Re: Serial IO in ImageJ - Need help

Posted by Bob G-3 on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Re-Serial-IO-in-ImageJ-tp3692680p3692686.html

Hi,

Thanks for your e-mail, but I am  not knowledgeable of the things to do.

See questions below:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Schmid" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: Serial IO in ImageJ


> Hi Bob,
>
> with Windows, I had no trouble to get RXTX running -
>   put RXTXcomm.jar into Program Files\ImageJ\jre\lib\ext
>   put rxtxSerial.dll into Program Files\ImageJ\jre\bin

BOB: I have tried to find, identify, and locate these files on the web
without success.
BOB: Are these single files?, directories?, several files?
BOB: Where do I find these files?
BOB: How many files are there? and what are their EXACT names?
BOB:  There seem to be many files related to 'RXTX'.

>
> For IJSerial itself, see the eslide.net web site, it is simply an  ImageJ
> plugin with an additional properties file. These two files  should be in
> Program Files\ImageJ\plugins\Serial

BOB: I have tried to find, identify, and locate these files also on the web
without success.
BOB: Are these single files?, directories?, several files?
BOB: Where do I find these EXACT files?
BOB: How many files are there? and what are there EXACT names?
BOB:  Also, where is deascription of the command syntax to use serial IO in
an ImageJ macro?

>
> On Mac OSX, there is a problem that is not correctly described in the
> documentation:
> Directory /var/lock must exist and have write permission for the user
> running ImageJ. RXTX creates lock files there to avoid different  programs
> accessing the serial line at the same time. After a program  crash it
> might be necessary to delete the lock file there to get it  running again.
>
> Michael
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> On 29 Apr 2009, at 22:15, <[hidden email]>
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> I spent  a whole day trying to figure out how to use it....with no  luck.
>>
>> I am not a 'new age' programmer.
>> All these libraries, configurations, directory locations etc. make  no
>> sense to me, and I am completely unable to understand them or  use them.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Schmid"
>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> have a look at eSlide
>>>
>>>  http://www.eslide.net/ijstage.php
>>>
>>> Michael
>>> _____________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> On Wed, April 29, 2009 21:50, Boris Epstein wrote:
>>>> Bob G wrote:
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>   I need the ability to send and receive characters using serial IO
>>>>> from within an ImageJ macro under Windows.
>>>>>   I used to be able to do this many years ago using NIHImage on  the
>>>>> Mac.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Does anyone know of a serial IO plug-in or something similar?
>>>>>
>>>>>   I have not been able to figure out what to do with, or to   make
>>>>> sense
>>>>> out of, any of the  plug-ins or libraries I have found on the
>>>>> internet.
>>>>>
>>>>>   I am not capable of Java programming.
>>>>>   I can only do macro programming.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Alternately, perhaps someone could write such a plug-in for me  for
>>>>> a
>>>>> contracting fee.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Thanks,
>>>>>   Bob
>>>>>   (619)445-5156
>>>>>   (619)445-5201 Fax
>>>>>   (619)987-5927 Cell
>>>>>
>>>> Bob,
>>>>
>>>> What sort of I/O is this? What is it used for?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Boris Epstein
>>>> National Resource For Imaging Mass Spectrometry
>>>> <http://www.nrims.hms.harvard.edu/>
>>>> Cambridge, MA
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