# Serial Port Control with Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 12, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serial-port-control-with-ruby/170105 "2009-06-12T10:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/super141)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serial-port-control-with-ruby/170105/1 "2009-06-12T10:53:22Z")
Hi All, I am facing problem with serial port acees in windows-xp system c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_re quire': no such file to load -- ../Win32Serial (LoadError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`re quire’ from C:/Documents and Settings/s\_babu/Desktop/AUTO/serial1.rb:1 C:\Documents and Settings\s\_babu\Desktop\ru\win32serial\>nmake makefi ‘nmake’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I am getting the errors please help me how can i acesss serial port through ruby in windows OS Thanks, sathish ---
**Author:** ![super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/super141)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serial-port-control-with-ruby/170105/2 "2009-06-12T11:03:59Z")
C:\Documents and Settings\s\_babu\Desktop\ru\ > win32serial\>nmake makefi > ‘nmake’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. What is that trying to tell you? Read it a few times, take a deep breath, think about it over coffee . Jayanth ---
**Author:** ![super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/super141)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serial-port-control-with-ruby/170105/3 "2009-06-12T11:06:56Z")
Srijayanth S. wrote: > C:\Documents and Settings\s\_babu\Desktop\ru\ > > > win32serial\>nmake makefi > > ‘nmake’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, > > operable program or batch file. > > What is that trying to tell you? Read it a few times, take a deep > breath, > think about it over coffee . > > Jayanth Hi Jayanth, I want to acess comport(RS-232) through ruby… u got it i am facing above errors ---
**Author:** ![super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/super141)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serial-port-control-with-ruby/170105/4 "2009-06-12T11:12:47Z")
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Sathish Babu [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > Srijayanth S. wrote: > > > C:\Documents and Settings\s\_babu\Desktop\ru\ > > > > > win32serial\>nmake makefi > > > ‘nmake’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, > > > operable program or batch file. > u got it > i am facing above errors Let me put it to you this way. If you aren’t able to understand the error message that its giving you, there is nobody here who can help you access the com port. Please be more clear. Construct short sentences, lay them down one by one in a logical sequence as follows: 1. I need to access the serial port. 2. I tried installing \ 3. It won’t compile. 4. Why? 5. It won’t compile because Jayanth ---
**Author:** ![super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/super141)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serial-port-control-with-ruby/170105/5 "2009-06-12T13:24:45Z")
Srijayanth S. wrote: > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Sathish Babu > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > > > Srijayanth S. wrote: > > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\s\_babu\Desktop\ru\ > > > > > > > win32serial\>nmake makefi > > > > ‘nmake’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, > > > > operable program or batch file. > > > u got it > > i am facing above errors > > Let me put it to you this way. If you aren’t able to understand the > error > message that its giving you, there is nobody here who can help you > access > the com port. Please be more clear. Construct short sentences, lay them > down > one by one in a logical sequence as follows: > > 1. I need to access the serial port. > 2. I tried installing \ > 3. It won’t compile. > 4. Why? > 5. It won’t compile because > > Jayanth Ok jayanth, this is the frist time i m sending query… ok 1.I need acees to the comport COM1. 2. I try to install “win32serial”,install -c -p -m 0755 serialport.so but its not working. i m getting above shown errors. please tell me how to use serial port in windows ---
**Author:** ![super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@super141](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/super141)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/serial-port-control-with-ruby/170105/6 "2009-06-12T13:40:14Z")
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Sathish Babu [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > > > > > > > > message that its giving you, there is nobody here who can help you Sathish, The error you face is not a Ruby problem. What happens when you type in Sathish in a command prompt? Try opening a command prompt in windows, and type in Sathish. You will get a “Bad Command Or Filename” or something like that. Why do you think this happens? Why does the command line not recognize the name Sathish? Jayanth