On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 08:38:29PM -0800, Overcomer Man wrote:
How do I make a Serial ComPort to text I/O with a USB device?
I am currently trying to emulate most of this simple software so I can build better tools in Smalltalk: http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/sw/propeller/Parallax-Serial-Ter...
I am using Cuis 3.3 under Win XP and/or Vista but am willing to use any VM, .dll, or package to get started. Thanks.
Hi Kirk,
This may turn out to be a complicated question, so I am copying the squeak-dev list also.
Since you are starting with a Cuis image, you will want to add the class SerialPort from a Squeak image (probably you can just file it out from Squeak, and file it in to Cuis). This will give you the basic access to COM ports from your image. I think (but I'm not certain) that any of the usual VMs (standard VM or Cog) will have the necessary support for using SerialPort on Windows.
I think that on Windows using USB serial ports is a matter of mapping the serial ports to something that looks like e.g. COM3:, but I am not a windows user so I don't know the specifics. Probably someone on the squeak-dev list will be able to give some advice.
HTH, Dave