Serial Communication using C++ HELP!
What do you mean by "serial communication program"? Do you mean serial port communication? If so, what OS are you using? Windows's API is to open it using the COM name, and build the DCB data, like this:
If it's another OS, then someone else will have to answer you.
DCB dcb;
HANDLE hComm;
hComm = CreateFile( "COM1",
GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
0,
0,
OPEN_EXISTING,
FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
0);
if (hComm == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
// error opening port; abort
printf("Error opening %s for communicating!\n", "COM1");
exit(2);
}
FillMemory(&dcb, sizeof(dcb), 0);
dcb.DCBlength = sizeof(dcb);
if (!BuildCommDCB("115200,n,8,1", &dcb))
...
If it's another OS, then someone else will have to answer you.
Author
Yes, a Serial port communication program, on windows. I need a library to link to for correct syntax's
Author
Here is my code, now I'm not the greatest at this, but any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to connect to COM3 and it won't connect. I've attached my code, along with the error message.
// serial.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//
#include "stdafx.h"
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
return 0;
}
#undef UNICODE
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
void PrintError( LPCSTR str)
{
LPVOID lpMessageBuffer;
int error = GetLastError();
FormatMessage(
FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
NULL,
error,
MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), //The user default language
(LPTSTR) &lpMessageBuffer,
0,
NULL
);
printf("%s: (%d) %s\n\n",str,error,lpMessageBuffer);
LocalFree( lpMessageBuffer );
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
// open port for I/O
HANDLE h = CreateFile(argv[1],
GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE,
0,NULL,
OPEN_EXISTING,0,NULL);
if(h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
PrintError("E012_Failed to open port");
} else {
// set timeouts
COMMTIMEOUTS cto = { 1, 100, 1000, 0, 0 };
DCB dcb;
if(!SetCommTimeouts(h,&cto))
PrintError("E013_SetCommTimeouts failed");
// set DCB
memset(&dcb,0,sizeof(dcb));
dcb.DCBlength = sizeof(dcb);
dcb.BaudRate = 19200;
dcb.fBinary = 1;
dcb.fDtrControl = DTR_CONTROL_ENABLE;
dcb.fRtsControl = RTS_CONTROL_ENABLE;
dcb.fOutxCtsFlow = 1;
dcb.fRtsControl = DTR_CONTROL_HANDSHAKE;
dcb.Parity = NOPARITY;
dcb.StopBits = ONESTOPBIT;
dcb.ByteSize = 8;
if(!SetCommState(h,&dcb))
PrintError("E014_SetCommState failed");
char buf[7];
DWORD read = 0;
DWORD write=1; // Number of bytes to write to serial port
buf[0] = 72; // Decmial value to write to serial port
WriteFile(h,buf,write,&write,NULL); // write is updated with the number of bytes written
ReadFile(h,buf,sizeof(buf),&read,NULL); // read is updated with the number of bytes read
DWORD i;
for (i=0; i<read; i++)
printf("%i ", (unsigned char)buf);
CloseHandle(h);
}
system("pause");
return 0;
}
Your code is using the first argument passed on the command line as the name of the file it's trying to open to read the serial port. What are you specifying for the value of that argument?
I'm assuming you're using "COM3" as arg[1]? If so, do you have another program already using COM3? Are you sure COM3 is a valid com port on your machine?
If you're looking for a library that allow your code to be portable, you could try Boost.Asio. It has support for serial comms but I haven't used it in years and it may be overkill for what you are trying to achieve.
Author
yes BeerNutts I am, but no, I'm very new to this and I'm very sure its a valid com port. I've used putty to connect to it and was able to communicate.
ChaosEngine, thank you for your post, I will look into soon.
ChaosEngine, thank you for your post, I will look into soon.
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