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RXTX is a serial and parallel port API implementation which is available for Windows and Unix systems, as binary and source code files. The complete documentation and the download location is at http://rxtx.qbang.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. You should build the binaries for 64 bit systems from the sources. | RXTX is a serial and parallel port API implementation which is available for Windows and Unix systems, as binary and source code files. The complete documentation and the download location is at http://rxtx.qbang.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. You should build the binaries for 64 bit systems from the sources. | ||
Instructions for Linux: | |||
* Unzip the file | |||
* Enter the source directory, ./configure | |||
* Install missing libraries if errors are reported. | |||
* make | |||
* make install | |||
The file ''RXTXcomm.jar'' should now be found in the ''lib/ext'' folder of your Java installation. The native libraries ''librxtxSerial.so'', ''librxtxParallel.so'' and more have been copied into the ''lib/i386'' or ''lib/amd64'' folders (32 bit or 64 bit build; Intel 64 bit also uses the amd64 folder). | |||
Revision as of 12:21, 8 May 2011
Communication with devices
Here is a commented log when formatting a SSSD floppy disk with the TI disk controller. Actually, this dump was achieved using MESS and putting in some printf lines.
Setting up RXTX for Java
RXTX is a serial and parallel port API implementation which is available for Windows and Unix systems, as binary and source code files. The complete documentation and the download location is at http://rxtx.qbang.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. You should build the binaries for 64 bit systems from the sources.
Instructions for Linux:
- Unzip the file
- Enter the source directory, ./configure
- Install missing libraries if errors are reported.
- make
- make install
The file RXTXcomm.jar should now be found in the lib/ext folder of your Java installation. The native libraries librxtxSerial.so, librxtxParallel.so and more have been copied into the lib/i386 or lib/amd64 folders (32 bit or 64 bit build; Intel 64 bit also uses the amd64 folder).