I have just started experimenting with Serproxy and Arduino to get some serial data into Flash Builder/Flex. Serproxy seems to work fine and seems to connect to whatever port is specified. However, I am not able to see or read any data from the serial port using ActionScript. This is odd, because the Arduino should be printing data on a loop.
The only thing I can think of is that I am not setting the correct serial port number. I have been trying to figure out how to find out what number should be set, that is, 5331, 5332, 5333, etc.
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How do I find out the port number? Is there a way to do this using Terminal on OS X maybe?
dsolimano4 Answers
You can find your Arduino via Terminal with
then you can read that serial port using the screen command, like this
for example:
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ioreg -p IOUSB -l -b | grep -E '@|PortNum|USB Serial Number'
I was able to screen using the device's name anyway so that wasn't the issue. I was actually just trying to find the port number, i.e. 5331, 5332 etc. I managed to find this by a trial and error process using an app called TCP2Serial from the app store on Mac OS X. It isn't free but that's fine as long as I know it works!
Worth the 99c :)http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tcp2serial/id506186902?mt=12
Bob-obBob-obmac os x don't use com numbers. you have to use something like'ser:devicename' , 9600