I’m doing my work with rhino 8 using firefly. I tried to connect arudino, but firefly doesn’t work. The error code is (1. solution exception:method not found: ‘microsoft.visualbasic.devices.ports microsoft.visualbasic.devices.computer.get_ports()’.) I’m using arduino uno 3 in the COM3, and arduino…

Hi [image] Firefly fail in rhino 8 Grasshopper Hi , this may help : Problem with port reading, while using firefly in grasshopper - #4 by AndyPayne or you can use “UDP” methods instead.

Thanks, I read this topic before. no solution from rhino 8? So sad :smiling_face_with_tear:

sadly no firefly : Problem with port reading, while using firefly in grasshopper - #4 by AndyPayne but you can use other methods.

Hi :smiley:, have you solved your problem, I have the same problem! :smiling_face_with_tear:

Hi guys, I had the same issue, and I have just written a new plugin that solves the issue, both on Rhino 7 and Rhino 8. It is about serial communication only, The name is superSerial [image] SuperSerial Easy and lightweight to manage serial communication with most devices, mainly desig…

[image] Thanks for sharing this! Just gave it at whirl by connecting it to a motor driver board (which uses serial comm like Arduinos do). I never used Firefly for anything except its serial connection component, so superSerial is ideal for me if I ever return to connecting GH to micros. Couple o…

Hi Bruce, thank you for you comment and useful observations! I have added to the video tutorial a warning about the case sensitive. I am updating the script with an info about the ports directly on the bubble at the beginning, as I think it might be a display issue. Just out of curiosity: are you…

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