On Monday 04 November 2002 16:31, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 09:32:14AM +0100, J�rg Johannes wrote: > > Hi List > > > > The subject says it (nearly) all: I have an old spectrophotometer which > > has a serial port. According to the manual, it reads commands in > > cleartext, and outputs its measured data in clear text as well. So what I > > need is a software that allows me to send such commands to the serial > > port, and read the results back over serial port into a file. Any > > pointers (or ready programs :)) ? > > Couldn't you just pipe things in to and out of /dev/ttySn?
Or simply use minicom. It also lets you configure baudrate and alike. IIRC, you have to set it up as root with 'minicom -s' -- Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
