From: Thomas Beckett <thomas.beckett@...>
Date: 2006-08-30T19:38:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Does Ruby have support for serial connections - RS232??

On 8/30/06, Chris Finch <christopher.finch@nuth.nhs.uk> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I would love to stick to Ruby with this problem - but is it possible in
> Ruby to interface with a device through a RS232 serial connection?
>
> I want to connect my Windows XP computer with a medical device through
> RS232 - get data from the device and send it messages.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated,
> Chris
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

ruby-serialport might be what you are looking for:

http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-serialport/

Tom