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Serial.list() help (Read 890 times)
za
Serial.list() help
Feb 24th, 2008, 2:53am  
Hello, I'm kind of a beginner here although I've worked with aurdino once before... I'm trying to get processing to read the avalable usb ports, and whats plugged into them, but when I use serial.list(), it only shows me:

[0] "/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync"
[1] "/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync"
[2] "/dev/tty.NateB-Dial-upnetworking-1"
[3] "/dev/cu.NateB-Dial-upnetworking-1"
[4] "/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem"
[5] "/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem"

None of these are my USB port.

Any help?
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Digi-D
Re: Serial.list() help
Reply #1 - Feb 27th, 2008, 10:21pm  
which platform are you running P5 on? win/osx/lin?
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fry
Re: Serial.list() help
Reply #2 - Feb 28th, 2008, 5:09pm  
it's a serial library, not a usb library. you can't talk to usb devices unless they pretend they're a serial port (like the bluetooth examples in your list, ferinstance).
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ch
Re: Serial.list() help
Reply #3 - Feb 28th, 2008, 5:59pm  
i take it you're trying to get Processing to see your arduino?

sounds like maybe you haven't installed the arduino drivers yet...? there's usually a folder inside the Arduino folder called "drivers" -- you might need to install these first.

*or* perhaps the arduino isn't plugged in yet? if it's not, then it won't show up on the list.
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