remote-wiring | Arduino Wiring interface to control an Arduino

This section explains how to set up your Arduino and how to add the Windows Remote Arduino library to your Windows projects!.
Windows Remote Arduino uses the Firmata protocol, which has implementations in many languages including Arduino! The Arduino implementation is called StandardFirmata and comes pre-packaged with the Arduino software when you install it! The raw StandardFirmata sketch works for USB and Bluetooth, while modified versions are available for WiFi and Ethernet (see below). Follow the steps below to upload the StandardFirmata sketch to your Arduino. That’s it! Your Arduino will now run the StandardFirmata sketch forever unless reprogrammed with a different sketch. You can now optionally disconnect your Arduino from the computer and power it in any way you choose. If you wish to use the recommended Bluetooth pairing between your devices, you will need to hook up a Bluetooth device to the Arduino. We recommend the SparkFun Bluetooth Mate Silver. Some hardware setups may require additional considerations when it comes to setting up your Bluetooth device over the serial pins 0 and 1. Simply change the begin parameter to match the configuration of your Bluetooth device. The most common configurations are 1152000, 57600, and 9600. The recommended SparkFun Bluetooth Mate devices use 115200 by default. USB connections should also be set to 115200. If you are not sure of the default baud rate of your Bluetooth device, check the device documentation. First, you must own an Arduino WiFi shield or an Arduino Ethernet shield.
Download and install the Arduino software from http://arduino.cc.
Connect your Arduino device to the computer using USB.
Launch the Arduino application.
Verify that you have the correct Arduino board selected under Tools > Board
Verify that you have the correct COM Port selected under Tools > Port
In the Arduino IDE, navigate to File > Examples > Firmata > StandardFirmata
Verify that StandardFirmata will use the correct baud rate for your connection (see Notes on Serial Commuinication below)
Press “Upload” to deploy the StandardFirmata sketch to the Arduino device.
Baud Rate: StandardFirmata uses the Serial lines to talk to a Bluetooth device or over USB. By default, it uses a baud rate of 57,600 bps. Depending on the configuration of your Bluetooth device, you may need to modify that rate. It can be found in the setup method and looks like this:
Serial vs Serial1: Many Arduino devices, such as the Leonardo and the Yun, use Serial1 (Rather than just Serial) for serial communications over pins 0 and 1. If you are using one of these devices, you will need to change the serial initialization procedure. You will want to remove the line Firmata.begin(57600); and replace it with the code below:
Clone the standard-firmata-networking repository.
Copy the EthernetStream and/or WiFiStream folders located in \lib\ to your Arduino libraries directory (usually %HOMEPATH%\Documents\Arduino\libraries)
Open one of the standard-firmata-ethernet.ino or standard-firmata-wifi.ino sketch files.
(WiFi only) customize the WiFi Settings section near the top of the sketch file. This is necessary to connect to your wireless network.
Verify that the correct shield is attached to your Arduino.
Press "Upload" to deploy the Firmata sketch to the Arduino device.
Typically, you will want to add the Windows Remote Arduino library into your own Maker projects. The easiest way to do this is by installing the NuGet package into your projects. NuGet is a quick and easy way to automatically install the packages and setup dependencies. Unfortunately, we do not yet have support for NuGet in Windows 10. For now, please refer to the manual installation instructions.