2.8.0

(Original release date 2014-01-24)

Description

• Contains native libs for Windows (x86, x86-64), Linux (x86, x86-64, ARM soft & hard float), Solaris (x86, x86-64), Mac OS X (x86, x86-64, PPC, PPC64). All native libs contained within the jssc.jar file and you don't need manage native libs manually.
• Contains Javadocs

Fixes

• Fixed bug with port handles potential leakage 5b5a604 d818ecb

Enhancements

• Added method writeString(String string, String charsetName) e56d39f
• Added method getNativeLibraryVersion() in SerialNativeInterface class 4cc7332
• Enabled Java and Native libraries versions mismatch check 5d1515a

2.6.0

(Original release date 2013-06-01)

Enhancements

• Added os.name - "Darwin" and os.arch - "universal" support; useful for MacOS X developers.
• Added ttyO to Linux RegExp for listing OMAP serial devices.
• Added JSSC_IGNPAR and JSSC_PARMRK properties for enabling IGNPAR and PARMRK flags in _nix termios structure.

2.5.0

(Original release date 2013-04-27)

Fixes

• Fixed bug with garbage reading on Linux, MacOSX, Solaris, cause of incorrect using of VMIN and VTIME. Now read methods works correctly and are blocking like in Windows
• Fixed error with garbage reading in Windows using this library after another application used serial port. To prevent this effect COMMTIMEOUTS structure zeroing added to setParams() method
• The port handle now stored in variable of type long instead of int, to prevent potential problems with type conversions on Win64
• Fixed MacOS X 10.8 bug with native lib loading (*.dylib -> *.jnilib)
• Fixed Linux error with exclusive access to serial port (TIOCEXCL). TIOCNXCL added to closePort() method for clearing exclusive access
• Fixed Windows native lib port name concatenation error
• Fixed native lib extraction path if user home is read only, in this situation lib will be extracted to tmp folder
• Null port name fix. If try to invoke method openPort() for SerialPort(null) object, exception TYPE_NULL_NOT_PERMITTED will be thrown
• Enabled TIOCEXCL support in Solaris

Enhancements

• Added ARM Soft & Hard float support (Tested of Raspberry Pi with Oracle JDK 6, 7, 8)
• Added ttyACM, ttyAMA, rfcomm to Linux RegExp and tty.usbmodem to MacOS X RegExp
• Added precompiled RegExp's for Linux, Solaris, MacOS X for more faster port listing
• Added private common for Linux, Solaris, MacOS X method getUnixBasedPortNames() for listing serial ports
• Rewrote comparator for sorting port names. Now it's a common comparator for Windows, Linux, Solaris and MacOS X
• Added some syntax sugar to SerialPortList class, for changing search path, RegExp and comparator
• Added timeouts for read operations and SerialPortTimeoutException class for catching timeout exceptions
• Added JSSC_NO_TIOCEXCL JVM property for disable using of exclusive access to serial port
• Added termios(_nix) and DCB(Windows) structure checking on port opening, it helps separate real serial devices from others
• Added ERR_ constants into SerialNativeInterface
• Added new exception TYPE_INCORRECT_SERIAL_PORT
• Added new exception TYPE_PERMISSION_DENIED. It can be very useful for _nix based system if user have no permissions for using serial device

0.9.0

(Original release date 2011-12-21)

Features

• Added Solaris support (x86, x86-64)
• Added Mac OS X support 10.5 and higher (x86, x86-64, PPC, PPC64)
• Fixed some bugs in Linux native part
• Changed openPort() method
  • openPort() if port busy SerialPortException with type: TYPE_PORT_BUSY will be thrown,
    and if port not found SerialPortException with type: TYPE_PORT_NOT_FOUND will be thrown.

Caveats

• TIOCEXCL directive in *nix native library can detect if port is busy but disabled in Solaris as it causes issues.
• Solaris and Mac OS X versions of this library do not support following events: ERR, TXEMPTY, BREAK
• Solaris version does not support non-standard baudrates
• Mac OS X version does not support parity: MARK, SPACE

Previous Releases

0.8.0 - Google Code release 2011-11-28

• Implemented events BREAK and ERR (RXFLAG not supported in Linux)
• Added method sendBreak(int duration) - send Break signal for setted time
• Fixed bugs in Linux events listener
• Fixed bug with long port closing operation in Linux

0.8.0-RC4 - Google Code release 2011-11-21

• Fixed a bug in getPortNames() method under Linux.
• Not implemented yet:
  • Events: BREAK, ERR and RXFLAG

0.8.0-RC3 - Google Code release 2011-09-09

• Implemented purgePort()
• Fixed some Linux and Windows lib bugs.
• New function getInputBufferBytesCount() - get count of bytes in input buffer (if error has occurred -1 will be returned)
• New function getOutputBufferBytesCount() - get count of bytes in output buffer (if error has occurred -1 will be returned)
• New function setFlowControlMode() available:
  • FLOWCONTROL_NONE
  • FLOWCONTROL_RTSCTS_IN
  • FLOWCONTROL_RTSCTS_OUT
  • FLOWCONTROL_XONXOFF_IN
  • FLOWCONTROL_XONXOFF_OUT
• getFlowControlMode() - getting setted flow control mode
• New functions for more usability (syntactic sugar):
  • writeByte() - write single byte
  • writeString() - write string
  • writeInt() - write int value (for example 0xFF)
  • writeIntArray - write int array (for example new int[] { 0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF })
  • readString(int byteCount) - read string
  • readHexString(int byteCount) - read Hex string with a space separator (for example FF 00 FF)
  • readHexString(int byteCount, String separator) - read Hex string with setted separator (for example if separator : FF:00:FF)
  • readHexStringArray(int byteCount) - read Hex string array (for example {FF, 00, FF})
  • readIntArray(int byteCount) - read int array (values in int array are in range from 0 to 255 for example if byte == -1 value in this array it will be 255)
  • The following methods read all bytes in input buffer, if buffer is empty methods will return null
    • readBytes()
    • readString()
    • readHexString()
    • readHexString()
    • readHexStringArray()
    • readIntArray()
  • Not implemented yet:
    • Events: BREAK, ERR and RXFLAG

0.8.0-RC2 - Google Code release 2011-07-14

• Implemented getPortNames()
• Implemented: Parity: MARK and SPACE
• Fixed some Linux lib bugs.
• Not implemented yet:
  • purgePort()
  • Events: BREAK, ERR and RXFLAG

0.8.0-RC1 - Google Code release 2011-07-11

• Not implemented yet:
  • getPortNames()
  • Parity: MARK and SPACE
  • purgePort()
  • Events: BREAK, ERR and RXFLAG