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Finding out name of device connected via serial port
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04/04/2008 14:35:49
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
ActiveX controls in VFP
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
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Thread ID:
01308275
Message ID:
01308318
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>Yes, that occured to me as well.
>I still don't have that device (it's POS terminal) so I can't try.
>
>Since that device has USB port and maybe it is connected to PC also on USB port, is MSCOMM32 control also usable in that case?
>
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>>>>>Is there any way I can find out name of device connected via serial port using mscomm32?
>>>>
>>>>I doubt it.
>>>
>>>Any other method maybe?
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>>I doubt it, because that meant that ALL devices connected through RS232 port should have the SAME identity function. That is not an USB.
>>But the connection parameter could vary from device to device and that makes identifying the device almost impossible.
>>One thing you could do, send an identifying string (if you have one) to the device and if you didn't get a proper answering that means that device connected is NOT the device you expect.

No, but if it is a USB device it has to have and SDK that comes with it.
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
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