Hi Paolo, On 07/30/2014 09:32 AM, Paolo Garro wrote: > Hi all, > Timeout is a matter of transmission. > Guessing how many time consumes the process of a " ; " is not. > I think a ready/busy flag will help. > HW flow control will help too if used to communicate the ready status. > What do you think about?
Could you explain to me what is wrong with waiting for the echo reply? I use this on automatic data collection from controllers running an amForth program. Of course, you have to read and parse for the prompt, however, with hw flow control you need to read the prompt as well. Cheers, Erich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ Amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel