ASCII from COM port to be used as 'keyboard' inputs

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The discussion centers on the process of interpreting ASCII values from a COM port as keyboard inputs in Adobe Flash. Users successfully utilized Keyinjector software to achieve this functionality after initially reading ASCII data into MATLAB. The conversation highlights the challenges of implementing this under Windows compared to DOS, where the CTTY command was previously used.

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  • Understanding of COM port communication
  • Familiarity with ASCII encoding
  • Basic knowledge of MATLAB for data reading
  • Experience with Adobe Flash for input handling
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  • Research how to configure COM port settings in Windows
  • Explore the capabilities and limitations of Keyinjector software
  • Learn about alternative methods for simulating keyboard input in Windows
  • Investigate the integration of MATLAB with other programming environments
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This discussion is beneficial for software developers, particularly those working with hardware interfaces, multimedia applications, and anyone looking to simulate keyboard inputs from external sources.

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Hi guys an gals

Do any of you know an elegant way to take ascii values from the com port and interpret them as keyboard input in another program?

If I may be more clear, we've gotten it right to read in ascii from a microprocessor into MATLAB but we would like to read in values which are to interpreted as keyboard input in adobe flash.

Any thoughts and suggestions are much appreciated :smile:
 
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Under dos you could do this with the CTTY command.
Under windows it might be a bit trickier, there is some software called keyinjector butI haven't used it.
 
Hey thanks a lot!

:smile:

Keyinjector did the trick, we've got it working now.
 

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