serialport-manager

Manage transient serialport connections.

Install

npm install serialport-manager

Use

 
var spm = require('serialport-manager');
 
spm(function(err, connection, deviceList) {
  connection.write(deviceList[0].comName + '\n');
  connection.pipe(process.stdout);
});
 

How does it work

calling spm above performs the following actions:

• attempt connection to the serialport manager daemon
• if the connection fails, spawn the daemon
• reconnect
• on connection, wait for the device list
• parse the json device list
• call the function passed into spm
• identify what device you want to use by sending back the commName
• bind to data events or pipe somewhere

Why?

I want plug and play serial devices. I also want them to be accessible by more than one program.

License

MIT