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[DPRG] WinXP communications support - the end of simple I/O?

Subject: [DPRG] WinXP communications support - the end of simple I/O?
From: Dave Hylands dhylands at gmail.com
Date: Wed Sep 6 00:38:43 CDT 2006

Hi Joe,

Replying to the list this time....

Hi Joe,


> Before I give in and adopt wireless networking for my robotic control
> solution, is there any currently supported serial or parallel
> communications port solution available. I'm looking for something that I
> can program to, not a GUI with sliders to control 16 servos on a
> parallel port.


Te standard Win32 Communications API that has been in effect since
Windows 3.1 still works under Windows XP.

The Microsoft docs are here:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfiles/html/msdn_serial.asp>

If you're looking for a warpper, then you might want to look at:
http://www.codeproject.com/system/cserialport.asp
http://www.tetraedre.com/advanced/serial.php
http://www.tetraedre.com/advanced/serial2.php

-- 
Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/

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