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  Processing problem Pete <petrovius@googlemail.com> - 2012-05-03 06:40 -0700
    Re: Processing problem markspace <-@.> - 2012-05-03 06:51 -0700
      Re: Processing problem Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-05-03 07:57 -0700
      Re: Processing problem Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-05-03 12:39 -0400
    Re: Processing problem Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-05-03 12:29 -0400
    Re: Processing problem Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-05-03 09:52 -0700

#1788 — Processing problem

Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK?  I already know this is an
inappropriate forum to discuss this particular problem, but I reckon
you guys are about the nearest thing I've got to finding a quick
simple answer to what should be an absurdly easy problem to deal with,
but it's been doing my head in all morning.

OK, so here's the thing:  I'm using an arduino mega board to connect a
PC running win7 (64-bit) with some external apparatus.  I'm using
"processing" as a controlling program within the PC to talk to the
arduino board.  I downloaded processing from their website OK, and
installed it OK, but it seems the serial library is missing.  When I
type:

import processing.serial.*;
serial.list();

I would expect a list of the available COM ports.  Instead, I get the
error message:

Cannot find anything named "serial"

So obviously the serial library is missing.  I checked out the
processing website and found a definition of the serial library, but
no obvious way to download a copy, or anything resembling a .zip file
that might be downloadable.  Am I simply looking in the wrong place?
Can anyone advise, or point me in the right direction to a solution?

Cheers,
Pete.

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#1789

On 5/3/2012 6:40 AM, Pete wrote:
> Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK?  I already know this is an
> inappropriate forum


100% inappropriate, yes.  Java is not Arduino.  And I don't know about 
the Arduino, so I certainly can't answer.

Java is not really a hobbiest or "newbie" type of language.  It's 
frequently used on large corporate projects as a middle tier for large 
web apps.  (And I mean LARGE.)  Most folks (possibly all folks) on this 
list are professionals, not hackers.  I honestly don't think I've seen 
any "hacker" types at all on c.l.j.p.

You'd probably be best to ask on the Arduino website forums or a mailing 
list.  They might know.

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#1790

On 5/3/2012 6:51 AM, markspace wrote:
...
> Java is not really a hobbiest or "newbie" type of language. It's
> frequently used on large corporate projects as a middle tier for large
> web apps. (And I mean LARGE.) Most folks (possibly all folks) on this
> list are professionals, not hackers. I honestly don't think I've seen
> any "hacker" types at all on c.l.j.p.

Since I'm retired, I'm technically a hobbyist. And I am planning to buy
an Arduino. However, I won't be posting my Arduino questions here.
Different topic.

Patricia

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#1792

On 05/03/2012 09:51 AM, markspace wrote:
> On 5/3/2012 6:40 AM, Pete wrote:
>> Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK? I already know this is an
>> inappropriate forum
>
>
> 100% inappropriate, yes. Java is not Arduino. And I don't know about the
> Arduino, so I certainly can't answer.
>
> Java is not really a hobbiest or "newbie" type of language. It's
> frequently used on large corporate projects as a middle tier for large
> web apps. (And I mean LARGE.) Most folks (possibly all folks) on this
> list are professionals, not hackers. I honestly don't think I've seen
> any "hacker" types at all on c.l.j.p.

I'm a hobbyist. I've been using Java successfully in hobby projects for 
a long time.
>
> You'd probably be best to ask on the Arduino website forums or a mailing
> list. They might know.
>

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#1791

On 05/03/2012 09:40 AM, Pete wrote:
> Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK?  I already know this is an
> inappropriate forum to discuss this particular problem, but I reckon
> you guys are about the nearest thing I've got to finding a quick
> simple answer to what should be an absurdly easy problem to deal with,
> but it's been doing my head in all morning.
>
> OK, so here's the thing:  I'm using an arduino mega board to connect a
> PC running win7 (64-bit) with some external apparatus.  I'm using
> "processing" as a controlling program within the PC to talk to the
> arduino board.  I downloaded processing from their website OK, and
> installed it OK, but it seems the serial library is missing.  When I
> type:
>
> import processing.serial.*;
> serial.list();
>
> I would expect a list of the available COM ports.  Instead, I get the
> error message:
>
> Cannot find anything named "serial"
>
> So obviously the serial library is missing.  I checked out the
> processing website and found a definition of the serial library, but
> no obvious way to download a copy, or anything resembling a .zip file
> that might be downloadable.  Am I simply looking in the wrong place?
> Can anyone advise, or point me in the right direction to a solution?
>
> Cheers,
> Pete.

Serial.jar is included with the processing-1.5.1-linux.tgz
distribution I just downloaded. Don't know about the Win version.

Have you read the instructions here:
<http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Interfacing/Processing>?

There seems to be some platform specific stuff that I ran across 
somewhere(?).

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#1793

On 5/3/12 6:40 AM, Pete wrote:
> Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK?  I already know this is an
> inappropriate forum to discuss this particular problem, but I reckon
> you guys are about the nearest thing I've got to finding a quick
> simple answer to what should be an absurdly easy problem to deal with,
> but it's been doing my head in all morning.
>
> OK, so here's the thing:  I'm using an arduino mega board to connect a
> PC running win7 (64-bit) with some external apparatus.  I'm using
> "processing" as a controlling program within the PC to talk to the
> arduino board.  I downloaded processing from their website OK, and
> installed it OK, but it seems the serial library is missing.  When I
> type:
>
> import processing.serial.*;
> serial.list();
>
> I would expect a list of the available COM ports.  Instead, I get the
> error message:
>
> Cannot find anything named "serial"
>
> So obviously the serial library is missing.  I checked out the
> processing website and found a definition of the serial library, but
> no obvious way to download a copy, or anything resembling a .zip file
> that might be downloadable.  Am I simply looking in the wrong place?
> Can anyone advise, or point me in the right direction to a solution?
>
> Cheers,
> Pete.

This is neither a Processing, nor a Arduino forum.  While I'm actually 
interested in what you're doing, I doubt most people here have the 
expertize to aid in your quest. Try a more appropriate forum to place 
your query.

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