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I'm using Arduino Nano and ESP8266.

When I setup like the picture and connect Arduino Nano to PC by USB: enter image description here

The ESP8266 properly works. (Arduino Nano is just used as a bridge)

I print and read from serial with a C# program, it correctly works.

What I send from C# program:

AT+CWJAP="APN", "Pass"

The message from ESP: 

AT+CWJAP="APN", "Pass"
OK

But, when I change the setup as follows:

  • Green wire (green wire on picture) to Arduino Digital2 pin
  • Red wire (red wire on picture) to Arduino Digital3 pin
  • Use Arduino code to read/write serial, instead of C# program
  • Create a software serial from code (esp8266 = SoftwareSerial(2, 3))

What I send from SoftwareSerial:

AT+CWJAP="APN", "Pass"

The message from ESP: 

AT+CWJAP="APN", "Pass"
ERROR

Do you have any ideas? Why isn't the result on SoftwareSerial identical to Serial?

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  • \$\begingroup\$ What does "Green wire to D2" mean precisely? Ditto "Red wire to D3" - if these are components then explain where they are and what they do. \$\endgroup\$
    – Andy aka
    Dec 24, 2015 at 10:51
  • \$\begingroup\$ The green wire on picture (the wire that I previously connected to RX), and the red wire on picture (the wire that I previously connected to TX). \$\endgroup\$
    – Burak Yavuzalp
    Dec 24, 2015 at 10:53
  • \$\begingroup\$ D2, D3 - are these diodes dude? \$\endgroup\$
    – Andy aka
    Dec 24, 2015 at 10:55
  • \$\begingroup\$ Arduino Digital2 pin, Arduino Digital3 pin \$\endgroup\$
    – Burak Yavuzalp
    Dec 24, 2015 at 10:58
  • \$\begingroup\$ Totally off topic but have you considered using ESP as the arduino itself? You can use ESP-07 or ESP12 to get more GPIO pins and you can directly program the ESP using Arduino IDE. Here is more info on that topic. \$\endgroup\$
    – Whiskeyjack
    Dec 24, 2015 at 13:23

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This is the info taken from arduino website:

The library has the following known limitations:

1) If using multiple software serial ports, only one can receive data at a time.

2) Not all pins on the Leonardo and Micro support change interrupts, so only the following can be used for RX: 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 (MISO), 15 (SCK), 16 (MOSI).

This has not explicitly mentioned the board you are using, but I think these limitations are on hardware level. Changing the software serial pins should most likely take care of this issue.

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