Serial Port Setup

[Thomas Mondoshawan Tate]

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On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 08:41:25AM -0700, Nicholas Bacon wrote:
> I am trying to set up a serial port to=20
> read data from a weather station.  I=20
> have some C code that will set up the=20
> allow the port to listen, but I can't=20
> find any information on how to get=20
> the code "into" dev/ttyS0 or ttyS1. =20
> Do I compile it into that directory=20
> with the name ttyS1 and replace it,=20
> or something else?

Well, first off, you have to realize that all of the files in the /dev
directory correspond directly to each device installed in your system. If
you want to send data to a device, you have to open() it like a file, and
write() to it. The same procedure goes for reading: open() it and then
read() from it.

What do you mean "get the code 'into' dev/ttyS0 or ttyS1"? Do you mean
upload the actual program into the device?

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Thomas "Mondoshawan" Tate
phoenix@psy.ed.asu.edu
http://tank.dyndns.org

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