UI text to char

[iasdev]

Hello newbie here.

I am having trouble converting a simple text within the UI to Char. My goal is to submit text in the UI which will be sent to a usb to rs 485.

I have no trouble sending text directly from within the code, but I would like to send my component different commands from within the UI on the fly.

Here is the snippet of code giving me problems.

QString Motor_Command_;
 
 
             Motor_Command_ = ui->MotorCommandText->toPlainText().toLocal8Bit().constData();
 
 
 
        char TxBuffer[] = {Motor_Command_};

QString Motor_Command_;
       
            
             Motor_Command_ = ui->MotorCommandText->toPlainText().toLocal8Bit().constData();



        char TxBuffer[] = {Motor_Command_};

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The error I get:

error: cannot convert 'QString' to 'char' in initialization
char TxBuffer[] = {Motor_Command_};
^