Re: How to get serial data from USB using instrument control

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 9:37 PM, jd <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm trying to use the Instrument Control package
> http://wiki.octave.org/Instrument_control_package) to read in serial data
> through the USB port. Right now I'm just sending test data through the the
> USB from a microcontroller set to 9600.  The test data I'm sending is just
> alternating 0 and 1.
>
> I'm getting correct data through the USB when I use Screen:
>
> screen /dev/ttyUSB1
>
> I get strange data when I try to use octave though. I think I'm doing
> something wrong. Here's an example. I think I should be getting 0 or 1 from
> srl_read
>
> pkg load all
>
> s1 = serial("/dev/ttyUSB1", 9600)
>
> s1 = 3
>
> srl_read(s1,1)
>
> ans = 49
>
>
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Hi,

Please use the version from the repository
https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/code/11324/tree/trunk/octave-forge/main/instrument-control/
(let us know if you need help installing)

There have been mayor bug fixes and the new version is not released yet.