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[REBOL] Re: Help with serial port

From: parki:whatevernot at: 31-Aug-2003 6:37

> Hi Brian, > > On Saturday, August 30, 2003, 8:53:39 PM, you wrote: > > BP> >> insert serial-port #{00} > BP> >> probe copy serial-port > BP> #{} > BP> == #{} > > This is just a guess, but if your device is taking some time to > answer, you might not get the result soon enough. Try with: > > insert serial-port #{00} > wait serial-port > copy serial-port
Tried this - doesn't work (hangs on the wait statement). The device is pretty speedy on reply.
> BP> The only conjecture > BP> that I have right now is that Rebol sends everything down the > serial as > BP> two-byte words, and that "insert serial-port #{00}" really sends > down > BP> 0x0000 (16 bits) which somehow upsets the X.10 device. > > I don't think so, unless there's a bug in REBOL on MacOS X.
Seems unlikely, but grasping at straws. parki...