serial (version 1.2)

serial: A serial communication interface for R.

Description

This R package provides the functionality to use the serial communication ports "COM" or "tty" to use the RS232/RS422/RS485 functionality of the corresponding hardware. Also virtual COM-ports via USB do work, as long as they are mapped to COM[n] (win) or tty[n] (Linux) in the operating system.

open(con)

opens a serial connection

close(con)

closes the serial connection

read.serialConnection(con)

byte wise read from the interface as long as the buffer is empty

write.serialConnection(con,dat)

writes a string to the serial interface

isOpen(con)

test a connection, whether it is open or not

listPorts()

list all available ports on the system

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# for this example I used the 'null-modem' emulator 'com0com' for Windows
# which is available on 'http://com0com.sourceforge.net/'
# Here the pair of com-ports is 'CNCA0' <-> 'CNCB0'

# Test the functionality:
# ======================
#
# first: install the virtual null-modem connection like
#        com0com (win) or tty0tty (linux)
#        Hint: Some unix insist on port names like 'ttyS[n]'.
# 
# second: setup a terminal program (like HTerm or gtkterm) and listen to 
#         com-port 'CNCB0' (or what ever you have installed)
#         or (for unix only) 'cat /dev/tnt1' will output tnt1 to console

# }
# NOT RUN {
# Now configure one of the com-ports with appropriate connection properties
con <- serialConnection(name = "testcon",port = "CNCA0"
                       ,mode = "115200,n,8,1"
                       ,newline = 1
                       ,translation = "crlf"
                       )

# let's open the serial interface

open(con)

# write some stuff
write.serialConnection(con,"Hello World!")

# read, in case something came in
read.serialConnection(con)

# close the connection
close(con)
# }