Perhaps the thought is that COM port addressing has already been
deprecated in favor of tcp/ip addressing to wireless devices?
-Ryan
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> Thanks for the pointer Brett.
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> Seems a little odd that a "messaging system" would not be inclined to talk
> or at least listen to something as fundamental as a com port. Think of all
> the serial devices hanging off the end of PCs that need monitoring in real
> time. Given that I just "discovered" (thanks ddj) Rebol perhaps there is
> something I am missing?
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> > My understanding is you cannot access the com port directly from Rebol.
> > However, I used IPComserver a program by http://www.iox.co.za to
> > essentially give the Com port a tcp/ip port. Then I could use Rebol with
> > tcp/ip through IPComserver to talk to my device.
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> > Brett.
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