Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux

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Re: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by tachyon-II (Chaplain) on May 23, 2008 at 05:34 UTC
Win32::SerialPort for Win32 and Device::SerialPort for linux. Common interface. `my $PortObj; if ( $^O =~ m/Win32/ ) { require Win32::SerialPort; $PortObj = new Win32::SerialPort ($PortName, $quiet, $lockfile) or die "Can't open $PortName: $!\n"; } else { require Device::SerialPort; $PortObj = new Device::SerialPort ($PortName, $quiet, $lockfile) or die "Can't open $PortName: $!\n"; } # theoretically do same stuff on Win32 or Linux with same method calls` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by kranthi (Sexton) on May 27, 2008 at 07:45 UTC
Hi thankyou for your reply. for this do i need to download and install Win32::SerialPort, if so can u please let me know the procedure for the same. I am using Active perl 5.10.0 Build 1002.	[reply]
Re^3: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by tachyon-II (Chaplain) on May 27, 2008 at 12:30 UTC
See A Guide To Installing Modules. Executive summary: `Start\|Run\|cmd C:\>ppm install Win32-SerialPort` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by TGI (Parson) on May 23, 2008 at 16:18 UTC
Here are a few links you might find useful: The MisterHouse project uses Win32::SerialPort and Device::SerialPort. Bill Birthisel has a page of perl serial programming resources. TGI says moo	[reply]
Re: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by Anonymous Monk on May 28, 2008 at 05:08 UTC
Hi, use Device-SerialPort for serial port handling. the documentation is also in detail. get it from cpan.	[reply]
Re: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by xiaoyafeng (Deacon) on May 27, 2008 at 15:14 UTC
I haven't used whatever::serialport modules for long long time. You just simply type below: `open( PORT, "+>/dev/S01/" or die "Can't open S01: $!"; #linux mode open( PORT, "+>COM1" ) or die "Can't open COM1: $!"; #Windows mode` [download] Please note you should install active perl first for the second method. I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by Anonymous Monk on Jan 13, 2010 at 08:19 UTC
How do you specify speed, parity and xon/off?	[reply]
Re^3: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by afoken (Chancellor) on Jan 16, 2010 at 07:37 UTC
By using ioctl, at least on Linux. The various serial port modules take care of that when you use them. I think Windows has something similar, RTFM. In the worst case, you get the OS defaults for the port. Note that /dev/S01 is usually not your first serial port. That would be named /dev/ttyS0, and the second one /dev/ttyS1. USB converters usually appear as /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1, and so on. (/dev/S01 seems to be a typo or a system-specific device.) Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]
Re: Accessing Serial port on windows and Linux by Anonymous Monk on Jan 18, 2013 at 06:37 UTC
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