You are welcome.
One other thing comes to mind: Using the device name for all serial ports works and eliminates having any special case.
Awesome! Problem solved, using the device name is the entire answer to the problem. We should edit the sourcecode hosted on the wiki to reflect this fix.
We should edit the sourcecode hosted on the wiki to reflect this fix.
Which source code? (please post a link)
Bear in mind that Linux and Mac use just "COMx".
Linux doesn't use 'COMx'. It uses "/dev/ttyUSBx". Mac is something similar, but more complex. The code I was thinking of was Playground->Interfacing with Software->C++ (Windows). It doesn't make any mention of COM port naming, which I think would be useful.
Linux doesn't use 'COMx'. It uses "/dev/ttyUSBx". Mac is something similar, but more complex.
Yikes! Sorry about that.
The code I was thinking of was Playground->Interfacing with Software->C++ (Windows). It doesn't make any mention of COM port naming, which I think would be useful.
I agree. That would be a useful addition. Someone else will have to make the change. When I try...
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Done, I was able to record a link to this discussion on the wiki.