Firmata - Pin Modes

Hello,

I want to connect my Arduino to Touchdesigner with this toturial:
https://jmarsico.github.io/rsma2019/tutorials/td_arduino/

But my Firmata container doesn’t have the Pin Modes and Pin Values Tab, can somebdy please help?

Thank you so much!
Naomi

Hello @naomisaka,

the available Pins and Pin Value parameters are created after an Arduino was successfully connected to TouchDesigner. Did you first select a Port on the Firmata page and toggle the Active parameter?

Cheers
Markus

Hello @naomisaka,

just tested an Arduino UNO with Firmata loaded on it and the Firmata Component from the Palette.
After specifying the port on the “Firmata” parameter page and toggling the “Active” parameter to “on”, the “Pin Mode” and “Pin Value” parameters were created automatically.

Have you had a chance to see if it works for you?

Cheers
Markus

I have a similar issue where the “Pin Mode” and “Pin Value” tabs do appear but the “report all analog pins” and “report all digital pins” is greyed out. Tried flashing the arduino numerous times with different versions of Firmata but no luck…its just a standard old arduino uno. Any ideas?