Simon Why not use 3 comm ports? might be simpler than hooking the other comm (esp since you don't know how the other software works)
N > I have an interesting request ... I write a lot of GPS based apps, and am > quite familiar with reading data from via a COM port from the GPS. A client > needs that GPS position offset - rather than exactly where the GPS is, he > needs it to read (e.g.) at right angles to the direction of travel and a > certain distance away ... so he can drive past Telecom poles, and click a > button, but record the position of the pole on the berm, not the truck on > the road. > > That's fine if it's internal to my app, as I can do the math, but he has > another app which is a black box and hooks into a camera system, and I have > no access to this software. > > What I want to do is write a little app that reads the GPS COM Port, does > the offset, and then "streams the offset data out to another COM Port" ... > and the camera box can then read this COM Port. > > Is this even possible ? To write an app that streams data to a COM Port so > that another application on the same computer can read it ? It's a bit of an > odd one, and I don't know where to start looking ... > > Simon Garton > GIS/IT Consultant > email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > mob : +64 21 227 4666 > lat/long : 36º53'17" S, 174º46'50" E > www : http://www.simongarton.co.nz > http://www.treecapture.co.nz > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
