There is an entirely different code path/implementation for serial IO under
windows versus Linux, so it's entirely possible that a problem has crept in
for Windows.  I don't have a good way to test it here though.

Curt.


On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 4:47 PM, ThorstenB wrote:

> On 07.03.2011 22:49, Roberto Inzerillo wrote:
> > I'm getting results with Arduino and FGFS, at least in a Linux
> > environment, that's good. But I will just shortly mention there's
> > something broken in the Windows binaries.
> You mentioned using "\n" as a line separator in an earlier email. One
> common source of trouble when moving between Windows and Linux (or Mac)
> are line feed issues. Maybe the fgfs parser is confused by the encoding
> it gets from your port/driver. Windows uses "CR LF" (\r\n) as a line
> feed, Linux/Mac uses "LF" only (\n). A serial port can be configured to
> convert the line feed encoding, i.e. Linux may convert "CR LF" to "LF",
> a Windows driver may do the opposite. I remember configuring (disabling)
> this auto-conversion property for a serial port years ago - when I used
> python for an RS232 interface on Windows and Linux. fgfs probably
> expects "\n" only - even when running on Windows. Just an idea. Other
> than that: I have no idea... ;-)
>
> cheers,
> Thorsten
>
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