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Hi alex14,

I don't really use timers so I don't have very much experience with them, but I believe that they are not very consistent/reliable with respect to accuracy... you are depending on Window ...

Hi Zeech,

Only one device can use a serial port at a time and the COM port needs to be released/closed before another device can open the same one.

I can think of a couple of different ways arou ...

Hi marksydenham,

Well, you are only receiving HEX data because RS232_Read():NumGet() returns HEX data. If you want to see DECIMAL format then you will need to do the conversion.

You are being tr ...

I got Wajeemba's PM about a week ago and here was my reply.

Well, first the easy part... the script takes 33% of the CPU because of the "Critical, On" command. That basically gives the sc ...

Hi Camuel,

The script is on the very first post of this topic. Zip files are not necessary. All you need to do is copy the text into a file on your computer and then double click on that file and t ...

Hi Drugwash,

These AHK serial scripts will send all the bytes out in one shot. So if the receiver is not able to keep up then you will loose information.

I have never really used DTR/RTS. I alw ...

Hi All, I have updated the Serial (COM) Port Script to make it stdlib compatible as suggested by haichen. If for some reason someone should want the old non-stdlib version then send me a PM and I'll g ...

Hi newbynewb,

what you need to do is log your HyperTerminal traffic to a file. Do the following:

1) In HyperTerminal go to Transfer -> Capture Text -> then enter the path/file name of wher ...

Hi Jinxx,

That error means that the Initialize_COM() subroutine failed to connect to the serial port.

What you should do is uncomment line 298 shown below so that you can see the COM_Settings th ...

fincs,

You are probably getting tired of hearing how awesome of an editor this is... but here it is again... this editor is awesome. BEST ONE I HAVE EVER USED!!!

Couple of questions:

1)Do you ...

I suppose a rogue moderator could be a problem, however, this was the best way that I could think of maintaining some level of quality control. Hopefully these kinds of problems would be minimal. Your ...

Hi haichen,

You provide some very good input. Hopefully, within the next week or two I will get some time to make the changes.

aobrien

I've been using AHK for a couple of years now and wrote and maintain Serial ( COM ) Port Console Script The moderators will decide which Functions/Products get included in their respective productize ...

Hi HelpAHK,

Can you give me 3 things to look at?
1) The ASCII output in passing mode
2) Data in the passing mode
3) Data the failure mode

Then we will be able to compare the information to s ...

Hi HelpAHK,

I think that the problem might be in the Serial Port buffers in the PC. Read_from_COM() simply retrieves data from the buffers. If you don't close the COM port and/or flush out the buff ...