# Ignition 8 Serial Communication

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-serial-communication/24168>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-serial-communication/24168 "2019-04-16T07:27:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![f.pinciaroli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/f.pinciaroli/32/6101_2.png) [@f.pinciaroli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f.pinciaroli)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-serial-communication/24168/1 "2019-04-16T07:27:27Z")

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Hello,

I’m looking for a way to use serial communication within ignition 8.  
I used the Serial Support Modules in many projects but they are no longer supported with Ignition 8.  
I was looking alternative way.  
Tried to install the javax.comm jar library (simply copied in lib/core/…) with no results.  
[Edit] Even tried packaging the jar with pack200 but still no results

Can somoene show me an usefull way?

Thanks, Federico.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-serial-communication/24168/2 "2019-04-16T11:32:16Z")

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They are still packaged with Ignition v8. I haven’t gotten around to testing them, but I think they are expected to work. What difficulties have you encountered?

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**Author:** ![f.pinciaroli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/f.pinciaroli/32/6101_2.png) [@f.pinciaroli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f.pinciaroli)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-serial-communication/24168/3 "2019-04-16T13:05:41Z")

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They are not installed with a fresh ignition 8 installation.  
I cant’ find where to download them (Ignitin 8 version)  
And there’s no way to install 7.10 versions

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-serial-communication/24168/4 "2019-04-16T13:07:04Z")

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They’re available for download on this page: [https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/ignition](https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/ignition)