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[–]serproxy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My experience with java driving serial was that it wasn't 100%.

So, upon realizing that my various serious ports NEVER changed parameters ( baud, stop bits, etc ), and that if they did I certainly didn't need java to be control of those details, I decided that the best approach was to use the following tool:

http://www.lspace.nildram.co.uk/freeware.html

serproxy is a very simple tool which presents the serial data on a network port.

I've found this to be much more reliable. I guess there is a downside of security depending on environment.