got it how it works. Now i have place also an LCD screen and i am watching the 3 axis Roll , Yaw and Pitch! The next step now is to wire 3 stepper motors on my circuit and start working on that!

Sorry for my post, but i'm very sad because I cant' get work.... maybe I need to create a new thread, but first I will try to post here.

My goal is to see on LCD data from simTools with Arduino (like the post of MagicMike). I've configured correctly SimTools and Virtual Axis works. In "1.png" you can see my Interface Settings, in "2.png" my axis assignments and in "3.png" my output testing... But the result on my LCD is useless ("4.png"). I've tried several codes and the results is the same.. in particular, in this case I use this code:

Code:

int Axis1 ;
int Axis1SimTools = 0;
int bufferArray[4];

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
LiquidCrystal lcd(9, 8, 2, 3, 4, 5);
void setup() {
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);

lcd.begin(16, 2); 
lcd.write("HELLO");
}

void loop() {
ReadData();
}

void ReadData(){
if (Serial.available() == 4) { //if 4 bits available in the Serial buffer...
int x;
for (x=0; x<4; x=x+1) { // read and label each byte.
bufferArray[x] = Serial.read();
}
if (bufferArray[0] == 'A'){
Axis1SimTools = ((bufferArray[1]-48)*100) + ((bufferArray[2]-48)*10) + ((bufferArray[3]-48)*1);
lcd.setCursor(0,1);
lcd.write(Axis1SimTools);
}
}
}

What is the problem? Where I can find a short guide of how to write correctly the .ino file for simtools?

Thanks