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Fri, 09 Jun 2006
Windows .exe version of SRV1Console; change from javax.comm to RXTX
We now have a Windows executable version of SRV1Console, so the console can be launched with a double-click instead of having to open a DOS/CMD windows and typing a command line to launch Java. This latest version is still distributed in a zip file, though a Windows installer is planned for later in the month. Anyhow, grab it from -
http://www.surveyor.com/srvdownload/SRV1Console.zip
and let us know if there are any problems.
We actually tried to create SRV1Console.exe earlier, but had problems connecting to the USB radio interface through javax.comm. However, after tracking down a similar problem with the Java on the Mac, we switched from javax.comm to the RXTX serial comm library on the PC, and found that using the Windows version of RXTX solved our .exe problem. It's nice when things like this work out.
The only downside is that the RXTX library is a bit more complicated to install on the Mac - you can find instructions in the INSTALL file in
http://www.surveyor.com/srvdownload/RXTX-for-Mac.zip
as you have to run the installer, and then a shell script called fixperm.sh to create a mechanism of locking the serial devices. This is a bit of a pain, but once complete, the serial comm seems to be solid. There's probably a similar procedure for Linux, so more information can be found at http://www.rxtx.org
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