[Coco] Update to DriveWire 4 Java

[David Ladd]

Thank you for updating the serial module and the updates for newer Java
editions.

Will be interesting to see how well it works on a Raspberry Pi 4B :)


On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 9:08 AM Rocky Hill via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

>  After updating DriveWire 4 project to run with newer versions of Java  I
> got some feedback saying that it was occasionally crashing under Windows
> 10.  I narrowed the problem down to an older version of the Java RXTX
> serial library. I've updated the project to use the Neuron Robotics
> nrjavaserial serial libray. The Neuron Robotics nrjavaserial serial libray
> is an updated and maintained fork of
> the Java RXTX serial library so it was almost a drop in replacement.
> In addition to the update, Aaron Wolfe graciously gave me access to the
> sourceforge repository for the project and I've added the latest Java 17
> release. Clicking on the green Download button  will download the updated
> version of DriveWire 4. This specific download requires the user to have
> Java 17 or greater installed. Running the included scripts for your
> specific 64 bit OS should start DriveWire 4.
>
> A link to my github repo has also been included in the sourceforge main
> project page.
> All of the original source code and releases are still available from the
> sourceforge repo and  I plan on updating the repo in the next several
> months.
>
>
>
>
> Please download and try it. You can scroll down past the project files and
> there will be links to run it on several systems  without the need to
> install java if you don't want to.
> https://github.com/qbancoffee/drivewire4
>
>
> I've tested on the following 64 bit OS's:
> Ubuntu linux Raspberry pi OS (debian based)  Windows 10
>
>
>
> Here is a link to the original repository with updated links.
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/drivewireserver/
>
> Thanks,
> Pedro
> <cut>
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>



Sincerely,
David Ladd
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