digitalRead arduino to max/msp

Question

I have a DHT11 temp/humidity sensor connected to my arduino. I've have correct readout to my arduino serial monitor.

Now I want to route that data to Max/msp thru SerialReceive. I have connection to my arduino and it gives me a bang on the same time I get an update of the data read of my arduino. Only thing is I don't get the same data in Max/msp. How do I translate the data from arduino to the same data in Max/msp.

code Arduino:

#include "dht.h"  //library

dht DHT;

#define DHTPIN 2

int VTemperature = 2;
int VHumidity = 2;

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
  int chk = DHT.read11(DHTPIN);
  VTemperature = digitalRead(DHT.temperature);
  Serial.println(DHT.temperature);
  VHumidity = digitalRead(DHT.humidity);
  Serial.println(DHT.humidity);

  Serial.print("\r");
  delay(1000);


}

Patch Max/Msp

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Answer 1

Are you sure that you want to use digitalRead rather than analogRead? I am not familiar with the sensors that you're using, but it seems likely that they would require analogRead. Regardless, I just had this same serial port question and found the answer here:

http://www.underwater.ca/blog/arduino-to-max-msp/

The patch in the link above will bring in the same data that you can see in the Arduino Serial Monitor. In order to separate your analog values, you need to add a space between your variables, so your loop should look like this:

void loop() {
  int chk = DHT.read11(DHTPIN);
  VTemperature = digitalRead(DHT.temperature);
  Serial.print(DHT.temperature);
  Serial.print(" ");                           //Delimiter, important!
  VHumidity = digitalRead(DHT.humidity);
  Serial.println(DHT.humidity);
  delay(1000);
}`

Within max, you can parse the two values (which are now seperated by a space) message using the unpack object.