Gordon, great suggestion! Unfortunately when I altered my parity settings in any manner I actually got more superfluous characters than before on OSX, so I didn't try on my PC. (BTW, your app sounds really interesting! I'd like to know more about it off list.)
Dar, you're the expert of experts on Rev & serial comm: Thanks for your reply! Before I answer your question, I should tell you I'm trying to access call data (SMDR) from our Legend phone system. It uses a modified DB9 adapter, but the adapter appears to work fine. I can, for example, use it to program the phone system. To answer your questions: Yes, the port is closed before plugging in the cable. (I'm now making double-sure to check it.) Sorry, but I'm new to serial comm so I don't know specifically how to "sync on something good" with rev. If you have a code snippet handy.... :) Regarding char, I'm not getting good results using it. With char, it usually just sits there & is slow to collect the data (but I think it does work, just not very well). When I use int1, I can see all of the activity, including control chars. But on my XP box, I see strange numbers that I never get on the mac. Maybe I'll try on my Linux box, but it's a strange inconsistency! (See below for an example.) Yeah, my serialControlString is set to "BAUD=1200 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1". And the weird part is yes, the data I expect does come across ok, generally speaking. See, I sometimes get these strange characters in between, but the characters are there. Here's an example. I'll read from the serial port in OSX: 6 67 32 49 50 47 48 50 47 48 52 32 49 52 58 51 56 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 73 78 32 32 48 48 58 48 48 58 49 55 32 32 32 56 48 57 32 32 52 50 51 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 13 10 7 5 5 4 5 6 5 6 4 Using numToChar() on each value CORRECTLY reveals: C 12/02/04 14:38 IN 00:00:17 809 423 But in XP, I read: -52 67 32 49 50 47 48 50 47 48 52 32 49 52 58 52 52 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 73 78 32 32 48 48 58 48 48 58 52 55 32 32 32 56 49 48 32 32 52 48 48 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 13 10 12 -100 12 -100 12 -100 -100 -100 -100 12 -84 12 Which CORRECTLY turns into: C 12/02/04 14:44 IN 00:00:47 810 400 But notice the first few values in each raw data list. In OSX, I read 6 (a control char) then 67 (which is "C" & is the beginning of the call data). After the data, I get more control chars 4, 5, 6, & 7. In XP, I first read -52! What's that? Then the trailing control chars are 12, -100, -84, etc. Strange. Anyway, thank you both so much for the helpful advice! _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
