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sketch.js

// Serial commands to send data to Arduino
var serial; // variable to hold an instance of the serialport library
var portName = '/dev/cu.usbmodem1421'; // fill in your serial port name here
var options = {
    baudrate: 9600
}; // change the data rate to whatever you wish
var inData; // for incoming serial data
// var xPos = 0; // x position of the graph // UNNECESSARY


function setup() {
    createCanvas(400, 400);
    serialCommands();
    // connectKinect();
}

var outByte = '';

function draw() {
    // background(120)
    // fill(255)
    // ellipse(xpos, ypos, 20, 20)
    // movePos()
    // drawBird()
    // getSpeed()
  // outByte = int(ypos) + ',' + int(xpos) + ',' + int(avgSpeed)
  // outByte = 25;
  // console.log(outByte);
  // serial.write(outByte)
  
}


function serialCommands() {
    serial = new p5.SerialPort(); // make a new instance of the serialport library
    serial.open(portName); // open a serial port
    serial.on('connected', serverConnected); // callback for connecting to the server
    serial.on('list', printList); // set a callback function for the serialport list event
    //serial.on('data', serialEvent); // callback for when new data arrives
    serial.on('error', serialError); // callback for errors
    serial.on('open', portOpen); // callback for the port opening
    //serial.on('close', portClose); // callback for the port closing
    //serial.open(portName);
    //serial.list(); // list the serial ports
    
}


function serverConnected() {
    console.log('connected to server.');
}

function portOpen() {
    console.log('the serial port opened.')
}

function serialEvent() {
    // serial.write(outByte + '\n')

  var inByte = serial.read();
 // store it in a global variable:
 inData = inByte;
    // write data to serial port
    // serial.print(outByte)
  
  
    // // read a string from the serial port:
    // var inString = serial.readLine();
    // console.log(inString)
    // // check to see that there's actually a string there:
    // if (inString.length > 0 ) {
    // // convert it to a number:
    // inData = int(inString);
    // }
}

function serialError(err) {
    console.log('Something went wrong with the serial port. ' + err);
}

function portClose() {
    console.log('The serial port closed.');
}


function keyPressed() {
    console.log("press");
    serial.write(5);
}

// get the list of ports:
function printList(portList) {
    // portList is an array of serial port names
    for (var i = 0; i < portList.length; i++) {
        // Display the list the console:
        console.log(i + " " + portList[i]);
    }
}

function connectKinect() {
    var address = {
        host: '172.16.216.97',
        port: 9001,
        path: '/'
    };
    kinectron = new Kinectron('kinectron', address);
    kinectron.makeConnection();
    kinectron.startTrackedBodies(trackBody);
}