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Class BBSerialPort

Encapsulates a Brainboxes Serial Port, communicates over TCP rather than using the Com port API, this means no drivers are required to be installed on the computer

Assembly: Brainboxes.IO.dll​
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Declaration
public class BBSerialPort : Device<IConnection, ISerialProtocol>, IDevice<IConnection, ISerialProtocol>, IDisposable

Inheritance: System.Object -> Brainboxes.IO.Device<Brainboxes.IO.IConnection,Brainboxes.IO.ISerialProtocol>

Implements:
Brainboxes.IO.IDevice<Brainboxes.IO.IConnection,Brainboxes.IO.ISerialProtocol>, System.IDisposable

Properties​

DataAvailable​

Indicates whether data is available, can be 0, for no data, 1 for 1 or more bytes, or a number representing the precise number of bytes

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Declaration
public int DataAvailable { get; }

Fields​

BBSerialPortType​

The type of Serial port either RS232 or RS422/485

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Declaration
public readonly BBSerialPortType BBSerialPortType

PortNumber​

The port number of the device

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Declaration
public readonly int PortNumber

Methods​

Send(string)​

Transmit data to the serial port

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Declaration
public void Send(string data)
Parameters​
TypeName
System.Stringdata

Receive()​

Receive data from the serial port

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Declaration
public string Receive()
Returns​

System.String

Implements​

  • Brainboxes.IO.IDevice<Brainboxes.IO.IConnection,Brainboxes.IO.ISerialProtocol>
  • System.IDisposable