CommAPI

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CommAPI translates the communications functions of Windows API to AutoIt functions.

Overview

Features

No need to install DLL's
Using Windows API calls (kernel32.dll)
Possibility of serial communication (serial port, COM port, RS-232)
Possibility of parallel communication (parallel port, LPT port)
No use of global variables
Uniform namespace _CommAPI_XXX
Modular organization into files
A lot of additional utility and helper functions

Scripts

CommAPIConstants.au3
CommAPI.au3
CommAPIHelper.au3
CommUtilities.au3
CommInterface.au3
CommObsolete.au3 (only needed for backward compatibility)

Examples

CommAPI Examples shows you some examples. Maybe you could find more examples in forum.

Background

History

2008-09-12 Creation of cfx.au3 (V1.0)
2011-02-18 Conversation of cfx.au3 into cfxUDF.au3 (V2.0)
2011-02-28 Update V2.0 to V2.1
2011-04-27 Update V2.1 to V2.2 (german forum)
2013-07-10 Modify V2.1 to V2.1mod
2013-10-24 Creation of CommAPI.au3

Changelog

2014-01-23: Small update of method _CommAPI_CreateModeString
2014-02-03: Change timeout handling (Attention: not backward compatible); Small update of method _CommAPI_PurgeComm
2014-03-07: Rename CommAPIStructures.au3 to CommAPIConstants.au3; Replace hex values with Constants
2014-03-27: Update of call _WinAPI_CreateFile; Updated @error handling; New parameter MaxLen for function _CommAPI_ReceiveData; New function _CommAPI_ReceiveLine; Update existing examples and add new examples
2014-03-31: Add constants; Fix _CommAPI_WaitCommEvent
2014-04-03: Fix reading error Chr(128) to Chr(255); Fix error in _CommAPI_TransmitData
2014-04-04: Replace ReceiveData & ReceiveLine with ReceiveBinary & ReceiveString
2014-04-07: replace _CommAPI_TransmitData with _CommAPI_TransmitBinary & _CommAPI_TransmitString; Create CommObsolete.au3 for backward compatibility
2014-04-08: Fix error in _CommAPI_ReceiveBinary

Roadmap

There is no roadmap in the moment. Feel free to implement the last five remaining API calls, enhance the scripts or to fix bugs.

Support

There is no official support. Try to get help from community in the official forum. Here you can find the main thread.

Resources

MSDN Library of communications functions
WIN32API.TXT
cfxUDF.au3
GetCOMPorts (german forum)
ParseCommState

Functions

Implemented API functions

BuildCommDCB
BuildCommDCBAndTimeouts
ClearCommBreak
ClearCommError
EscapeCommFunction
GetCommMask
GetCommModemStatus
GetCommProperties
GetCommState
GetCommTimeouts
PurgeComm
SetCommBreak
SetCommMask
SetCommState
SetCommTimeouts
SetupComm
TransmitCommChar
WaitCommEvent

Unimplemented API functions

CommConfigDialog
GetCommConfig
GetDefaultCommConfig
SetCommConfig
SetDefaultCommConfig

API helper functions

ChangeCommStateElement
ChangeCommTimeoutsElement
GetCommStateElement
GetCommTimeoutsElement
IsOnCTS
IsOnDCD
IsOnDSR
IsOnRI
SetCommStateElement
SetCommTimeoutsElement
SetOnDTR
SetOnRTS

Utility functions

CommStateToString
CommTimeoutsToString
CreateModeString
GetCOMPorts

Interface functions

ClosePort
OpenCOMPort
OpenPort
ReceiveBinary
ReceiveString
TransmitBinary
TransmitString