[kaffe] Serial Comms

[Ian Brown]

Thanks Chris

The units are currently running a C++ application that I want to port to Java (mainly so that I only have one code-base to support as I also have some systems that run on Windows pc's). As the database I am currently using either MS SQL or Interbase depending on the size of the installation. The database update is no problem and works beautifully using TCP/IP Sockets (via a server application). There is no database running on the embedded PC and the load is relatively small since it is working almost as a protocol converter, converting serial comms to TCP/IP sockets. There is no GUI or anything that consumes major resources.

My problem is specifically around the serial comms and more specifically getting Mark and Space parity working. The machines that I connect to require Mark parity to 'wake them up' and then Space parity for all further comms. On the Windows platform I am using JDK 1.4 and a third party Java serial component called SerialIo that works fine. On the Linux platform, due to the size constraints, I am unable to use JDK 1.4 and so I am looking at alternate VM's.

Have you used Kaffe for Serial comms ?

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: cfowler [mailto:cfowler at outpostsentinel.com]
Sent: 10 September 2002 01:02
To: Ian Brown
Subject: Re: [kaffe] Serial Comms


Ian,

On more thought, I would not use java for this unless you have no other
choice.  Kaffe + JNI should work but it may be too slow for the load
expected on the device.  What database are you using?  I would go with
pure C for this project.  It should be real easy.  Especially if you are
using MySQL.  If you need some help with this, I can provide some.  Let
me know.

Chris

On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 06:14, Ian Brown wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> I am busy evaluating using Kaffe for an application ( kind of embedded) that runs on Linux on a 486 (PC104) with 32mb Ram and a 32mb Compact Flash for disk storage. I need to update a database with data from the machine that this little device is installed in.
> 
> The database update is no problem as I use TCP/IP sockets from the little Linux boxes and I have a single server that actually performs the updates to the database. (I have more than 100 of these devices !). 
> 
> In order to communicate with the machines I need to use serial comms and specifically Mark and Space parity. Can this be done with Kaffe ?? Any advice would be most appreciated.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ian Brown
> 
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