QTRSensorsRC does not name a type error on compile

I just purchased a qtr-8rc sensor and I have been going through all of the examples from this site and others and no matter what code I use it always errors at this line.

QTRSensorsRC qtrrc((unsigned char[]) {bla bla bla…

The error in arduino is:
line:7: error: ‘QTRSensorsRC’ does not name a type
line:7: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘,’ token
line:7: error: expected unqualified-id before numeric constant
line.cpp: In function ‘void loop()’:
line:19: error: ‘qtrrc’ was not declared in this scope

I have tried all types of solutions and it continues to error

  • installed different versions of arduino 1.0 - 1.0.5
  • changed the locations of the library QTRSensors.h, (this can change the error but it still errors)
  • tried different examples, all do the same thing

I am very new and I am sure I am doing something simple wrong but I am lost. I have searched and searched and I can not find anyone else having this problem.

Any help would be appreciated

Here is the code I just ran very simple QTRSensors.h is straight from this site.

#include <QTRSensors.h>

// create an object for your type of sensor (RC or Analog)
// in this example we have three sensors on analog inputs 0 - 2, a.k.a. digital pins 14 - 16
QTRSensorsRC qtr((char[]) {14, 15, 16}, 3);
// QTRSensorsA qtr((char[]) {0, 1, 2}, 3);

void setup()
{
// optional: wait for some input from the user, such as a button press

// then start calibration phase and move the sensors over both
// reflectance extremes they will encounter in your application:
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 250; i++) // make the calibration take about 5 seconds
{
qtr.calibrate();
delay(20);
}

// optional: signal that the calibration phase is now over and wait for further
// input from the user, such as a button press
}

Hello.

It sounds like the QTR sensor library might not be installed correctly. Which directory do you have the library in? Have you restarted the Arduino IDE since moving the library? Is the library name displayed in orange within the brackets of the #include statement in the Arduino IDE?

- Jeremy