RE: Serial Port (RS-232)

[Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>]

Jaime Garcia wrote:

> What I want to do is to read from another device that transmit a string of
> chars through serial connector, what do you recommend? I would like to know
> your approach for this. Thank you in advance for your help.

First, open() the device.

Then configure the line settings with e.g.:

	struct termios t;
	tcgetattr(fd, &t);
	t.c_lflag &= ~ICANON;
	tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &t);

The ICANON flag controls the use of "canonical mode" (line buffering,
processing of control codes, etc). For a device other than a terminal,
you would normally disable this flag. Exactly how the line is
configured depends upon the device; see the termios(3) manpage for a
list of settings.

Finally, just read() data.

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Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>