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// OS from using this port.
//

// Please see this blog article for instructions on how to disable
// the OS console for this port:

/ /
https://www.cube-controls.com/2015/11/02/disable-serial-port-terminal-output-on-raspbian/

// create Pi4J console wrapper/helper
// (This is a utility class to abstract some of the boilerplate code)

final Console console = new Console();

// print program title/header
console.title("<-- The Pi4J Project -->", "Serial Communication Example");

// allow for user to exit program using CTRL-C

console.promptForExit();

// create an instance of the serial communications class

// create and register the serial data listener

serial.addListener(new SerialDataEventListener() {
@Override

public void dataReceived(SerialDataEvent event) {

// NOTE! - It is extremely important to read the data received from the
// serial port. If it does not get read from the receive buffer, the

// buffer will continue to grow and consume memory.

// print out the data received to the console
try {

console.println("[HEX DATA] " + event.getHexByteString());
console.println("[ASCII DATA] " + event.getAsciiString());

} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();

}

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