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Library Features

Will Hedgecock edited this page Apr 9, 2015 · 17 revisions

This java library provides a platform-independent way to access standard serial ports without requiring external libraries, native code, or any other tools. A general feature list includes:

  • Platform-independent library deployment (automatically uses correct native library based on current architecture),
  • Very lightweight and efficient implementation
  • Enumerates all available serial ports on a machine
  • Returns both a system port description and a friendly device description
  • Configurable ports according to baud rate, data bits, stop bits, and parity
  • Configurable port timeouts (blocking and non-blocking) for both reading and writing
  • Configurable flow control parameters for the serial port (CTS, RTS/CTS, DSR, DTR/DSR, XOn/XOff)
  • Ability to read and write raw data bytes directly to the serial port
  • Ability to read and write byte streams via Java's InputStream and OutputStream
  • Event-based reading and writing capabilities via callbacks
  • Callback notification when:
    • New data is available for reading
    • All data has been successfully written
    • A complete fixed-length data packet has arrived

####Supported Platforms####

  • 32/64-bit Windows XP and later
  • 32/64-bit Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) and later
  • 32/64-bit Linux distributions
  • ARM/Intel/AMD Mobile Linux derivatives (e.g. Android, RaspberryPi, BeagleBone)