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Reputation: 3285

Working with NodeJs serialPort - Error: %1 is not a valid Win32 application

I am trying to get serialport (https://www.npmjs.com/package/serialport) to work on windows so that I can send commands to my serial port and hence open/close the lock.

The serialport was installed via bash.

npm install serialport --save-dev

Below is the error

C:\Users\[...]\electron-with-express\express-app\node_modules\bindings\bindings.js:83

Error: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Below is the page

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var SerialPort = require('serialport');

// check which port is available
//var sp = require('../');


/* GET home page */
router.get('/', function(request, response){

    //sp.list(function(err, ports) {
 // console.log(ports);
//});

 SerialPort.list(function (err, ports) {
  ports.forEach(function(port) {
    console.log(port.comName);
    console.log(port.pnpId);
    console.log(port.manufacturer);
  });
});
});

// Important
module.exports = router;

The NodeJs app is being run via Electron

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2723

Answers (1)

Vadim Macagon
Vadim Macagon

Reputation: 14847

Native Node modules such as serialport must be rebuilt to target the specific Electron version you're using, to do so follow the steps documented at http://electron.atom.io/docs/tutorial/using-native-node-modules/

There's also an open issue covering the topic, so if you get stuck at least read this comment.

Upvotes: 2

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