Serial monitor does not work

Hi guys!

We have just started programming with C and Arduino and I already got a problem: I cannot use the serial monitor. I can't even chose a serial port, it's grayed out. As a board, I use Intel R Galileo, which has already been set by default.

We have to program in groups of four people - with just one board. Though I won't always have a board to program something, I'd be somewhat glad to check what I've written - and thats why i need the serial monitor. This is the error message I get everytime I try to start the serial monitor:

Arduino: 1.5.3 (Windows 7), Board: "Intel® Galileo"


processing.app.SerialNotFoundException: Serieller Port COM1 nicht gefunden. Wurde der richtige Port im Menü Werkzeuge > Serieller Port ausgewählt?

	at processing.app.Serial.<init>(Serial.java:194)

	at processing.app.Serial.<init>(Serial.java:92)

	at processing.app.SerialMonitor.openSerialPort(SerialMonitor.java:210)

	at processing.app.Editor.handleSerial(Editor.java:2553)

	at processing.app.Editor$17.actionPerformed(Editor.java:691)

	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)

	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)

	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)

	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)

	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:357)

	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1225)

	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.menuDragMouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1329)

	at javax.swing.JMenuItem.fireMenuDragMouseReleased(JMenuItem.java:568)

	at javax.swing.JMenuItem.processMenuDragMouseEvent(JMenuItem.java:465)

	at javax.swing.JMenuItem.processMouseEvent(JMenuItem.java:411)

	at javax.swing.MenuSelectionManager.processMouseEvent(MenuSelectionManager.java:306)

	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicPopupMenuUI$MouseGrabber.eventDispatched(BasicPopupMenuUI.java:817)

	at java.awt.Toolkit$SelectiveAWTEventListener.eventDispatched(Toolkit.java:2353)

	at java.awt.Toolkit$ToolkitEventMulticaster.eventDispatched(Toolkit.java:2245)

	at java.awt.Toolkit$ToolkitEventMulticaster.eventDispatched(Toolkit.java:2244)

	at java.awt.Toolkit.notifyAWTEventListeners(Toolkit.java:2203)

	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4528)

	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)

	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)

	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4574)

	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4238)

	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4168)

	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2085)

	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)

	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)

	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)

	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)

	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)

	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)

	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)

	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)

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I'd be really glad if someone can help me!

Sincerly,

Crackl1ng

crackl1ng:
This is the error message I get everytime I try to start the serial monitor:

With the Galileo connected to your computer?