Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 10:33:37 -0800 (PST) From: Joss Roots <osiris2002@yahoo.com> To: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Patient Monitoring !! Message-ID: <19991109183337.12224.rocketmail@web118.yahoomail.com>
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Hi there, thanks for replying. Any example of how to do that. any pointer to URL is highly appreciated. I am ready to put some muscle, and possibly sweat :-), in this type of programming. any programs out there for interpreting such ASCII commands. any programs how to open serial port. I mean assuming that I wont need to write a driver, since most probably the data is coming raw, and very basic out of these serial ports, so how would I capture this. Any program headers for setting up the serial data communication is appreciated. thanks alot. --- Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net> wrote: > Hmm... never tried this, but maybe try to look > at the data > passed through the serial port in ASCII? > Possibly the > commands are in ASCII, so you would be able to > write a > driver without having the protocol, with some > patience to > look at how things are done. > > -- > Oren Sarig > sarig@bezeqint.net > > > I am not actually working in any of these > companies, nor > have ever heard > > anything about the equipment mentioned above. > However, I > can do some > > wild guessing about all this stuff. > > > > A serial port is a very generic interface for > transmitting > digital data, > > and this generic nature of it is it's power. > However, you > need to know > > /what/ to transmit and /when/ in order to > communicate with > something on > > the other end of this "interface." > > > > This knowledge of what to transmit and the > time to send > it, can be > > called a *protocol*. So, if HP or Marquette > give you or > somebody else > > the information about this protocol, it will > be relatively > easy to write > > simple programs for logging or even > displaying under > FreeBSD. > > > > Provided that this protocol is not some > valuable-secret of > HP or someone > > else, and it's what we call an _open_ > protocol, you can do > some > > interesting stuff with your FreeBSD. If that > is not true > (and there is > > no information on the communication protocol > used) you're > probably stuck > > with what your verdors provide you with. > > > > My apologies for my long and probably useless > posting. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the > body of the message > ===== MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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