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<blockquote data-quote="kdschlosser" data-source="post: 1131674" data-attributes="member: 151614">Not sure where this should go. There are so many forum posts about AtmolightI just got this wonderful gem of a wifi module for my Arduino. The 5 dollar ESP 8266. One of the features of the wifi module is a data passthrough mode. works great I am able to use a virtual serial port for the computer to talk via rs232 to the module without a headach of coding. just had to repoint to Serial1 on my Mega 2560. Here is the problem I am encountering, my Computer is 35 feet away from the TV. and I can run a wire over to it to connect via lan but wireless seemed the way to go. But the Atmowin software will not open the virtual Serial port. I have tried about 15 different flavors of Virtual Serial port software. and not a 1 works. I get an error 2. I use all kinds of terminal software with no problem. as well as eventghost. I am not sure as to why Atmowin has a problem with it. I know it has nothing to do with the actual connection. It has something to do with opening the port. Atmowin only sends 4 Hex codes on connection via usb and doesn't actually recieve any data from the Arduino. This should work without a hitch. I am not a C++ programmer. but I know it has to be something relatively easy to fix. If there is anyone about that is still developing this software please shoot me a line. And Raspberry Pi is not an option for me because of having to do some crazy hack to get it to work with HDCP.and one other question. will there be support for Live mode in MediaPortal 1.10 or 1.11?Thanks againKevin</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kdschlosser, post: 1131674, member: 151614"] Not sure where this should go. There are so many forum posts about Atmolight I just got this wonderful gem of a wifi module for my Arduino. The 5 dollar ESP 8266. One of the features of the wifi module is a data passthrough mode. works great I am able to use a virtual serial port for the computer to talk via rs232 to the module without a headach of coding. just had to repoint to Serial1 on my Mega 2560. Here is the problem I am encountering, my Computer is 35 feet away from the TV. and I can run a wire over to it to connect via lan but wireless seemed the way to go. But the Atmowin software will not open the virtual Serial port. I have tried about 15 different flavors of Virtual Serial port software. and not a 1 works. I get an error 2. I use all kinds of terminal software with no problem. as well as eventghost. I am not sure as to why Atmowin has a problem with it. I know it has nothing to do with the actual connection. It has something to do with opening the port. Atmowin only sends 4 Hex codes on connection via usb and doesn't actually recieve any data from the Arduino. This should work without a hitch. I am not a C++ programmer. but I know it has to be something relatively easy to fix. If there is anyone about that is still developing this software please shoot me a line. And Raspberry Pi is not an option for me because of having to do some crazy hack to get it to work with HDCP. and one other question. will there be support for Live mode in MediaPortal 1.10 or 1.11? Thanks again Kevin [/QUOTE]

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