Serial.list does not update.

[bonner72]

Most appropriate sub-area of Processing 4?

Events, IO

Processing version

4.4.7

Operating system

Windows 10

Bug description

I noticed that when you physically remove a connected serial device processing does not detect it and serial.list() does not update.

Steps to reproduce this

1.connect serial device.

2.run below sketch (set correct serial port).

3.unplug serial device.

snippet

import processing.serial.*;

Serial myPort;  // Create object from Serial class

void setup() 
{
  size(200, 200);

  String portName = Serial.list()[0];
  myPort = new Serial(this, portName, 9600);
}

void draw()
{
  println(Serial.list());
  delay(500);
}

Additional context

The https://fazecast.github.io/jSerialComm/ library can detect hardware disconnects.

Would you like to work on the issue?

No, I’m just reporting the issue

[glvjr]

the link provided did not seem correct.

This is a direct link to jSerialComm website:

https://fazecast.github.io/jSerialComm/

[SableRaf]

Hi @bonner72, thanks for opening this. I saw you also shared the issue on the forum. I'm glad you were able to find a workaround there!

Note: this is a duplicate of #1258 which had been filed in the wrong repo. I’ve just transferred it here from the processing-website repo.