Read over the New Serial Manager functions in the SDK. Pay attention to the Serial Settings Constants and the SrmControl routine.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Arrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: comm-dev-forum,palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:31 PM Subject: don't want serial flow control... > ...have a question re: palm (OS 4.1) serial port / flow control > > Writing an app which talks to a device using the standard > STX,data,ETX,checksum protocol. Since the protocol > is known to both devices (when to RX,TX, timeout), i really > don't need flow control (RTS/CTS) ...but can't find > anyway of turning it off. if i set the control bit > srmSettingsFlagRTSInactive only, i can send but not receivce, > i always seem to have to set srmSettingsFlagRTSAutoM > in order to receive data. i OR'd setsrmSettingsFlagRTSAutoM > with srmSettingsFlagRTSInactive, but i think > srmSettingsFlagRTSInactive is really just being ignored in this > case. My RS232 cable between the devices is just 3 wires > (RX,TX and signal ground) but at the palm connector i need to > short RTS to CTS. This works, but just wondering if RTS/CTS > can be disabled. > > ...thanks > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
