Re: [Boost-users] Serial communications support

From: Jean-Sebastien Stoezel (js.stoezel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-01 17:16:13

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I've installed the complete library, and based
on this page http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html
and headers I have on my computer it does not look liek it's supported
though...

On 8/1/08, Casimiro, Daniel C CIV NUWC NWPT <daniel.casimiro_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > Is there a boost library available for serial communications (com
> port)? I could not find one based on the descriptions
> > on the boost libraries page.
>
> Boost::ASIO 1.1.1 supports serial ports. From the announcement,
>
> The major new features in this release are:
>
> * Support for serial ports.
>
>   New classes have been included for creating and manipulating serial
>   ports in a portable manner. For example, a serial port may be opened
>   using:
>
>     serial_port port(my_io_service, name);
>
>   where name is something like "COM1" on Windows, and "/dev/ttyS0" on
>   POSIX platforms. Once opened the serial port may be used as a stream
>   (meaning you can use the free functions such as read(), write(),
>   etc.)
>
>   The serial port implementation also includes option classes for
>   configuring the port: baud_rate, flow_control, parity, stop_bits and
>   character_size.
>
>   Thanks go to Rep Invariant Systems, Inc. for contributing the
>   initial implementation which was integrated into asio to provide
>   this facility.
>
> Boost::ASIO 1.1.1 is a development version (boost 1.35.0 ships ASIO
> 1.0.0)
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=122478&package_id=
> 134200&release_id=610981
>
> ~Dan
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