Read/Write to (com)ports ?

[FluoMarker]

Hi,

I use FNXeditor 2011.
Altough in the helpfile I didn`t find the commands INP and OUT, I found them in the FnxBasic Language Reference (file: FnxBasicRef.pdf).
Unfortunately, when used I get the error message `error 8 "INP` not declared/unknown" ...
How can I read/write to a (com)port ?

thanks

[Marco]

Hi,
you don`t see the inp out function because microsoft block them for security reasons. There are dll wich are not blocked by microsoft to use the inp out function as a dll call so you can use them to perform an inp or out port function.
best regards marco

[FluoMarker]

Thanks for your reply, marco.
This is really new to me, can you help me how to do this, where to find info about these dll, and where to possibly find examples ?
I hope it`s feasible after all ?
(I use Win XP Pro version 2002 SP 3)
regards

[Marco]

There is a file called inpout32.dll with some examples. you can google it. I tried it on xp but it don`t work either. It must be working so i had to figer out why? It is a work around for the inp out instruction.
I will notify you if i found a solution. Someone tried it? (general question)
best regards

[Giovanni Di Maria]

Hi
To connect to COM2, and write to it, I use:


dim PortaSeriale as filestream
PortaSeriale.open("com2:")
PortaSeriale.write("B")
PortaSeriale.close

Can I set its parameters to: COM2, 9600, 8,N,1 ?

Thank you
Giovanni