using java to send out the serial port

[mosesj]

Hi, I am new to these forums and i was hoping someone here could help me with a problem i am having. I have a robot that is controlled through the serial port on an old laptop. I know how to control it using qbasic but i want to transfer it to java. I was wondering how i would write this qbasic code in java

out 888, 1
out 888, 0

where 888 is the address for the serial port on the laptop i would be using and 1 activates a specific byte on the serial port. i have looked at the java api and its all a bit over my head terminology wise. Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[Diancecht]

I'd try to use an example like this

Cheers,
Dian

 

[stefanwagner]

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[mosesj]

thank you for the help.