ArtBus computer interfaces for art, design, and multimedia

If you get a blinking red LED that means you pushed the setup button by mistake. Just push the reset button and it will be ok. If the red led stays on there was an error. Press reset.

If nothing happens in the ArtBus_term window, or if you get a bunch of error messages in Processing's terminal window, then the FTDI driver isn't talking properly to Processing. This could be because

• things aren't plugged in, or
• the FTDI driver isn't installed right, or
• the serial port Processing is trying to use isn't the one connected to the FTDI adapter, or
• another program on the computer or another Processing sketch is using the serial port, or
• you need to completely close and restart Processing, or
• you need to reboot

When you start ArtBus_term.pde with everything connected, a list of serial ports appears at the bottom of the Processing editor. On Mac they should include one that looks like "/dev/tty.usbserial-FTQVBIO0". On Linux it should look like "/dev/ttyUSB0", on Windows like "COM9". Processing wants to know which one on the list to use in the sketch and for that number to be put in the [ ] in the line below:

port = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0], 115200); //Choose serial port from list

Serial.list()[0] means the first serial port in the list, and [0] works almost all the time on Mac and Linux. Other values could be [1] or [2], etc., which is useful to know for Windows.