phineus

I apologize in advance if this is a RTFM kind of question.

I am sending control voltages to an Arduino which is sending serial data to Max/MSP via SimpleMessageSystem.

But for some reason if I paste the same code into another file, it doesn't work anymore. Shouldn't they both see the same input and run at the same time? Instead it's like one is dead and the other is working. This doesn't always happen, sometimes it works. It worked yesterday when I was making new patches with this. Now today it doesn't work. Is it something to do with where the files are saved? Are some sort of communication settings saved with the program? I'm getting superstitious.

I am sending control voltages to an Arduino which is sending serial data to Max/MSP via SimpleMessageSystem. 

But for some reason if I paste the same code into another file, it doesn't work anymore.  Shouldn't they both see the same input and run at the same time?  Instead it's like one is dead and the other is working.  This doesn't always happen, sometimes it works.  It worked yesterday when I was making new patches with this.  Now today it doesn't work.  Is it something to do with where the files are saved?  Are some sort of communication settings saved with the program?  I'm getting superstitious.


code-doesnt-see-my-device-when-pasted-elsewhere

my experience is that you can't have more than one instance of the same serial object running... also you have to properly close the serial object or strange things happen when you try to start it again, especially with Arduino

code doesn't see my device when pasted elsewhere