Installing the Java Communications API

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1. Download the Java Communications API implementation from Sun's web site at http://www.javasoft.com/products/javacomm/. Unzip the package. The directory where you unzip the files will be subsequently referred as COMMAPI. This is the directory where you should find these files:

       11/15/1998  03:59 PM             3,335 apichanges.html
       11/15/1998  04:00 PM            28,043 comm.jar
       11/15/1998  03:59 PM             8,141 COMM2.0_license.txt
       11/15/1998  03:59 PM             5,374 CommAPI_FAQ.txt
       09/05/1999  11:44 AM    <DIR>          javadocs
       11/15/1998  03:59 PM               467 javax.comm.properties
       11/15/1998  03:59 PM             2,182 jdk1.2.html
       11/15/1998  03:59 PM             3,715 PlatformSpecific.html
       11/15/1998  03:59 PM             3,913 Readme.html
       11/15/1998  03:59 PM             1,821 ReceiveBehavior.html
       09/05/1999  11:44 AM    <DIR>          samples
       11/15/1998  04:00 PM            27,648 win32com.dll
   

   (Note: The creation date of the two directories, javadocs and samples, will be the date you unzipped the API. The names, sizes, and creation dates of all the other files should be the same as shown above.)
2. Copy win32com.dll from COMMAPI to your %JRE_HOME%\jre\bin directory
3. Copy comm.jar from COMMAPI to your %JRE_HOME%\jre\lib\ext directory
4. Copy javax.comm.properties from COMMAPI to your %JRE_HOME%\jre\lib directory
5. Jump to your TINI_HOME and create a .BAT file with this line in it. (Note that this is case sensitive, especially JavaKit - a common mistake.)

      %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -classpath %TINI_HOME%\bin\tini.jar JavaKit
   

   This runs JavaKit, the program you will use to interact with your TINI Board. You will use JavaKit often, so a batch file saves time.
6. Double-click the batch file you have just created. If everything was installed properly, you should be able to scroll through the combo box at the bottom and see the COM ports you have on your computer.