First thing to do is make sure that your serial hardware (cables, wires, et. al.) is
working and then start to write you code.
Sometimes you have the wrong cable and need a Null Modem cable instead of a pass-thru
considering the device you are using. To make
sure this works, get a regular terminal emulator application for the Palm. I
recommend OnLine from MarkSpace (www.markspace.com).
This lets you make sure that the right data, if any, is coming into the Palm device.
Damn! I'm recommending this device so much lately, I should be getting a commission.
:)
Steve
Charles Rezsonya wrote:
> i have opened a serial connection with a device at 9600, 8 bits per char, 1
> stop bit. probing the serial devices settings its at 9600 8n1. i believe
> that i'm sending it valid instructions because when i tell it to read a card
> it becomes armed. but the next obivious step is to receive the data from
> the unit. i tried some serialmanager calls but on receiving data it fails
> (timeout) and transmits ok.
>
> can someone shed some light on this routine?
>
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