Re: serial port trouble on Win10

[Ulrich Schmidt <u.sch.zw@...>]

Am 10.10.2020 um 08:51 schrieb Sean Conner:
> It was thus said that the Great Ulrich Schmidt once stated:
> > I can open the serial port via io.open() but this approach works in
> > buffered mode and my short messages get stuck in the transmit buffer.
>
>    Two possible solutions:
>
> 1. use file:flush() after writing data to ensure the buffer is written.
> 2. use file:setvbuf('no') immediately after opening the serial port to avoid
>     all buffering of data.
>
>    -spc (And that's all the ideas I have)
Solution 2. worked so far as i can send short commands to my hardware.
Thank You. For doing so, i had to open the file in write mode.
Unfortunately i cant read this port. To read, i need to open the file in
read mode but cant send anymore.
Thats probably the reason Steve Donovan did a lot of magic behind the
scene in his winapi module.