The software I used is (unimaginatively) called "TCPtoSer". Here is a link: http://www.aball.de/~gotti/tcptoser.html It is shareware -- simple, but effective. It is somewhat awkward by the very nature of the solution, but works fine once set up. I would be interested to know if anyone has a better solution for interfacing with a serial device in Rebol (my application does not permit the sort of simplistic port-mapped-as-file solution mentioned earlier because I interface with instruments with real-time bidirectional serial protocols). Roger At 11:49 PM 9/24/99 -1000, you wrote: >My next for-pay project is to use rebol to configure >some machines in realtime that can only >be accessed via serial ports so I too will be watching >for answers to this one. > >If I have to, I may use or write >an IP to serial translator as a last resort. >Roger, would describe what you used to translate? > >I am curious only for the NT boxes I must maintain. >Unixes are no issue to me since I used to write unix drivers >a few years back. If I can, I will avoid 'expect' tho it >too comes on NTs now. > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I looked for a way to interface to a serial (com) port on the Intel version >> of Rebol, but no such mechanism seems present; I was able to accomplish >> this in a round-about manner by using a TCP/IP-to-serial translation >> server. This works, but is somewhat convoluted! >> >> >I'd like to see examples on how REBOL does this also, thru the hardware >> >serial or parallel ports on wintel boxes. >> > >> >Kat >> > >> > > >
