Hey does anyone know a ocx or even some only coding way to communicate with the com ports? Has anyone made any experience with building devices to connect to the com port?
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Hey does anyone know a ocx or even some only coding way to communicate with the com ports? Has anyone made any experience with building devices to connect to the com port?
The msComm control - It can read lots of stuff. I haven't used it but I found out about it on a site I found this morning.
To make things you should use a DB25 breakout box for wiring. These are moderately expensive but don't require any soldering, making them perfect for testing. Now I used to have documents I made on the subject but I lost them (recycled most likely :() so I'll recall from memory...
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/par/doc/regpins.html
Ah here we are ;). The data out is only 5 bits but the data in is 8, so we have some good stuff. There's some grounding to be done, as well.
Good luck!
thanks I will take a look at that.