[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...