Modified the way that the serial port is opened to hopefully be more cross platform.

mainwindow.cpp

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     ui->canFramesView->setColumnWidth(4, 40);
     ui->canFramesView->setColumnWidth(5, 300);
 
-    QList<QSerialPortInfo> ports = QSerialPortInfo::availablePorts();
+    ports = QSerialPortInfo::availablePorts();
 
     for (int i = 0; i < ports.count(); i++)
     {
@@ -592,7 +592,14 @@ void MainWindow::handleSaveFile()
 
 void MainWindow::connButtonPress()
 {
-    emit sendSerialPort(ui->cbSerialPorts->currentText());
+    for (int x = 0; x < ports.count(); x++)
+    {
+        if (ports.at(x).portName() == ui->cbSerialPorts->currentText())
+        {
+            emit sendSerialPort(ports[x]);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void MainWindow::showGraphingWindow()

mainwindow.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include <QSerialPort>
+#include <QSerialPortInfo>
 #include "canframemodel.h"
 #include "can_structs.h"
 #include "graphingwindow.h"
@@ -37,13 +38,14 @@ public slots:
     void gotFrame(CANFrame *frame);
 
 signals:
-    void sendSerialPort(QString portName);
+    void sendSerialPort(QSerialPortInfo &port);
     void updateBaudRates(int, int);
     void sendCANFrame(const CANFrame *, int);
 
 private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
     CANFrameModel *model;
+    QList<QSerialPortInfo> ports;
     QThread serialWorkerThread;
     QByteArray inputBuffer;
     GraphingWindow *graphingWindow;

serialworker.cpp

@@ -16,26 +16,27 @@ SerialWorker::~SerialWorker()
     if (serial != NULL) delete serial;
 }
 
-void SerialWorker::setSerialPort(QString portName)
+void SerialWorker::setSerialPort(QSerialPortInfo &port)
 {
-    if (serial == NULL) serial = new QSerialPort(this);
+    if (!(serial == NULL))
+    {
+        if (serial->isOpen())
+        {
+            serial->close();
+        }
+        delete serial;
+    }
 
-    if (serial->isOpen())
-    {
-        serial->close();
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        qDebug() << "Serial port name is " << portName;
-        serial->setPortName(portName);
-        serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
-        QByteArray output;
-        output.append(0xE7);
-        output.append(0xE7);
-        serial->write(output);
-        ///isConnected = true;
-        connect(serial, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readSerialData()));
-    }
+    serial = new QSerialPort(port);
+
+    qDebug() << "Serial port name is " << port.portName();
+    serial->open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
+    QByteArray output;
+    output.append(0xE7);
+    output.append(0xE7);
+    serial->write(output);
+    ///isConnected = true;
+    connect(serial, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readSerialData()));
 }
 
 void SerialWorker::readSerialData()

serialworker.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QSerialPort>
+#include <QSerialPortInfo>
 #include "can_structs.h"
 
 enum STATE //keep this enum synchronized with the Arduino firmware project
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ private slots: //we receive things in slots
     void readSerialData();    
 
 public slots:
-    void setSerialPort(QString);
+    void setSerialPort(QSerialPortInfo&);
     void sendFrame(const CANFrame *, int);
     void updateBaudRates(int, int);