public void InitSerial(float portValue) {
// initialize the serial port selected in the listBox
println(
"initializing serial "
+ PApplet.parseInt(portValue)
+ " in serial.list()"); // for debugging
// grab the name of the serial port
String portPos = Serial.list()[PApplet.parseInt(portValue)];
// initialize the port
serial = new Serial(this, portPos, 115200);
// read bytes into a buffer until you get a linefeed (ASCII 10):
serial.bufferUntil('\n');
println("done init serial");
// initialized com port flag
init_com = 1;
}
public void InitComDropdown() {
// Initialize portCommList
int posX = 20;
int posY = 70;
PortsList = controlP5.addDropdownList("portComList", posX, posY, 100, 84);
// Set the background color of the list (you wont see this though).
PortsList.setBackgroundColor(color(200));
// Set the height of each item when the list is opened.
PortsList.setItemHeight(20);
// Set the height of the bar itself.
PortsList.setBarHeight(15);
// Set the lable of the bar when nothing is selected.
PortsList.captionLabel().set("Select COM port");
// Set the top margin of the lable.
PortsList.captionLabel().style().marginTop = 3;
// Set the left margin of the lable.
PortsList.captionLabel().style().marginLeft = 3;
// Set the top margin of the value selected.
PortsList.valueLabel().style().marginTop = 3;
// Store the Serial ports in the string comList (char array).
comList = serial.list();
// We need to know how many ports there are, to know how many items to add to the list, so we
// will convert it to a String object (part of a class).
String comlist = join(comList, ",");
// We also need how many characters there is in a single port name, we\u00b4ll store the chars
// here for counting later.
String COMlist = comList[0];
// Here we count the length of each port name.
int size2 = COMlist.length();
// Now we can count how many ports there are, well that is count how many chars there are, so we
// will divide by the amount of chars per port name.
int size1 = comlist.length() / size2;
// Now well add the ports to the list, we use a for loop for that. How many items is determined
// by the value of size1.
for (int i = 0; i < size1; i++) {
// This is the line doing the actual adding of items, we use the current loop we are in to
// determin what place in the char array to access and what item number to add it as.
PortsList.addItem(comList[i], i);
}
// Set the color of the background of the items and the bar.
PortsList.setColorBackground(color(60));
// Set the color of the item your mouse is hovering over.
PortsList.setColorActive(color(255, 128));
}