A simplified, python-based serialoscd implementation
It should work with most standard monome-grid applications. I have tested it with my neotrellis-monome using "Monome Home.maxpat". It can be used as a replacement for serialoscd, as long as you don't need any of the more low-level functionalities (such as setting a device ID). It currently allows to set rotation information and stores it, but does not do anything with it. This might be implemented later, if someone needs it.
It also supports multiple devices, but this has not been tested by me. I have not implemented anything around tilt, arc or other devices than grids (yet - if there's demand I might do that). I am sure if it works with grids that are not 16x8.
Note: It seems, at least on Windows, the /grid/map/level (and possibly row & col) OSC command (when tested with monome home's vari-bright map-test) does not behave at expected with okeyron's original firmware. Please use my modified firmware instead. It also adds variable intensity for mono-bright applications using the /grid/intensity OSC command.
You need to download and install a recent version of python, at least version 3.5.
Then you need pyserial and python-osc, which you can install using this command:
python -m pip install pyserial python-osc
Then just check out this repo (you need to have git installed):
git clone https://github.com/nexxyz/pyserialoscd.git
Or you could just download this repo as a ZIP and extract it.
After you have set everything up, go to that folder and run pyserialoscd by executing:
python pyserialoscd
It is listening at the same port as serialoscd by default, so please make sure it is not running or specify an alternative port using the --serialoscport parameter.
It also assumes that all devices connected to a serial port are monome grids. If that is not the case, you can blacklist unwanted ports using the nottheseserialports parameter, e.g.:
python pyserialoscd --nottheseserialports COM10 COM12
There is also the inverse --onlytheseserialports parameter if you really only want to detect devices on specific ports.
For help in case anything goes wrong, just call
python pyserialoscd --help
I started to make this to use my neotrellis-monome by okeyron (see this thread). Due to the windows version of serialosc requiring an FTDI device to find it in the Windows registry, e.g. teensy-based devices that don't use FTDI drivers are not picked up by serialoscd.
And for fun.
I am extending this as I need and/or feel like it. If you would find additional functionality useful, e.g. monome-arc support, rotation, low-level commands such as setting device ID, or if you find very annoying bugs, let me know. Also, if anyone tests it with multiple grids, or on other platforms, I'm quite interested to hear about your results.