Date: 10 Nov 1999 02:00:43 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Patient Monitoring !! Message-ID: <86ogd3gqqc.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: Joss Roots's message of "Tue, 9 Nov 1999 10:33:37 -0800 (PST)" References: <19991109183337.12224.rocketmail@web118.yahoomail.com>
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Joss Roots <osiris2002@yahoo.com> writes: > any programs out there for interpreting such ASCII commands. any > programs how to open serial port. I mean assuming that I wont need to > write a driver, since most probably the data is coming raw, and very > basic out of these serial ports, so how would I capture this. Any > program headers for setting up the serial data communication is > appreciated. thanks alot. Try using minicom for some initial tests. It pretty much gives you direct access to the device connected to the device. However, since serial communications are so complicated, or at least seem to be the first few times, you might want to read the Serial-Programming HOWTO distributed by the Linux Documentation Project. Pretty good stuff, and you'll surely be able to figure out the different device names of BSD. Knowing the *right* settings for a device you're connected to over a serial port can get at least tricky. Stop bits, parity, data bits, etc. so you might be searching for pins in straw unless you know the settings used by your hardware. -- Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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