Re: [Boost-users] How to access COM ports

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How to access COM ports
From: master master (master_4_master_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-03 20:50:29

Thank You Cliff Green for making the concept clear ( specially for platform-independent). Today is sunday so now i can work on it. 

I got this help from docs, and I hope it will help me.
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/doc/html/boost_asio/overview/serial_ports.html

Thank you
Rahul

 
 



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From: Cliff Green <cliffg_at_[hidden]>
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Sent: Sunday, 4 January, 2009 2:48:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How to access COM ports


> How to access COM port using BOOST library. I want to access COM3 port 
using boost. 
 
Use the Asio serial port facilities. COM / serial 
ports are not TCP streams. Read the Asio reference doc on Serial port facilities 
(I don't think there's any serial port examples in the docs yet, but there 
should be people on this or the Asio e-mail list that can help with specific 
questions).

> Another problem I am facing is that the 
network client should be platform-independent but if I use socket.h then it will 
not work on windows and if I use winsock then it will not run on linux/unix 
variants. Same for other header files like inet.h etc 
 
Don't use them. Everything you need (unless you're 
doing something very esoteric) is supplied through the Asio 
facilities.
 
Are you confusing COM / serial I/O with networking 
programming? They are two separate and distinct things, although Asio provides 
an API to handle async events on either.
 
Cliff


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