"COMx does not exist" codeblocks and windows 8

[jmarsico]

device.setup(devicesInfo[x], 9600) throws an exception in codeblocks 12 & windows 8: Exception: Specified port, COMx, does not exist.

The port does exist, as it's listed in the previous listDevices() call. Is this a codeblocks issue? I will continue googling.

[bakercp]

Hm. Check also to see if there are any related issues with https://github.com/wjwwood/serial.

The version of https://github.com/wjwwood/serial I have included is slightly (but not too far) out of date.

Can you open the same port with the built-in (to openFrameworks) ofSerial?

[jmarsico]

could be this... wjwwood/serial#84 issues with COMx where x >= 10.

[bakercp]

Aha -- if you use that notation does it work?

[jmarsico]

working on it... \ in CB does some funky stuff. changing preferences.

[jmarsico]

prepending the string with "\\.\" works. This causes problems with the compiler, though, as \ is some shorthand for removing the next character (i think).

regardless, i ended up using:
"string port = "";
port.append("\\.");
port.append("\");
port.append(devicesInfo[deviceIndx].getPort());
success = device.setup(port), 9600);"

...FYI... even in markdown "" does things within a string; hence non-formatted code block above.

[bakercp]

Wow. What a mess! :)

Perhaps you could chime in on the issue upstream (yes slash escapes the following char, so sometimes you have to stack them up in order for the compiler to actually eventually get the one you want :)).

I'd prefer for this to be fixed upstream and then pull it into ofxSerial.

[bakercp]

I'm closing this for now, as it was fixed upstream. Thanks, CB