From 04141e9fcd490e04884f5d7f4054fa876b5e985a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan <UnrealDanMail@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 18:23:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Serial config fix and available func call

---
 VortexEngine/src/Serial/Serial.cpp | 10 +++++++---
 VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h    |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/Serial/Serial.cpp b/VortexEngine/src/Serial/Serial.cpp
index ac1e6a19f8..f858954b39 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/Serial/Serial.cpp
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/Serial/Serial.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef VORTEX_EMBEDDED
+#include <Arduino.h>
+#endif
+
 bool SerialComs::m_serialConnected = false;
 uint32_t SerialComs::m_lastCheck = 0;
 
@@ -51,15 +55,15 @@ bool SerialComs::checkSerial()
   if (!Vortex::vcallbacks()->serialCheck()) {
     return false;
   }
-  Vortex::vcallbacks()->serialBegin(9600);
+  Vortex::vcallbacks()->serialBegin(SERIAL_BAUD_RATE);
 #else
   // This will check if the serial communication is open
-  if (!Serial) {
+  if (!Serial.available()) {
     // serial is not connected
     return false;
   }
   // Begin serial communications
-  Serial.begin(9600);
+  Serial.begin(SERIAL_BAUD_RATE);
 #endif
 #endif
   // serial is now connected
diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h b/VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h
index f031a7ea01..86c6fabcfc 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@
 #define VAL_OPTION_3                170
 #define VAL_OPTION_4                255
 
+// Serial Baud Rate
+//
+// The serial connection baud rate for the editor and anything else serial
+#define SERIAL_BAUD_RATE            9600
+
 // ===================================================================
 //  Boolean Configurations (0 or 1)