Unity Editor crashing on SerialPort.Open()?

Questions & Answers
1

Hi folks,

can anybody confirm that the Unity Editor crashes on System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.Open()? Or is it only me?

Cheers, Hendrik

2

It might not find the port you specified, or maybe its just a glitch

3

Not true, but serial port code does crash out the editor.
Tested using Unity 3.5.3 on Windows 7 (x86)

SerialPort.Open() ok
SerialPort.ReadLine() always times out
SerialPort.ReadChar() works
SerialPort.BytesToRead() crashes the editor
I have managed to hang the editor quite a lot.

4

Same here in Unity 4.1.2 but ReadLine works.

I have managed to get it working with a new Thread and a endless Loop

aka

string x;
while(true)
{
   x = _port.ReadLine();
   MakeSomewhat(x);
}