Serial Communication with an I/O board (New user)

[Martin Koob]

Hi Curry

Thanks.  I thought this would be cool to play around with one day but I would never remember where I saw it.  This will help an old brain.

It would make also make a good LiveCode Lesson.  Once Alex figures it all out and has it all working they can document the process and submit it as a LiveCode Lesson and thereby gain instant fame and fortune ... well at least the gratitude of those who follow afterward… maybe even themselves  (see more in my next email “Communication with future you with a message board”.)

Martin

> On Dec 22, 2021, at 6:29 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Good topic; probably deserves a relevant subject line! :)
> (Easier to notice, both live and in the Archive.)
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Curry Kenworthy
> 
> Custom Software Development
> "Better Methods, Better Results"
> Christian LiveCode Training and Consulting
> http://livecodeconsulting.com/
> 
> ===
> 
> Alex:
> 
> > the project has to be able to communicate with an I/O board (Numato 16 channel USB GPIO Module for example) from a Windows Standalone application.
> 
> Sean:
> 
>> Once you've installed the driver for your adapter on Win10, go to the
>> Device Manager, Ports and find out what COM port it's linked to (eg, COM2).
>> Now in LiveCode, you don't need to know the driver name to write to. Just
>> use the command:
>>        open driver "COM2:" for write
>> This sets the plane for communication. Next, you need to set up the
>> settings, eg:
>>        set the serialControlString to "BAUD=9600 PARITY=N DATA=8 STOP=1"
>> These are actually the default settings, so do nothing if these are the
>> settings you want.
>> Now you just need to know the commands to send.
>> https://numato.com/docs/16-channel-usb-relay-module/#the-command-set-20
>>        write "readall" & return to driver "COM2:"
>>        read from driver "COM2:" for 4 -- ie, 4 characters
>> The read command immediately after the write allows it to accept the
>> response from the GPIO, in this example, for 4 characters in length (to
>> receive the 4 hex characters like 16AF)
>> And that's it pretty much. It's super easy and fun. With Wifi modules you
>> can use any device to communicate with them. We used iPad mini's which made
>> it super flexible.
>> Let us all know if you run into any issues and need help.
>> All the best
>> Sean Cole
>> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
> 
> 
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