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Documented interface to communicate with serial ports for beginners, including example project

Paranox — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:03:18 GMT

Paranox: changing link appearance

== Download ==

[http://qyx.ch/RXTX_example.zip download the zip file]

== Short Description ==

This is an interface, which is supposed to simplify communication with one or several serial ports (e.g. communication with arduinos [http://arduino.cc/]) for beginners. The interface consists of one class and one Java interface file, extensive documentation is included and can also be generated from the source code using Javadoc [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javadoc].

An very simple example project (look at the code or simply run it, it's pretty self explanatory) is provided to show the use of the interface.

An ant-buildfile [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Ant] is part of the project, simplifying compilation and also the running of the example project without the need to install libraries in the system (on Linux). Adapt it as you want for your own projects!

== Documentation ==

Please read the readme.txt in the zip-file for help on how to compile and run the example using ant. For help on the use of the methods implemented or the members of the class, read the included documentation (or the source code).

== Usage ==

For simplicity, i packed everything (including the at the time of writing most recent stable version of RXTX) into the zip-file. Extract, go to the folder where it has been extracted on command line, type ''''ant'''' and then ''''ant run'''' to compile and run the example program on a Linux-box (note: you need to have ant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Ant] installed. For a different OS, consult the webpage on how to install the RXTX-library. Read the readme.txt for further explanations.

Documented interface to communicate with serial ports for beginners, including example project

Paranox — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:00:01 GMT

Paranox: explanation and download possibility for an interface for beginners and a code example with serial ports

== Download ==

download the zip file [http://qyx.ch/RXTX_example.zip]

== Short Description ==

This is an interface, which is supposed to simplify communication with one or several serial ports (e.g. communication with arduinos [http://arduino.cc/]) for beginners. The interface consists of one class and one Java interface file, extensive documentation is included and can also be generated from the source code using Javadoc [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javadoc].

An very simple example project (look at the code or simply run it, it's pretty self explanatory) is provided to show the use of the interface.

An ant-buildfile [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Ant] is part of the project, simplifying compilation and also the running of the example project without the need to install libraries in the system (on Linux). Adapt it as you want for your own projects!

== Documentation ==

Please read the readme.txt in the zip-file for help on how to compile and run the example using ant. For help on the use of the methods implemented or the members of the class, read the included documentation (or the source code).

== Usage ==

For simplicity, i packed everything (including the at the time of writing most recent stable version of RXTX) into the zip-file. Extract, go to the folder where it has been extracted on command line, type ''''ant'''' and then ''''ant run'''' to compile and run the example program on a Linux-box (note: you need to have ant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Ant] installed. For a different OS, consult the webpage on how to install the RXTX-library. Read the readme.txt for further explanations.

Using RXTX

Paranox — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:35:38 GMT

Paranox: link to a page describing an interface and an example usage for beginners

This page is for general content regarding the use of rxtx. Feel free to add your own content.

*[[Examples | Code examples]]

*[[Using RXTX In Eclipse]]
*[[Wrapping RXTX in an Eclipse Plugin]]
*[[Using RXTX In NetBeans]]
*[[Deploying JAVA with RXTX]]
*[[Documented interface to communicate with serial ports for beginners, including example project]]

I wrote an app several months ago using javax.comm on windows. Sun has left me high and dry. rxtx help!

*download [ftp://ftp.qbang.org/pub/rxtx/rxtx-2.1-7-bins-r2.zip]
*unzip it
*copy rxtxSerial.dll into your c:\program files\java\jre-version\bin dir
*copy RXTXcomm.jar into your c:\program files\java\jre-version\lib\ext dir
*change all references from 'javax.comm' to 'gnu.io'
*recompile
*test

Dido Sun left me Hi and dry. After 30+ hours wasting my life on
javax.comm it is the RXTXcomm 2.1.7 that really worked the first
time

REMEMBER !! for the newbies
Change the all occurences of the import javax.comm.*; in
MyApps.java
TO import gnu.io.*;
I did not even have to recompile as suggested the rxtxSerial.dll

a job well done for the rxtx.org team.