ajit Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) Hi: I am having a foot operated switch connected to the serial port (Com1) Is it possible to read the switch logic using Serial port (com port) UDF by martin. If possible, please give me to some clues to go about it. Regards Ajit Edited December 11, 2009 by ajit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hi:I am having a foot operated switch connected to the serial port (Com1)Is it possible to read the switch logic using Serial port (com port) UDF by martin.If possible, please give me to some clues to go about it.RegardsAjitIt is possible but I would recommend that you buy a serial port mouse (Very cheap) and connect your foot switch across the left button. Then you will get a proper character to read from the serial port which will tell you the state of the switch. You can also have more than one foot switch. If you want to get carried away you could connect a wind vane sensor to the mouse wheel circuit and display the wind speed at the same time.A serial mouse uses 1200 baud, 8 data bits one stop bit and no parity. Serial port communications UDF Includes functions for binary transmission and reception.printing UDF Useful for graphs, forms, labels, reports etc.Add User Call Tips to SciTE for functions in UDFs not included with AutoIt and for your own scripts.Functions with parameters in OnEvent mode and for Hot Keys One function replaces GuiSetOnEvent, GuiCtrlSetOnEvent and HotKeySet.UDF IsConnected2 for notification of status of connected state of many urls or IPs, without slowing the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEOSoft Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 If you want to get carried away you could connect a wind vane sensor to the mouse wheel circuit and display the wind speed at the same time.Is that in mph or km/h? JK George Question about decompiling code? Read the decompiling FAQ and don't bother posting the question in the forums.Be sure to read and follow the forum rules. -AKA the AutoIt Reading and Comprehension Skills test.*** The PCRE (Regular Expression) ToolKit for AutoIT - (Updated Oct 20, 2011 ver:3.0.1.13) - Please update your current version before filing any bug reports. The installer now includes both 32 and 64 bit versions. No change in version number. Visit my Blog .. currently not active but it will soon be resplendent with news and views. Also please remove any links you may have to my website. it is soon to be closed and replaced with something else. "Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Is that in mph or km/h? JKI would prefer an internationally acceptable unit for wind measured this way like Scroll Wheel Optical Orbital Segments per Hour. (SWOOSH)Of course this would be a Mouse Anenometer Device idea. Serial port communications UDF Includes functions for binary transmission and reception.printing UDF Useful for graphs, forms, labels, reports etc.Add User Call Tips to SciTE for functions in UDFs not included with AutoIt and for your own scripts.Functions with parameters in OnEvent mode and for Hot Keys One function replaces GuiSetOnEvent, GuiCtrlSetOnEvent and HotKeySet.UDF IsConnected2 for notification of status of connected state of many urls or IPs, without slowing the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajit Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) @martin: Thanks very much for your suggestions. But, would a mouse-like switch not interfere when one is doing other work on the comp such as typing. I had an idea of making something like Express Scribe like software by NCH (freeware); but add some features which I require. Thanks again. Regards Ajit Edited December 12, 2009 by ajit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 @martin:Thanks very much for your suggestions.But, would a mouse-like switch not interfere when one is doing other work on the comp such as typing.I had an idea of making something like Express Scribe like software by NCH (freeware); but add some features which I require.Thanks again.RegardsAjitA serial mouse will not interfere with your normal mouse or anything else because it's just sending data to a com port. For it to act like a mouse you would have to install a serial port mouse driver and select the correct port for the driver. Without that driver set to the port then windows will do nothing with it and you can make your program do what you want. Otherwise any data coming into any com port would cause havoc. Serial port communications UDF Includes functions for binary transmission and reception.printing UDF Useful for graphs, forms, labels, reports etc.Add User Call Tips to SciTE for functions in UDFs not included with AutoIt and for your own scripts.Functions with parameters in OnEvent mode and for Hot Keys One function replaces GuiSetOnEvent, GuiCtrlSetOnEvent and HotKeySet.UDF IsConnected2 for notification of status of connected state of many urls or IPs, without slowing the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajit Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 @martin: Thanks for the clarification. Will try it out. Regards Ajit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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