Serialport for NoFlo

This package provides utility components to access serial ports in the NoFlo Node.js runtime. Based on node-serialport.

Package installation

npm install noflo-serialport --save

Basic usage

• Install and set up a noflo-nodejs runtime. Follow this guide
• Install the component library locally with npm
• Start the runtime and log into Flowhub. The runtime should show up
• Connect the serial device to the computer
• Create a Flowhub project
• To open the serial port add a serialport/Open node and configure the port parameters. The output of the component is a serialport object
• To write or read to the port add a serialport/Write and a serialport/Read nodes. The serialport input must be connected to the output of the serialport/Open node

Component usage

Close

Close the serial port

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	serialport	string	Serialport object
InPort	stop	bang	Signal to close the serial port
OutPort	error	string	Message if an error occurs

Error

Sends a message if an error occurs

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	serialport	string	Serialport object
OutPort	error	string	Message if an error occurs

Open

Opens the serial port

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	port	string	Port name or path
InPort	baudrate	number	Baud Rate, defaults to 9600
InPort	databits	number	Data Bits, defaults to 8. Must be one of: 5, 6, 7, or 8
InPort	stopbits	number	Stop Bits, defaults to 1. Must be one of: 1 or 2
InPort	parity	string	Parity, defaults to 'none'. Must be one of: 'none', 'even', 'mark', 'odd', 'space'
InPort	buffersize	number	Size of read buffer, defaults to 255. Must be an integer value
InPort	parser	string	The parser engine to use with read data, defaults to 'raw'
OutPort	out	string	Serialport object

Read

Reads the serial port

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	serialport	string	Serialport object
OutPort	out	object	Message. New data from the Serial Port

Write

Writes data to the serial port

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	serialport	string	Serialport object
InPort	message	string	Message. New data to the Serial Port
InPort	drain	boolean	Waits until all output data has been transmitted
InPort	start	bang	Signal to write the message to the serial port

Example

Name	Gist	Flowhub
Serialport Echo	code	example