To: VEE Reflector
From: Peter Fender pmfa@eci-esyst.com
Subj: Serial Port Baud Rate
Date: 24 Mar 1997
Hello,
I have a test setup where I will be communicating with two devices
through one serial port and a manual A/B switch.
One device operates at 19200 baud, and the second at 9600 baud.
The first device sends a status string after it is turned on that
I wish to read in VEE.
How do I be sure the serial port is set to the right baud rate so that
it will accept and buffer the data ?
Do I need to transmit one character to the port so the baud rate is correct ?
Does transmitting a charater via Direct I/O always set the baud rate
defined for that instrument ?
Are there any other ways that VEE sets the baud rate for the port ?
Are there any other complications to this type of setup that someone
has discovered before ?
(It is not practical to add another serial port to the computer.)
A second unrelated question: How does VEE know what time zone I am
in ? My Print Screens have EST (Eastern Standard Time) on the top with
the timestamp, but I cannot find any entries in v.ini or win.ini that would
indicate the time zone.
I am using VEE 3.12 for Windows, with Windows 3.1.
Thanks in advance, Peter
Peter Fender
Raytheon E-Systems, Inc.
PO Box 12248
St. Petersburg, FL 33733
pmfa@eci-esyst.com
From: Peter Fender pmfa@eci-esyst.com
Subj: Serial Port Baud Rate
Date: 24 Mar 1997
Hello,
I have a test setup where I will be communicating with two devices
through one serial port and a manual A/B switch.
One device operates at 19200 baud, and the second at 9600 baud.
The first device sends a status string after it is turned on that
I wish to read in VEE.
How do I be sure the serial port is set to the right baud rate so that
it will accept and buffer the data ?
Do I need to transmit one character to the port so the baud rate is correct ?
Does transmitting a charater via Direct I/O always set the baud rate
defined for that instrument ?
Are there any other ways that VEE sets the baud rate for the port ?
Are there any other complications to this type of setup that someone
has discovered before ?
(It is not practical to add another serial port to the computer.)
A second unrelated question: How does VEE know what time zone I am
in ? My Print Screens have EST (Eastern Standard Time) on the top with
the timestamp, but I cannot find any entries in v.ini or win.ini that would
indicate the time zone.
I am using VEE 3.12 for Windows, with Windows 3.1.
Thanks in advance, Peter
Peter Fender
Raytheon E-Systems, Inc.
PO Box 12248
St. Petersburg, FL 33733
pmfa@eci-esyst.com