Re: new libraries to access serial ports
- Posted by coconut Oct 19, 2010
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lpuster said...
Your library works well for me, except for one thing: If I try to read the input stream when there are no bytes in the buffer, the whole computer locks up waiting for data.
How can I test to see if the input buffer is empty or not?
There must be a way to do it, as every terminal program waits for input and displays it whenever it comes without locking up. Can I hook into the serial port interrupt chain?
Hi! lpuster,
Both libraries, the windows version and the linux version, have provision for timing out. I didn't used that code for over 1 year so I don't remember the details, but I'm sure you can read the source code as well as me.
regards, Jacques d.
