Custom protocol or not, doesn't the API facilitate the ability to write your
raw data out the port? If your protocol involves say, a special STX
character
followed by a byte count and the data and a checksum, and maybe even an
end of text character you can still do this I think with the existing API.
Unless your special protocol requires some non-standard handshaking or
other special control of the handshaking lines, I would have to agree with
Rus. Don't re-invent the wheel if most of what you need is already there.
Then again, I don't know all the details and could be talking rubbish.
John
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Maybe but I CAN'T use the API because I need to write to the serial
port using a custom protocol...
"Nesse, Rustin" wrote:
> Use the API. Unless you REALLY want to write Motorola 68K assembly
> or something...or you want to borrow the database of an external
> application that writes data to the serial port, and make your users
> switch applications every few minutes to send data out.
>
> The API is there, and it's much easier than either of those two
> methods.
>
> -Rus
>
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> >From: Patrick Ouellet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> >
> >
> >Is it possible to access the Palm serial port without using API.
> >
> >If yes can you give me a hint on how??
> >
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