Guest Nwulf Posted August 15, 2002 Posted August 15, 2002 I am trying to communicate with the comm port but am having no luck. I have a program that monitors a scale, which is connected through comm1. I need to communicate with the scale via .Net and display the scale reading on the monitor. I have looked throught MS's help site and there is a sample program...but I can't get it to work...lot of "other" stuff I don't need. Here is the settings that I need to have when I communicate with the scale: 1200 Baud, Even Parity, 7 Databits, Stop 1. I really don't think that there is a whole lot I need. I am not sure if I need to user CreateFile and use comm1, or what. ??? :confused: ??? Thanks... Nick Quote
*Gurus* divil Posted August 15, 2002 *Gurus* Posted August 15, 2002 You'd be best using VB6, and the MSComm control that ships with it. Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
Guest Nwulf Posted August 15, 2002 Posted August 15, 2002 LOL....I only have .Net....wishing I had VB6 :( Quote
*Gurus* divil Posted August 15, 2002 *Gurus* Posted August 15, 2002 Unfortunately serial communications is not currently a part of the .net framework, so you'll have to go the C++ route it would seem. Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
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