User`s manual

Serial Port I/O

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Overview of the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Getting Started with Serial I/O . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18

Creating a Serial Port Object . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24

Connecting to the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27

Configuring Communication Settings . . . . . . . . 8-28

Writing and Reading Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29

Events and Callbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48

Using Control Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-56

Debugging: Recording Information to Disk . . . . . . 8-62

Saving and Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-68

Disconnecting and Cleaning Up . . . . . . . . . . . 8-69

Property Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-70