From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 8 12:38:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from norquay.cal.shaw.wave.ca (norquay.cal.shaw.wave.ca [139.142.2.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C6F915320 for ; Sat, 8 May 1999 12:38:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grifter@shaw.wave.ca) Received: from P133 ([24.64.95.189]) by norquay.cal.shaw.wave.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with SMTP id AAA2625 for ; Sat, 8 May 1999 13:32:18 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19990508133705.006c1618@mail.cal.shaw.wave.ca> X-Sender: grifter@mail.cal.shaw.wave.ca X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 13:37:05 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Grifter" Subject: comport usage Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi im kinda new to FreeBSD and im looking for a way to talk to a basic stamp via the comport. A basic stamp is a small microprocesser that i have connected to my home win machine and can send commands. In my case i have connected this chip to a remote control car and by sending data through the comport at 2400BPS i can navigate the car. I used to run linux and had the car working (not verywell but working). Anyway im looking for a way to access the comports at 2400BPS from a perl appliction i have written to allow the car to be driven from the net. i have read that i can open the comport like a file but how do i set parity,baudrate, stopbits, startbits etc.... Are there any examples that i could look at or any help files i can use? or hell just someone out there willing to help? Anyhelp would be great. - todd Anderson (grifter) ps are there any webcams that would work well with FreeBSD i would like to see video of what the car sees and i cant find drivers for the hardware i have now. Currently i just have 2 still image devises. a grabit and a snappy. and some small 1 inch by 1 inch color videocameras. I already know of a way to transmit the video data back to the computer i just need a way to save still images. from there a simple server push image loading system on a webpage would offer a really cool heads up view. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message