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Just need this capability on Android - please Livecode

Regards Camm

> On 22 Dec 2021, at 01:37, Sean Cole via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex
> Welcome!
> I've done exactly and very similar to what you are describing about 6yrs
> ago from Mac, PC, Linux, iOS via USB, WiFi and GPRS serial adapters. For
> lighting up miniatures of housing estates and apartment blocks. And then
> for some film miniatures for toy commercials and so on.
> 
> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
> use the command:
>        open driver "COM2:" for write
> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
> settings, eg:
>        set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
> settings you want.
> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>        write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>        read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
> 
> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
> it super flexible.
> 
> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Sean Cole
> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
> 
>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 04:33, Alex Hughson via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all. I am a beginner user of LiveCode. I’ve managed to work my way
>> through a project which I think I can complete. However the project has to
>> be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO Module
>> for example) from a Windows Standalone application. I have not been able to
>> find any guidance or samples for how to do this. This has led me to wonder
>> if it is even possible to creat some kind of serial communication using LC
>> or whether I should start over with a different platform. I am doing the LC
>> work using a Mac. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
>> 
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