Chief Delphi - CMU cam and Linux?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

The GUI requires a Windows DLL (sserial.dll) in order to run. As for not being allowed to install Java, that's just ****.

However, as it has been said before, you could easily write your own (or, if you don't mind not seeing the image, just use a terminal app). If you need a base, the source came with the app.

A quick google search turned up a Java program written specificly for use on Linux with the CMUcam. It can be found here. I have not gotten a chance to test it out with the CMUcam yet but it was written by students at CMU so I'm sure it will work. But then again I love to re-invent the wheel so I'm thinking of making a custom app! :D I started reading through the code in SerialComm.java and found the following...

Code:

/*

This file was a first attempt at making a cross platform

program.  This may seem strange, but this program switches

serial functions based on the OS.  Eventually I might get

around to using the java serial calls, but for now this

seems to work.

*/

Code:

String tempOs = new String( System.getProperty("os.name"));

        if(tempOs.startsWith("Windows")) os=0;

           else

           os=1;

        if(os==0)

            {//Windows

                System.out.println( "Windows Detected" );

                 int error;

                error = serialPort.openSerial(new Integer(commPort).intValue(), 5);

        

                if (error != 0) {

                    System.err.println("Error " + error + " during openSerial()");

                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Can't open serial port!", "Port Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );        

                System.exit(0);

                }

                serialPort.setReadTimeout(50); //Illah - make this much smaller?

        

                System.out.println("serial port successfully opened!");     



            }

        else

            { // Unix Serial Init

                System.out.println( "Unix Based System Detected" );

                try{

                    sPortIn = new FileInputStream( commPort );

                    sPortOut = new FileOutputStream( commPort );

                }

                catch(Exception e){ System.out.println(e);}

            }

This is supposed to switch serial functions when used on different OSes but it does not seem to work. The comment at the beginning of the file talks about a later version of this program using Java calls to communicate with the CMUcam. What are those calls and where can I find info on them?