// get list of ports available on this particular computer,
// by calling static method in CommPortIdentifier.
Enumeration pList = CommPortIdentifier.getPortIdentifiers();
// Process the list, putting serial and parallel into ComboBoxes
while (pList.hasMoreElements()) {
CommPortIdentifier cpi = (CommPortIdentifier)pList.nextElement();
String name = cpi.getName();
System.out.print("Port " + name + " ");
if (cpi.getPortType() == CommPortIdentifier.PORT_SERIAL) {
System.out.println("is a Serial Port: " + cpi);
SerialPort thePort;
try {
thePort = (SerialPort)cpi.open("Logger", 1000);
} catch (PortInUseException ev) {
System.err.println("Port in use: " + name);
continue;
}
// Tell the Comm API that we want serial events.
thePort.notifyOnDataAvailable(true);
try {
thePort.addEventListener(new Logger(cpi.getName(), thePort));
} catch (TooManyListenersException ev) {
// "CantHappen" error
System.err.println("Too many listeners(!) " + ev);
System.exit(0);
}
}
}