# Standalone motion coordinates detector

**URL:** <https://forums.openmv.io/t/standalone-motion-coordinates-detector/603>\
**Category:** OpenMV Boards\
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/standalone-motion-coordinates-detector/603 "2018-03-07T10:55:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![binjch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@binjch](https://forums.openmv.io/u/binjch)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/standalone-motion-coordinates-detector/603/1 "2018-03-07T10:55:34Z")

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Hello,

I just acquired the OpenVM cam so i’m discovering the product.

I need it to act as standalone motion sensor able to send XY coordinates to a patching application on Windows called vvvv [https://vvvv.org/](https://vvvv.org/).

I read on the forum that a way might be using UART or USB.

Is it possible?

Regards.

Ben

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**Author:** ![kwagyeman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.openmv.io/kwagyeman/32/4_2.png) [@kwagyeman](https://forums.openmv.io/u/kwagyeman)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/standalone-motion-coordinates-detector/603/2 "2018-03-07T16:55:11Z")

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Yes, you’d use the USB VCP port class to do this. On the PC then the camera is just a serial port you open and read text from. Data will move at 12 Mb/s.

Note however, using this feature is not possible while debugging with OpenMV IDE.

So, alternatively, you can use one of he hardware serial ports on the OpenMV Cam and a serial to USB adapter to develop your app and then switch to the USB VCP port once you have all the bugs out.