====== RXTXcomm ====== ===== Downloading ===== Official site download page http://rxtx.qbang.org/wiki/index.php/Download.\\ At the moment RXTX 2.1 is the main development branch for RXTX. ===== Installing on Ubuntu 10.04 (x86) ===== Copy libraries to your java dir from binary pack (rxtx-2.1-7-bins-r2.zip): sudo cp rxtx-2.1-7-bins-r2/Linux/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/*.* /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.24/jre/lib/i386 sudo cp rxtx-2.1-7-bins-r2/RXTXcomm.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.24/jre/lib/ext ===== Adding support for MOXA on Linux ===== - Download sources pack (rxtx-2.1-7r2.zip) and unpack it somewhere - Open and add changes to the rxtx-2.1-7r2/src/**RXTXCommDriver.java**<code java> private void registerScannedPorts(int PortType) { ... if(osName.equals("Linux")) { String[] Temp = { "ttyS", // linux Serial Ports "ttyMI", // linux MOXA Serial Ports - ADD THIS LINE! "ttySA", // for the IPAQs "ttyUSB" // for USB frobs }; CandidatePortPrefixes=Temp; } ... } </code> - compile sources <code> sh ./configure make </code> - copy RXTXcomm.jar to your java place: <code> sudo cp rxtx-2.1-7r2/RXTXcomm.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.24/jre/lib/ext </code>