Aloha All, Interesting project; marine receivers listening for tagged fish in Hawaii. The receiver is hardwired to a laptop via a serial port. There is a proprietary app that configures the receiver and can set it to a real time transmit mode. The results are visible on a terminal viewer (hyperterminal, PuTTY, etc).
I want to pull the data from the receiver, send it to a web service on a server for insertion into a database. Option 1: I can have OpenBD launch PuTTY, with a command that writes the output to a text file in a folder, and then have OpenBD read the text file and call the webservice. I could probably also manually launch PuTTY on the laptop (which is on a different island, so not logistically easy). Option 2: I can have OpenBD talk to the receiver directly with something like javax.comm. I think I can do option 1, but I'd really like to know how to have OpenBD talk to serial ports. I have a couple other application ideas that involve reading from devices or sending commands to devices over an InfraRed port. Anyway, it seems like something that can be done - I am a long time ColdFusion developer, but not a Java developer. Any pointers to information or leads would certainly be appreciated. Thanks, Rob -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en
