Processing Serial library alternatives?

[glv]

@villares

What is missing for you from the Processing Serial library?

Hello @villares ,

One example:

Serial.list does not update.

Another example:

Is there an associated timeout function when using Serial Buffer

I have been testing the Serial library buffer() function and it works very well with Serial Event. But I am left wondering what happens if the Serial port is somehow disrupted. Is there a timeout parameter somewhere that I can use (a bit like in Arduino with it’s Serial.setTimeout() function), or is there some other way to still trigger the Serial Event (or trigger a flag/event to notify) to read or even clear the data.

The Processing library is a modified version of jSSC:

java/libraries/serial/library/jssc.txt

The Processing version is a user friendly version; some of the features of jSSC may not be exposed to us.

I may try using the jSSC library (add the jssc.jar) directly:

• GitHub - scream3r/java-simple-serial-connector: Official jSSC (Java Simple Serial Connector) repository (original 12 years old)
• GitHub - java-native/jssc: Java library for talking to serial ports (with added build support for maven, cmake, MSVC) (forked from above)

jSerialComm is an option for users that want advanced features.
I used it alongside the Processing Serial library here:
Processing not finding Arduino Uno - #5 by glv

:)