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I am developing a code in which I need to pass a structure pointer value to a function as a parameter. I am calling function "proto485Compare()" in "RS485TaskSlave()". "rs485Msg" contains my data for which I need to verify for checksum, I am checking it in "RS485TaskSlave()" using "if(proto485ValidCheckSum(rs485_message_t ((uint8_t*)message)))" but it is showing error on this line.

Please help me to get the values of "rs485Msg" & check for checksum on this line

Below is my code snippet:

 typedef struct
    {
      uint8_t AB;     ///< Address byte (Start byte)
      uint8_t CB;     ///< Command (index) "ASCII-byte"
      uint8_t SI;     ///< Action (sub index) "ASCII-byte"
      uint8_t PH1;    ///< Payload "ASCII-byte" of the high nibble of the high byte of the raw payload
      uint8_t PH0;    ///< Payload "ASCII-byte" of the low nibble of the high byte of the raw payload
      uint8_t PL1;    ///< Payload "ASCII-byte" of the high nibble of the low byte of the raw payload
      uint8_t PL0;    ///< Payload "ASCII-byte" of the low nibble of the low byte of the raw payload
      uint8_t CS1;    ///< Checksum "ASCII-byte" of the high nibble of the raw checksum
      uint8_t CS0;    ///< Checksum "ASCII-byte" of the low nibble of the raw checksum
    } rs485_message_t;

    uint8_t proto485ValidCheckSum(rs485_message_t message)
    { 
      uint8_t rawChecksum = (message.CB - OFFSET_ASCII) + (message.SI - OFFSET_ASCII) +
        (message.PH1 - OFFSET_ASCII) + (message.PH0 - OFFSET_ASCII) +
          (message.PL1 - OFFSET_ASCII) + (message.PL0 - OFFSET_ASCII);

      uint8_t res = (((rawChecksum & 0xF0) >> 4) + OFFSET_ASCII) == message.CS1 &&
        ((rawChecksum & 0x0F) + OFFSET_ASCII) == message.CS0;

      return res;
    }

    void RS485TaskSlave(void *p_arg) //b - RS485 communication Task
    {
        uint8_t res; 
        rs485_message_t rs485Msg;
        uint8_t command, action, value;

        (void)p_arg;
        while(1)
        {      
          res = driver485Read((uint8_t *)&rs485Msg, RS485_MSG_LENGTH); 
          if(RS485_MSG_LENGTH == 9)
         {
            res =  proto485Compare((uint8_t *)&rs485Msg, command, action, value);         
         }
        }      
    }

    int16_t proto485Compare(uint8_t* message, uint8_t* comparec, uint8_t* comparea, uint8_t* comaprev)
    { int j = 0;
      rs485_message_t rs485Msg;
      char res; 
      uint8_t FWmsg[9] = {0x09,0x31,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x33,0x30,0x34};           
      uint8_t arduinodata[9] = {0x09,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30}; 

     if(proto485ValidCheckSum(rs485_message_t ((uint8_t*)message))) //
/*GETTING ERRORVON THIS LINE please help how to pass message value to verify checksum at this line*/
      {
      printf("compare command..........");

        for (j=0; j<9; j++)
        {
          arduinodata[j] = message[j];
          printf("%d ",arduinodata[j]);
        }
        printf("\n");

        if(compareArray(FWmsg,arduinodata,7)==0)
        {   
          uint8_t add, fwc, fwa;
          uint16_t fwv; 
          res = GetABFWversion(&add, &fwc, &fwa, &fwv);
          res = proto485OnlyWrite(add,fwc, fwa, fwv);
        }
      }
      else
      {
        printf("Arrays have different elements.\n");
      } 
      return res;
    }

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Remove your casting, and change your message parameter to be rs485_message_t *:

int16_t proto485Compare(rs485_message_t * message, uint8_t* comparec, uint8_t* comparea, uint8_t* comaprev) {
    int j = 0;
    rs485_message_t rs485Msg;
    char res; 
    uint8_t FWmsg[9] = {0x09,0x31,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x33,0x30,0x34};           
    uint8_t arduinodata[9] = {0x09,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30}; 

    if(proto485ValidCheckSum(message))) { ...

And when you call it, simply:

res =  proto485Compare(&rs485Msg, command, action, value);      

To get at the individual bytes you can then cast a new variable:

uint8_t *messageAsBytes = (uint8_t *)message;

Then you can use:

messageAsBytes[i]

etc.

However another cleaner way is to create a union in your structure:

struct rs485_message_t {
    union {
        uint8_t bytes[9];
        struct {
            uint8_t AB;     ///< Address byte (Start byte)
            uint8_t CB;     ///< Command (index) "ASCII-byte"
            uint8_t SI;     ///< Action (sub index) "ASCII-byte"
            uint8_t PH1;    ///< Payload "ASCII-byte" of the high nibble of the high byte of the raw payload
            uint8_t PH0;    ///< Payload "ASCII-byte" of the low nibble of the high byte of the raw payload
            uint8_t PL1;    ///< Payload "ASCII-byte" of the high nibble of the low byte of the raw payload
            uint8_t PL0;    ///< Payload "ASCII-byte" of the low nibble of the low byte of the raw payload
            uint8_t CS1;    ///< Checksum "ASCII-byte" of the high nibble of the raw checksum
            uint8_t CS0;    ///< Checksum "ASCII-byte" of the low nibble of the raw checksum
        };
    };
};   

So you can now access message->CS0, etc, as well as message->bytes[3].

You should also pass a pointer when you call proto485ValidCheckSum - purely to save memory.

uint8_t proto485ValidCheckSum(rs485_message_t *message)
{ 
  uint8_t rawChecksum = (message->CB - OFFSET_ASCII) + (message->SI - OFFSET_ASCII) +
    (message->PH1 - OFFSET_ASCII) + (message->PH0 - OFFSET_ASCII) +
      (message->PL1 - OFFSET_ASCII) + (message->PL0 - OFFSET_ASCII);

  uint8_t res = (((rawChecksum & 0xF0) >> 4) + OFFSET_ASCII) == message->CS1 &&
    ((rawChecksum & 0x0F) + OFFSET_ASCII) == message->CS0;

  return res;
}

And again call it with a pointer, which the first block of code does anyway.

In general, it's better to pass a single pointer to a struct around from function to function instead of cloning it each time.

You can also use "pass by reference" if you like, but I find it's better to stick to pointers when passing something around alot like this.

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  • Thank you for reply, I have made above mentioned changed & run the code it is showing below errors.... 1) on line "if(proto485ValidCheckSum(rs485_message_t ((uint8_t*)message)))" it gives "type name is not allowed" and on line " arduinodata[j] = message[j];" it shows that "a value of type "rs485_message_t" cannot be assigned to an entity of tpe "uint8_t" "
    – swanand
    Mar 29, 2019 at 15:48
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    @swanand Read my first code block and compare it to yours.
    – Majenko
    Mar 29, 2019 at 16:06
  • Sorry my bad, i have changed for message element reading it is working fine but I am still getting error on line " if(proto485ValidCheckSum(rs485_message_t ((uint8_t*)message)))" t gives "type name is not allowed" Please inform If I am doing something wrong....
    – swanand
    Mar 29, 2019 at 16:11
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    @swanand Read my first code block and compare it to yours.
    – Majenko
    Mar 29, 2019 at 16:12
  • Thank you so much once again for providing guidance......
    – swanand
    Mar 29, 2019 at 16:27

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