fixing serial device bug for sending MQTT commands

Author: rvdbreemen

OTGW-Core.ino

@@ -768,9 +768,9 @@ uint16_t print_daytime()
 int sendOTGW(const char* buf, int len)
 {
   //Send the buffer to OTGW when the Serial interface is available
-  if (Serial) {
+  if (OTGWSerial.availableForWrite()>=len+2) {
     //check the write buffer
-    Debugf("Serial Write Buffer space = [%d] - needed [%d]\r\n",OTGWSerial.availableForWrite(), (len+2));
+    //Debugf("Serial Write Buffer space = [%d] - needed [%d]\r\n",OTGWSerial.availableForWrite(), (len+2));
     DebugT("Sending to Serial [");
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
       Debug((char)buf[i]);

OTGW-ModUpdateServer-impl.h

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void ESP8266HTTPUpdateServerTemplate<ServerType>::setup(ESP8266WebServerTemplate
           size_t fsSize = ((size_t) &_FS_end - (size_t) &_FS_start);
           close_all_fs();
           if (!Update.begin(fsSize, U_FS)){//start with max available size
-            if (_serial_output) Update.printError(Serial);
+            if (_serial_output) Update.printError(OTGWSerial);
           }
         } else {
           uint32_t maxSketchSpace = (ESP.getFreeSketchSpace() - 0x1000) & 0xFFFFF000;
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void ESP8266HTTPUpdateServerTemplate<ServerType>::setSuccessPage(const char *suc
 template <typename ServerType>
 void ESP8266HTTPUpdateServerTemplate<ServerType>::_setUpdaterError()
 {
-  if (_serial_output) Update.printError(Serial);
+  if (_serial_output) Update.printError(OTGWSerial);
   StreamString str;
   Update.printError(str);
   _updaterError = str.c_str();

README.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Looking for the documentation, go here (work in progress):  <br> https://github.
 
 | Version | Release notes |
 |-|-|
+| 0.7.7 | UI improved: Only show updates values in web UI <br> Bugifx: Serial not found error when sending commands thru MQTT fixed |
 | 0.7.6 | PIC firmware integration done. <br> New setting: NTP configurable <br> New setting: heartbeat led on/off <br> Update to REST API to include epoch of last update to message|
 | 0.7.5 | Complete set of status bits in UI and Central Heating 2 information |
 | 0.7.4 | Integration of the otgw-pic firmware upgrade code - upgrade to pic firmware version 5.0 (by Schelte Bron) |

version.h

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 //The version number conforms to semver.org format
 #define _VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define _VERSION_MINOR 7  
-#define _VERSION_PATCH 6
-#define _VERSION_BUILD 688
+#define _VERSION_PATCH 7
+#define _VERSION_BUILD 691
 //#define _VERSION_PRERELEASE beta  //uncomment to define prerelease labels: alpha - beta - rc
-#define _VERSION_DATE "22-02-2021"
-#define _VERSION_TIME "08:10:13"
-#define _SEMVER_CORE "0.7.6"
-#define _SEMVER_BUILD "0.7.6+688"
-#define _SEMVER_FULL "0.7.6+688"
-#define _SEMVER_NOBUILD "0.7.6 (22-02-2021)"
-#define _VERSION "0.7.6+688 (22-02-2021)"
+#define _VERSION_DATE "24-02-2021"
+#define _VERSION_TIME "08:13:20"
+#define _SEMVER_CORE "0.7.7"
+#define _SEMVER_BUILD "0.7.7+691"
+#define _SEMVER_FULL "0.7.7+691"
+#define _SEMVER_NOBUILD "0.7.7 (24-02-2021)"
+#define _VERSION "0.7.7+691 (24-02-2021)"
 //The version information is created automatically, more information here: https://github.com/rvdbreemen/autoinc-semver