JarCastingAbout
This is a fork of the RXTX library with a focus on ease of use and embeddability in other libraries.
Some of the features we have added
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A simplified serial port object called
NRSerialPort. See below for an example. -
Self-deployment of native libraries (all native code is stored inside the JAR and deployed at runtime). No more manual installation of native code.
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Arm Cortex support (Gumstix).
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Android Support (requires a rooted phone to access the serial hardware).
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Single Makefile compile which simplifies the compilation of project binaries.
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Gradle support for JAR creation.
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Removal of partially-implemented RXTX code to streamline the library for just serial port access.
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Full Eclipse integration for testing application code against sources.
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RFC 2217 support provided by incorporating the jvser library.
And a bunch of bug fixes
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Fixed the memory access error that causes OS X to crash the JVM when
serial.close()is called. -
Fixed the Windows serial port zombie bind that prevents re-accessing serial ports when exiting on an exception.
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Fixed erroneous printouts of native library mis-match.
Dependency Management
Maven
<dependency>
<groupId>com.neuronrobotics</groupId>
<artifactId>nrjavaserial</artifactId>
<version>3.12.1</version>
</dependency>
Building the JAR
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Checkout the repository.
$ git clone https://github.com/NeuronRobotics/nrjavaserial.git -
Build with Gradle.
$ cd nrjavaserial $ gradle build
The resulting JAR will be found in the build/libs/ directory.
Building Native Code
Native code is built using the Makefile found in the root of the repository. After the native code is built, the JAR is rebuilt.
# Build both the 32- and 64-bit Windows binaries.
$ make windows
# Build the windows binaries on Linux via Wine.
$ make wine
# Build both the 32- and 64-bit Linux x86 binaries.
$make linux
# Build 32- or 64-bit Linux binaries, respectively.
$ make linux32
$ make linux64
# Build the binaries for all the supported ARM flavors (requires arm-linux-geabi-* packages)
$ make arm
# Build the OSX binaries.
$ make osx
# Build the PPC binaries.
$ make ppc
Building on Windows
You'll need some installation of GCC. We recommend the TDM-GCC distribution of mingw64-w64.
Building on OS X
We're pretty big on maintaining backwards compatibility as far as reasonable. Our OS X natives target OS X 10.5, so to build them, you'll need an appropriate SDK installed. This StackOverflow answer provides pointers for getting the appropriate SDK installed.
How to use NRSerialPort objects
for(String s:NRSerialPort.getAvailableSerialPorts()){
System.out.println("Availible port: "+s);
}
String port = "COM3";
int baudRate = 115200;
NRSerialPort serial = new NRSerialPort(port, baudRate);
serial.connect();
DataInputStream ins = new DataInputStream(serial.getInputStream());
DataOutputStream outs = new DataOutputStream(serial.getOutputStream());
byte b = ins.read();
outs.write(b);
serial.disconnect();