I'm running into issues with Serial Monitor.
I've compiled the IDE from the source code with the latest patch from branch ide-1.5.x
Everything works, except the Serial monitor that gives me an null exception when it receives data.
I started a thread here before:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=205877.msg1514910#msg1514910
If anyone has any pointers to give me, please let me know.
Is it related to RXTX removal and inclusion of JSSC??
Thank you,
RI
Your analysis in the other thread sounds correct; things can return null, and the arduino code doesn't check. Sounds like a bug.
I don't know why other people aren't hitting it. Different Java? Different rxtx? Different target OS (You haven't told use which OS you're using...)? Different build procedure?
I decided to not even bother and reverted back to the tag 1.5.5, which uses the old RXTX and things started working again.
I think it is related to the new JSSC that Frederico introduced.
I'll post a comment on github.
I was compiling on a windows machine.