[REBOL] Add'l serial port info
From: bo::rebol::com at: 7-Nov-2000 11:36
I found out some additional info on the serial ports.
On Linux, for example, serial ports can be named in any of the following
formats:
ttyC0
ttyS0
cua0
Also, the 0 can be a higher number if you have more than one serial
port.
REBOL cannot determine which of these is correct due to technical reasons
which are beyond the scope of this email, so you will have to try the
following:
1) You must be running REBOL as ROOT (or somehow change the permissions
on the serial ports beforehand) as this is a security feature of
most multi-user systems.
2) Try setting system/ports/serial to the different naming conventions
of your system. For example:
system/ports/serial: [ttyC0 ttyC1]
-or-
system/ports/serial: [ttyS0 ttyS1]
-or-
system/ports/serial: [cua0 cua1]
You can include as many serial ports as there are on your system in
this block.
3) Open the serial port like this:
serial-port: open serial://port1/9600/8/none/1
Use the word PORT1 above (don't replace with the serial port name)
as it refers directly to a location in the system/ports/serial
block. You can also use PORT2 or PORT3, etc. (if applicable to your
system).
Have fun!
--
Bohdan "Bo" Lechnowsky
REBOL Adventure Guide
REBOL Technologies 707-467-8000 (http://www.rebol.com)
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