From: Dossy <dossy@...>
Date: 2003-01-07T06:26:03+09:00
Subject: Re: WIN32 Serial Port

On 2003.01.07, Dossy <dossy@panoptic.com> wrote:
> On 2003.01.07, Dossy <dossy@panoptic.com> wrote:
> > On 2003.01.07, Travis Whitton <whitton@atlantic.net> wrote:
> > > Is it possible to access the serial port using ruby on windows? If so,
> > > where can I find some example code on doing so?
> > 
> > File.open("COM1:") { |io|
> 
> Oops, slight omission:
> 
> File.open("COM1:", "r+") { |io|
> 
> >     io.puts "ATDT5551212"
> >     puts io.readline
> > }

Should have tested this before I sent it to the list.  It doesn't seem
to work under WinXP ... not sure why, though.

-- Dossy

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