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For Android and iOS, use WiFi and sockets. This is just as quick and easy. 

Sean Cole
Pi Digital Productions Ltd

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> On 22 Dec 2021, at 10:24, General 2018 via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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