[Mono-list] Serial Ports

[Petit Eric]

MonoWinforms is not so happy with crossthreading, try to handle the
event through an invokerequiere :-)

2009/8/31 Victor Rocha <rocha.pusch at gmail.com>:
> Hello
>
> I suggest first try a very simple example (like writing simple ascii
> text on a serial port with mono, then reading it with putty or
> hyperterminal, on another comport which can be on the same computer).
>
> This should be very straight forward.... i learned from the same link
> some time ago (http://www.mono-project.com/HowToSystemIOPorts)
>
> After making sure that a simple example works fine, there comes some tricks.
> for example, sometimes i need do set DtrEnabled = true; it depends on
> the device being communicated to;
> there are also issues with "events" on received data, if i record
> correctly, but a simple byte read should work nicely, or see below.
>
> Older posts here in mono lists report that:
> - "Unity" project maybe had a complete version, but noone replied??
> (buhochileno in july12th)
> - this blog has example on threaded polling, to replace the necessity of
> events: http://shaneo.blogsite.org/ (shawn in aug21st)
>
> greetings :-)
>
>
> Glenn R. Martin escreveu:
>> Is this old documentation correct on the received data notification
>> event not being implemented? and that polling has to be done still?
>>
>> http://www.mono-project.com/HowToSystemIOPorts
>>
>> Thanks
>> Glenn R. Martin
>>
>> On 31 Aug 2009, at 03:33 , Petit Eric wrote:
>>
>>> 2009/8/31 Danny Haak <danny.haak at nedap.com
>>> <mailto:danny.haak at nedap.com>>:
>>>> Hi Glenn,
>>>>
>>>> My experience is that serial ports work using the same code in Windows
>>>> and Linux - with the only change being the port name. Does your serial
>>>> device need RTS/CTS lines? Are they set right? Is the timeout set
>>>> correctly?
>>> It is true i forget this , setting not always same, i suggest you to
>>> write them, with same as the one under Windows(parity, speed, bit stop
>>> , rts, end line ........)
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Danny Haak
>>>>
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