Its a c++ program I wrote using openframeworks. The problem is that it is being installed into a venue where an attendant with presumably no computer knowledge will be starting up the system. At the moment I have a very convenient click-the-icon-and-everything-will-start setup, but this problem is making things much more difficult.
The more difficult method would be to write something that detects serial ports like the arduino IDE and then leave some instructions for the attendant like "when starting the program each day, be sure to choose the serial port that titled 'usbmodemxxxx'" and hope that they get it right. But that just seems like such a recipe for disaster...
Any ideas?