Re: Sending test to COM1 under win98 from Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg21043] Re: Sending test to COM1 under win98 from Mathematica
- From: dlkeith at my-deja.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:51:10 -0500 (EST)
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Is there a way to read and write to a com port under Mathematica 4.0/NT4? In article <80as60$iss at smc.vnet.net>, Eckhard Hennig <hennig at itwm.uni-kl.de> wrote: > > Barthelet, Luc schrieb in Nachricht <803aj6$aos at smc.vnet.net>... > > > >I connected a plotter to my PC under Win98. It works fine, and I would like > >to send strings I built with Mathematica to the plotter to control it. > >I know how to built the string with all the commands, but how to send the > >string to COM1 or LPT1 under Mathematica? > > You can use OpenWrite and Write as follows. > > plotter = OpenWrite["lpt1:"] > Write[plotter, "blabla"] > Close[plotter] > > Note that you will have to do some extra formatting to prevent the output > from being enclosed in string quotes. > > -- Eckhard > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Dipl.-Ing. Eckhard Hennig mailto:hennig at itwm.uni-kl.de > Institut fuer Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik e.V. (ITWM) > Erwin-Schroedinger-Strasse, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany > Voice: +49-(0)631-205-3126 Fax: +49-(0)631-205-4139 > http://www.itwm.uni-kl.de/as/employees/hennig.html > > ITWM - Makers of Analog Insydes for Mathematica > http://www.itwm.uni-kl.de/as/products/ai > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.