What is the best way to do this: 1) Request measurement data from a scientific device connected to PC with RS-232 cable. (On Windows XP box) 2) Receive data 3) Display data in an app for a user to add comments and input other measurements that are not sent down the RS-232 cable 4) Send data to database I can do 3) and 4) (I think) but I don''t know about getting data from the serial port. Will someone give me advice? Any help appreciated, Karen PS Bonus question: I want to do the app in RoR but time-conscious collegues are strongly suggesting I do it in Java. I understand that the support for the "way" to do it in Java has been withdrawn for Windows, so whichever way we do it we may have to have a C program talking to the device. Is this correct? Any comments on RoR vs Java for this? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Dot Dot wrote:> What is the best way to do this: > 1) Request measurement data from a scientific device connected to PC > with RS-232 cable. (On Windows XP box) > 2) Receive data > 3) Display data in an app for a user to add comments and input other > measurements that are not sent down the RS-232 cable > 4) Send data to database > > I can do 3) and 4) (I think) but I don''t know about getting data from > the serial port. > > Will someone give me advice? > Any help appreciated, > Karen > > PS Bonus question: > I want to do the app in RoR but time-conscious collegues are strongly > suggesting I do it in Java. I understand that the support for the "way" > to do it in Java has been withdrawn for Windows, so whichever way we do > it we may have to have a C program talking to the device. Is this > correct? Any comments on RoR vs Java for this? >Hi Karen, The way to do this is to have a client program that runs on Windows and POSTs the data to the website. Steps (1) and (2) will typically involve the implementation of a piece of software that meets your protocol requirements and can receive data from it. This is *exactly* what I have just done for a client. Would you like to contact me off list? Cheers Mohit. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Mohit Sindhwani wrote:>>Would you like to> contact me off list? >Hi Mohit, That would be good - how do I do that? I post these messages via ruby-forum.com and I can''t see an email address for you! Karen -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Dot Dot wrote:> Mohit Sindhwani wrote: > > Would you like to > >> contact me off list? >> >> > > Hi Mohit, > That would be good - how do I do that? I post these messages via > ruby-forum.com and I can''t see an email address for you! > Karen > >Hi Karen, I keep forgetting that not everyone is on the mailing list :D You can reach me - mohits AT onghu DOT com Cheers Mohit. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---