Can I write to Com1 as a file?

[Guest az_engineer]

I'd like to send commands and receive data from an RS232 serial port or a Windows Virtual Com Port.

Will that work? If so, is there a way to set the comm baud rate?

--az_engineer

[erebus]

I don't believe that AutoIT has such a function ...yet.

[dwelcher]

In the old days, we could talk to the com port like this:

echo atz > com1

In Autoit3 it would be:

Run( @Comspec '/c echo atz > com1' )

Or something like that ...

You had to have a program to get the result back though. I think I have an old one around here somewhere ...

Take care,

-Dw

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[normeus]

you might be able to do it in perl (with a module)

but rebol can do it just fine. This is a small language but you could send Emails in a one line program so it is well built. Serial port comm is difficult because of the timing and buffering that is needed.( then again look at the samples)

this is a sample in rebol of talking to a GPS but it is full of comments

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol...cript=gps-pos.r

Edited November 29, 2004 by normeus