Hello,

The (unfinished) "serial" object just takes incoming numbers (0-255 I think) and sends them out a "com port." Serial input isn't handled at all. Look in u_main.tk to see how the serial port is initialized (and change the code as needed...)

I am writing a rough serial object for unix pd (its not really ready):

ftp://iem.kug.ac.at/pd/Externals/wr/comport/

it could be adapted for NT.

A problem is the polling:

a) It would be nice if there is a general select somewhere in the pd loop which also recognizes the a serial input like MIDI does. which means that it should be in s_linux.c

b) or should I make a 0 time clock

c) or just use non-blocking read and waiting for a read bang on the input...

... any suggestion ...

(We need it for the head tracker (flock of birds)).

mfg winfried