Component: SerialPort ( Comms)
| Author | MatrixTSL |
| Version | 0.1 |
| Category | Comms |
SerialPort component
Allows connection to a serial port e.g. a standard serial COM port from the browser.
Detailed description
No detailed description exists yet for this component
Examples
Simple Data
Example program showing how to use communicate to a standard serial COM port.
Macro reference
Close
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Close |
| Closes the serial port | |
 - VOID
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GetProductId
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GetProductId |
| Returns the productId of the selected USB COM port | |
 - LONG
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Return |
GetVendorId
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GetVendorId |
| Returns the vendortId of the selected USB COM port | |
| - LONG
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Return |
Open
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Open |
| Attempts to open a serial port that has already been selected using RequestPort Returns true if port is successfully opened | |
 - BOOL
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Return |
ReceiveString
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ReceiveString |
| Receives a string from the serial port | |
| - LONG
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Timeout |
| Time (in ms) to wait for data | |
| - LONG
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NumChars |
| Number of characters to try to receive | |
 - STRING
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Return |
RequestPort
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RequestPort |
| Asks the user which serial port to use. Returns the selected COM port as a hex string in the form 0xVVVVPPPP where VVVV and PPPP are the vendorID and productID of the USB device. | |
| - STRING
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Return |
SendString
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SendString |
| Sends a text string through an open serial port | |
| - STRING
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sText |
| - VOID
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Return |
Property reference
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Properties |
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Comms Settings |
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Baud Rate |
| The baud rate for the serial communication | |
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Custom Baud |
| A custom baud rate that is not limited to those in the drop-down list (must be a positive integer greater than 0) | |
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Data Bits |
| Data bits per frame (default = 8) | |
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Stop Bits |
| Number of stop bits at the end of a frame (default = 1) | |
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Parity |
| The parity mode for serial communication (default = none) | |
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Buffer Size |
| Size of the read and write buffers used (default = 255) (must be an integer greater than 0) | |
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Flow Control |
| The flow control mode for communication (default = none) | |
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Filters |
| Limits the list of available COM ports to specific USB devices, for example: { usbVendorId: 0x2A03, usbProductId: 0x0043 }, { usbVendorId: 0x2341, usbProductId: 0x0043 }, { usbVendorId: 0x2341, usbProductId: 0x0001 } (leave blank for all COM ports) | |
Component Source Code
Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_WEBEXP_SerialPort.fcsx
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