How do I set the Staribus serial port?

Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 March 2011 21:46 Written by Mark Wednesday, 02 March 2011 21:18

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To set the Staribus serial port go to the directory you installed Starbase to and navigate to:

plugins/observatory/imports

Open the StaribusPort-Properties.xml with wordpad find the following piece of XML

<!-- Set up the COM port to use for Staribus -->
<PropertyResource>
<ResourceKey>
<Key>Staribus</Key>
<Key>Port</Key>
<Key>Name</Key>
</ResourceKey>
<Editable>1</Editable>
<DataTypeClassName>java.lang.String</DataTypeClassName>
<EditorClassname>org.lmn.fc.ui.editors.PropertyEditor</EditorClassname>
<Value>COM1</Value>                                                                 <--- You need to change this value.
<Description>The COM port used for the Staribus serial port</Description>
<CreatedDate>2000-01-01Z</CreatedDate>
<CreatedTime>00:00:00.000Z</CreatedTime>
<ModifiedDate>2000-01-01Z</ModifiedDate>
<ModifiedTime>00:00:00.000Z</ModifiedTime>
</PropertyResource>

You may enter any available serial port you have available. These could include COM1, ttyS0, USBserial.