Calling arduino from a server

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Hi I'm working with a robotic's project and I have a pc-hardware integrated in the robot and it will work as a server and to do several things. I'm using the Arduino to be able to move and control the motors in the robot but I have no idea on how to call the Arduino program that's running from the Server (programmed in Java). Can anyone please help me out giving me a hint or pointing me out to any post/tutorial in which this is solved or has any help? I have tried looking but have not found anything similar to what I'm doing. I'm completely new into Arduino my other co-workers are developing the Arduino part. :s

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I'm using the Arduino to be able to move and control the motors in the robot but I have no idea on how to call the Arduino program that's running from the Server (programmed in Java).

You can't "call the Arduino program" from the PC.

You CAN send the Arduino serial data, and have the Arduino do something when is gets serial data.

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dclank:
Can anyone please help me out giving me a hint or pointing me out to any post/tutorial in which this is solved or has any help? I have tried looking but have not found anything similar to what I'm doing.

There is a whole section of the forum devoted to the subject of interfacing the Arduino with software on the computer.