how to make construct2 game to listen to COM PORT

hi all

I am trying to connect construct2 to listen to COM PORT.

Is it possible ? if so how ? if not please suggest me some game engines that listen to com port.

this is what i am trying to do

pinastro.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/can-we-connect-construct2-games-to-com-port

Thanks

Karthikeyan

pinastro

If you're wanting "the game to be played using a GAMEPAD" (as you say in your blog), then take a look at the Gamepad (beta) plugin. Studying its code will show you how/where C2 gets its peripheral input (at a basic level, it's handled by the OS rather than by C2 itself directly).

Direct COM access is not possible in HTML5. Unless you want to use Gamepads (for which there's the Gamepad plugin beta), you may have to use a different tool to gain this kind of low-level access.

thanks for the info.

But is it possible to connect to some 3rd party plugins made in C or C++ that can listen to COM PORTs and connect to HTML5 ?

pinastro : the only way to do what you want is to have a java applet, give it full rights, and let that applet access the COM port.

thanks Pode

I will try the java applet way

I have figured another way.yet to test it.

though it is long route to achieve but may be it can work

See this

pinastro.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/maybeit-will-work1.jpg

pinastro - C and C++ don't work with HTML5. You can only use Javascript - unless you mean developing a browser plugin like Flash yourself, but that is a very difficult project.

pinastro : in fact you want to listen to a Neurosky BCI ? <img src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

For what I now, a Flash swf can't access COM port (you need to use an AIR app, so outside the browser).

However, if you self-sign a Java applet, you can listen to a COM port. That JAva applet can talk with Javascript after that to transmit avlues to C2.

Pode ...exactly Neurosky BCI

I am trying a java applet ...let me try and see

thanks all.

It worked like cheese :D

I have done this in Processing. What you may need to do is use processing to access the port then map the data to something else like keystrokes. Will reply in more detail when not on a cell phone.

pinastro : it's great it worked ! I use to work with an OCZ NIA (BCI device like Neurosky, but it was out before, so we used it at the time).

Do you have the layout of the data the device is sending ?