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Re: Using the serial port of a SunSparc station to the data in real time [message #6788]

Tue, 13 August 1996 00:00

pit
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In article <4umqme$kn8@kwuz.nerc-keyworth.ac.uk>,
orka@unixa.nerc-keyworth.ac.uk (Nigel Rees) writes:

> Does anybody know if it is possible to access the serial port of a
> SunSparc station(ttya), directly from IDL. This is currently
> achieved using C called from IDL, and this is having portability
> problems. Any help gratefully recieved.
> Thankyou
> Nigel.

I once did it for controlling a video recorder and an optical disc
recorder (Sparc 10, SunOS 4.1.3). It was as easy as to do an
openu,1,'/dev/ttya'
writeu,1,data
Have you already tried this?

Peter

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