Programming the serial port

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Zanna

Hi all,

I find out that PPC can have a serial-card to be used as a common rs232.
I saw also the library for serial port for PPC of OpenNetCF.
I wonder if this library will work on the PPC or only on HandledPC.

Thank you.
 
Since it uses standard Windows CE API functions to access the port it should
work on any device on which the .NET Compact Framework is supported.

Peter
 
Peter Foot said:
Since it uses standard Windows CE API functions to access the port it should
work on any device on which the .NET Compact Framework is supported.
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Thank you for reply.

My question is if the hardware will support it :)

Thanks again.
 
And my answer was yes, as long as your serial card is accessed as a standard
com port - which I suspect it is (do you have a particular hardware device
in mind?) . You can also use the library with the built in serial port of
devices or serial over the IR port.

Peter
 
Peter Foot said:
And my answer was yes, as long as your serial card is accessed as a standard
com port - which I suspect it is (do you have a particular hardware device
in mind?)
Click to expand...

The problem is I'm no experieced with PocketPC serial ports.
I saw there are some cards that can be inserted and used as a serial port.

My question was if there is someone that experieced this solution, if is it
necessary a particular "serial-card" or whatever.

Thank you again
 
The cards I've used (Socket Communications) all enumerate like an on-board
COM port, so the library works fine with them.

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Chris Tacke, eMVP
Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member
www.OpenNETCF.org
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Windows CE Product Manager
Applied Data Systems
www.applieddata.net
 
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