SussexDataComm (c) 2001 by Eduardo Augusto Bezerra, version 0.1, 12/02/2001.
 It is free for non-commercial use.

This directory contains SussexDataComm, which is a Java program used by students from data communication courses at the School of Engineering and IT to test their laboratory experiments. SussexDataComm has been designed to be used in conjunction with an FPGA-based board developed by the Author of SussexDataComm for the same laboratory courses.

USER IDENTIFICATION

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DOWNLOAD


SussexDataComm.zip (or download from UK) SussexDataComm v. 0.1  (java source code only).
commapi.zip (or download from UK) API from Sun for developing serial/parallel port applications in Java. This API has to be installed in the computer before using SussexDataComm.
CommAPI_FAQ.txt (or download from UK) The commapi API FAQ.
jdk1.2.html (or download from UK) Instructions on how to install and compile commapi when using JDK 1.2.
index.html (or download from UK) This file.

HOW TO INSTALL AND RUN IT

  1. Download SussexDataComm.zip and commapi.zip.
  2. Create an empty directory (java_source, for example), and unzip SussexDataComm.zip into it.
  3. Create another empty directory in the root directory, and unzip commapi.zip
  4. Install JDK. In case it is not already installed, the latest version of JDK can be downloaded for free from Sun's web-site (http://www.sun.com).
  5. Read the Instructions on How to Install commapi Under the JDK Environment.
  6. Go to the directory where the source code of SussexDataComm is, and compile the java files: javac *.java.
  7. Run SussexDataComm: java SussexDataComm.

BUG REPORTS

Please send comments and bug reports to:
E.A.Bezerra@sussex.ac.uk or eduardob@inf.pucrs.br

!!!!!!!!!!! NO WARRANTY !!!!!!!!!!!

SussexDataComm is still under development!

DISCLAIMER

SussexDataComm is provided AS IS and the Author makes NO WARRANTY or representation either express or implied with respect to its quality accuracy or fitness for a particular purpose.

SussexDataComm is completely free for noncommercial use and users are encouraged to report any instances where this might not be the case. Users are reminded that the software's author may change his program's status from freeware to shareware after it becomes popular, as it is his right. The Author grants you ("Licensee") a non-exclusive, royalty free, license to use, modify and redistribute this software in source and binary code form, provided that this copyright notice and license appear on all copies of the software.

CONTACT ADDRESSES

Eduardo Augusto Bezerra, PhD student 
Space Science Centre
School of Engineering and Information Technology
University of Sussex
Brighton
BN1 9QT 
UK 

e-mail: E.A.Bezerra@sussex.ac.uk
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/engg/research/space/

Phone: +44 (0)1273 877086 
Fax: +44 (0)1273 678399 
ENGG II - room 4B11 

 Eduardo Augusto Bezerra, Lecturer in Computer Science 
GAPH - Grupo de Apoio ao Projeto de Hardware 
Faculdade de Informatica
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS
Av. Ipiranga, 6681 
CEP 90619-900 
Porto Alegre - RS
Brasil

e-mail: eduardob@inf.pucrs.br
http://www.inf.pucrs.br/~eduardob

Phone: +55 (0)51 320-4181 
Fax: +55 (0)51 339-1564