Try using the 32bit version. I'm assuming you tried the 64bit version, because I get the same result as you when I run that version (but the 32bit runs fine).

Aye Kong's experience is the same as mine - I have 32 bit java, so only the 32bit precompiled controller works. Makelangelo is a java app though, so you must have at least one JRE installed properly and with the paths in the proper places. I guess which JRE it is doesn't matter too much (though java -version will tell you I think). So does javaw.exe open up a window, and just stay open, doing nothing?

One of the first things the app does when it starts is creates a default.properties.txt file, so for me, even if the gui doesn't open (when I try to run the 64 bit one), that file gets created before the program bombs out.

Something to note is that the makelangelo program doesn't run at all on this same machine, because I don't have java on the path - so I guess it isn't a java path-ing issue.

I admit I'm pretty unclear about how the executable version of the controller app actually becomes executable - it's a direct export from the Processing IDE, and I haven't ever delved in deeply to figure it out. Because it is a Processing app, you might find that throwing 'processing' and 'export application' into your search terms will help. Compiling and running from source (and all the library capers that involves) is always an option. Use Processing v1.5 and the versions of the libraries in the zip, if you're going down that path.

Would be great to hear if you have any success here, sorry I don't have a solution for you!
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If it doesn't work, hit it with a hammer...

After much wafting of incense, arcane incantations, a complete removal of the java sdk from my machine, and a (almost) complete re-install of the sdk, the Polargraph controller starts and responds. I'm not sure where the conflict was but I'm a happier camper.

I did not include the 64 bit jre on re-install, just the sdk with and the 32 bit jre. I had to edit some batch files that start other java projects as they now need to point to 32 bit java libraries.

Now, let's see if I can load the server on my uno.

Hi all,

I'm having a similar issue, but I can get into the controller software. It only works if I run the 32bit one as a administrator, and it takes around 3 minutes to appear. Once it is loaded, and I go to click on the serial port config button, a little window pops up with nothing in it. Wait 3 minutes and a list of ports appear, click on a port, another 3 minutes of waiting.

The program doesn't stop responding, and CPU use is at idle levels. No disk activity during the waiting either.

I wasnt sure if I should start a new thread or not, but if I should of, I'll move it. Sorry!

Also, Sandy, thanks for the extras.

EDIT: I tried the controller software on another computer, and it works perfectly. Same OS and all, but it works fine. The Arduino IDE doesn't work on the computer that the controller software didn't work on too. Weird!