Software used:

• RedHat 6.0
• JDK 1.2
• Java Communications API (commapi) 2
• RXTX 1.3.4
• TINI beta 1

JDK 1.2

1. Fetch JDK1.2 from http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html. I used the file /pub/java-linux/JDK-1.2/i386/pre-v2/glibc2.1/jdk1.2pre-v2.tar.bz2
2. Untar and unbzip2 it into /usr/local. I had to install the bzip2 (bzip2-0.9.0c-1.i386.rpm) RPM from my install cd as it was not part of my default RedHat2 install.
3. Create a symbolic link:

   	ln -s jdk1.2 java
   

4. Add java to the default path. I added it to /etc/profile to make it available to all users.

Java Communications API (commapi)

1. Fetch commapi from http://java.sun.com/products/javacomm/ (select the 'Solaris Sparc' platform)
2. Unzip and untar it.
3. Copy comm.jar to /usr/local/java/jre/lib/ext/comm.jar
4. Create a file called /usr/local/java/jre/lib/javax.comm.properties containing a single line:

   	Driver=gnu.io.RXTXCommDriver
   

RXTX

1. Fetch RXTX from http://www.frii.com/~jarvi/rxtx/download.html (I used the stable release 1.3.4)
2. Unzip and untar it.

   	tar xvf rxtx-1.3-4.tar
   

3. Create a build subdirectory. Change to it.
4. Make sure java is in your path (test using the command 'java -version'). If not:

   	export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/java/bin
   

5. Create the build files

   	export JDK_HOME=/usr/local/java
   	export COMM_JAR_PATH=/usr/local/java/jre/lib/ext/comm.jar
   	./configure --enable-JDK_HOME --prefix=/usr
   

6. Make and install the files

   	make
   	make jcl
   	make install
   

7. Ensure you have the correct permissions on your serial port (COM1 on my laptop):

   	chmod 666 ttyS0
   

TINI - JavaKit

1. Fetch the latest version of the TINI software from:

   	ftp://ftp.dalsemi.com/pub/tini/
   

2. Unzip and untar it.
3. To test, in your tinibeta1 directory, type:

   	java -cp tini.jar JavaKit
   

   (you will see serial ports that you have access to listed)