Created attachment 186754 [details] Error message SUMMARY When adding a live data source from a serial port, the "Data Format" tab is greyed out and the message "initialization failed: Live: No column modes set" appears at the bottom. I am unable to get data from a serial device. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Plug a serial device outputting comma separated data into a USB port. 2. Create a new Labplot project 3. Add a new live data source from a serial port 4. Select the correct port and baud rate 5. Select ASCII Data type OBSERVED RESULT Unable to edit the Data Format EXPECTED RESULT Able to edit the Data Format SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.10.0 Kernel Version: 6.17.7-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 32 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.1 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Created attachment 186786 [details] I18N_ARGUMENT_MISSING
There also seems to be an I18N_ARGUMENT_MISSING error with the column data types
The I18N_ARGUMENT_MISSING error is present on the Arch linux build of version 2.12 of Labplot, but not on the 2.12.1 version of the Appimage. The original issue is still present in the Appimage.
Created attachment 186791 [details] Workaround
This bug has a very strange workaround, for which I have attached a screen recording.
Thanks for reporting the problem. For serialport only custom shall be available, because the datatypes of all columns must be specified. Did you get it to work with the workaround?
The workaround allows me to input the column names and types, and then it works If I don't do what I did in the screen recording, the fields for inputting the column types are greyed out. It's very odd. First, I have to switch from serial input to something else, like MQTT. Then, I switch back to serial. Then, I have to set the data format to binary, and switch it back to ASCII. Only then can I enter the details concerning the column types and names.
Thanks, I fixed it in https://invent.kde.org/education/labplot/-/merge_requests/789