> today i got a call from a customer. He is using a special (programmable) > keyboard, which is connected via v.24 interface directly to a barcode > printer. the keyboard runs a 12 line basic program, which waits for an input > from the keybord. This input then is sent with severeal controlcodes via V.24 > to the printer. Now the keyboard is broken and it takes about 12 weeks > before the new one arrives here. > > So my question is, how complicated is it to write some code in rev to > communicate with the V.24 interface to sent the data from the rev app?
If you can know the control codes and can connect to the printer using a serial interface, then you can configure the serial port, open it and send commands. Check out my serial test stack for some ideas on getting started: <http://www.troz.net/rev/stacks/SerialTest.rev>. HTH, Sarah _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
