Just find anything that can read data off a COM port. Then modify it into a a gateway following the directory watcher code.
Adam Haskell On Dec 14, 2007 7:21 PM, Matthew Reinbold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I've currently got a client that wants a web based application running > locally on the machine (pull forms up and enter data using good old > 127.0.0.1). The only rub is that I need to read GPS data off a com port. > > The information is standardized (National Maritime Electronics Association > has speced out a standard, also known as NMEA-183) for GPS devices. It > includes asynchronous data, checksums, etc. I was hoping there would be a > Java library out there that I could invoke with a CFC and grab information > out but, unfortunately, Google is failing at the moment. > > I did find a 0.1 Java NMEA 0183 Parser library ( > http://www.teilo.net/software/NMEA0183Parser/) but, unfortunately, there > is no source code and the license forbids commercial use. I did find Log > NMEA which has basic Java source code to read data on a com port and dump it > to a text file - primitive for what I want to do but its a start. > > Are there any other resources out there that I would be able to use in > conjunction with ColdFusion? Is there a Java library that can be > redistributed with a commercial app? > > Matthew Reinbold > Creative Principal, Vox Pop Design, http://voxpopdesign.com > SLCFUG Manager, Salt Lake ColdFusion User Group, http://slcfug.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:294987 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
