Hi,

The following link is to download the ConsoleDisplayCommunication.zip file.

http://www.lcdforums.com/download/CodeSamples/ConsoleDisplayCommunication.zip

Inside of it are two files:
1. ConsoleDisplayCommunication.exe // Executable
2. ConsoleDisplayCommunication.c // Source code

This ...

hi,

Hi, Sidereal,

....
I did dabble in serial stuff 30 years ago and I have the scars to prove it.
...

Cheers. Hope your COM3 troubles clear up.

Steve
steve@edmicro.com

yup - 20 years for me - and still struggling with SIOs :-?

post mortem: i'm pretty sure W98 has troubles with SOME uses ...

Thanks, Steve.

i found a free serial library at codeproject.com:

http://www.codeproject.com/system/serial.asp

...which sounds functionally similar to the library you are evaluating.

i'm still having problems with the serial library (above), and some W32 code posted by Matrix in another post ...

...more info about the above complaint:

it dies in the first line of communicateWithDisplay - in particular:

hWriteThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, writeToDisplayThread, NULL, 0, NULL); // executes the writeToDisplayThread

NULL status is returned, program exits.

(which is different behavior from ...

running the .exe on my W98 system...

i specify com3 - it opens the port, displays the help text, then promplty closes the port right away.

...before i can do anything....

yes, the LK202-24-USB is plugged in, and i can see it as COM3 under the device manager.

hi,

Basically the way the USB devices operate is the same way that serial (com port) devices work. Using the appropriate libraries to access the essential com port is your first step. Since we use a virtual com port, you would use the library to access com port 3 instead of 4, or wherever your USB ...