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roxlu YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 7	Using Serial in my standaolone Java application Dec 4th, 2008, 12:04am   Hi there, I've created an application which needs to communicate with a arduino using serial / rs232 (via USB).  Does someone knows if I can use the .jar files of processing so I can use Serial? Roxlu

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Using Serial in my standaolone Java applicatio Reply #1 - Dec 5th, 2008, 10:45am   Not sure of the meaning of the question. Is Serial page answering it

roxlu YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 7	Re: Using Serial in my standaolone Java applicatio Reply #2 - Dec 5th, 2008, 3:35pm   Hi, Well, I've created an application (just standalone which doesnt have anything to do with processing). Though I know processing and it's Serial class. I'm wondering if I can use this Serial class in my application... AND how. Roxlu

JohnG Ex Member	Re: Using Serial in my standaolone Java applicatio Reply #3 - Dec 5th, 2008, 5:23pm   Not easily, no. Since to create a Serial object you need to pass in a PApplet object, and it's designed to interact with said PApplet object.

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Using Serial in my standaolone Java applicatio Reply #4 - Dec 5th, 2008, 5:51pm   I don't think you can use it as is (using the jar) but maybe you can look at its source and see how it was done, and re-create it out of it specific context.

roxlu YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 7	Re: Using Serial in my standaolone Java applicatio Reply #5 - Dec 5th, 2008, 5:52pm   Okay thanks! Someone else pointed me at the rxtx java library. Roxlu