Eggbot and Processing on windows

[dmerleaux]

Eggbot Original v2 – connected fine to Windows 7, Inkscape plugins working well.

Trying to adapt Dave Bliss’ Processing code to control Eggbot via Processing https://github.com/davidbliss/eggbot
-having problems connecting to the serial port.

Maybe it’s a problem w/ the Processing Serial Library (ControlP5) (using latest version of that and v2.2.1 of Processing) but I think it may be in the sketch code that is using Mac/*nix port language and I need some suggestions for translating that to Windows.

the code does this:

// TODO: find and open the serial port
      String[] ports = Serial.list();
     
      isConnected=false;
     
      for (int i = 0; i < ports.length; i = i+1){
        if (ports.indexOf(“/dev/tty.usbmodem”)==0){
          // this is an arduino port
          println(“connecting to: “+ports);
         
          controller = new Serial(parent, ports, 9600);

and I think that the “/dev/tty” etc… part is not working for Windows – the Eggbot is happily connected to COM7 with the Location 0 (Port_#0002.Hub_#0001)

Any suggestions on how to describe the serial port for this sketch would be much appreciated. Also if there’s a more appropriate forum that you’ve found please point the way.
Thanks

• This topic was modified 5 years, 12 months ago by Windell Oskay.

[Windell Oskay]

Download RoboPaint RT from https://github.com/evil-mad/robopaint-rt/releases/latest

This is a processing example to drive the WaterColorBot, also based on the same EBB controller that the EggBot is.  Use the scanSerial() function there to connect to the EBB.

[dmerleaux]

Thank you! I should be able to figure it out from there.
=D

[ragstian]

Hi

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RGDS
Ragnar

[Windell Oskay]

Thank you again. (And, damn you forum software!)

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