blu@millipore.uucp (Brian Utterback) (11/18/89)
I need an XCMD or XFCN that will help me talk to a printer port from Hypercard. I have an application similar to one discussed recently. I want to send commands to a device attached to a printer port and log the responses to these commands. In addition, I want to log any unsolicited messages from the device. I guess I want to be able to send data to a serial port and have incoming data buffered and invoke a handler of some type. Anyone got something like this? Brian Utterback, Millipore Corporation, 75G Wiggins Ave., Bedford Ma. 01730 UUCP:: uunet!merk!millipore!blu Work:617-275-9200x8245, Home:603-891-2536 -- Brian Utterback, Millipore Corporation, 75G Wiggins Ave., Bedford Ma. 01730 UUCP:: uunet!merk!millipore!blu Work:617-275-9200x8245, Home:603-891-2536
tom@wcc.oz (Tom Evans) (11/21/89)
In article <1989Nov17.215026.6885@millipore.uucp>, blu@millipore.uucp (Brian Utterback) writes: > I need an XCMD or XFCN that will help me talk to a printer port from > Hypercard. Get on to APDA. There's a disk called "HyperCard Serial Communications Toolkit V2.5" It's good, but naturally very slow to drive from HyperCard scripts. It's just what you want: EXCEPT..... There's no CLOSE on the serial port that you can call to drop the modem signals. I used another XCMD (SendSerial by Ken D. at Apple) to close the port. If I leave DTR up in my application the box I'm controlling won't go away and do what it's meant to. I got SendSerial off the "HyperCard Developers Package v1.0b1". --------- Tom Evans tom@wcc.oz.au | Webster Computer Corp P/L | "The concept of my 1270 Ferntree Gully Rd | existence is an Scoresby VIC 3179 Australia | approximation" Australia | 61-3-764-1100 FAX ...764-1179 | D. Conway