SerialPort

Establish a connection to a serial port, which allows you to communicate over a serial interface.

This node initializes the serial port interface. You can connect the output to a Read node to read data from the serial port, or a Write node to write data to the serial port.

Inputs

Port (Type: string)

The identifier of the serial port (COM1, COM2, etc.).

Baudrate (Type: UInt32)

The baudrate of the serial port (9600, 14400, 19200, etc.).

ByteSize (Type: UInt32)

The number of bits in the bytes transmitted and received (4 - 8).

Parity (Type: string)

The parity (No, Odd, Even, Mark or Space).

StopBits (Type: string)

The number of stop bits (One, OnePointFive or Two).

ReadTimeout (Type: UInt32)

The read timeout in milliseconds (0: polling, > 0: use the timeout for read operations).

Outputs

SerialPort (Type: SerialPort)

An instance of the serial port.

Comments

The output of the SerialPort node is usually connected to Read or Write nodes, in order to read from or write to the serial port, respectively.

Since establishing a connection to a serial port is often an operation with a somewhat global character, the SerialPort node is sometimes put into the pipeline globals or the system globals.