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serialread

Read characters from serial port

Calling Sequence

str = serialread(handle, limit, binary)

Arguments

handle

number, handle to open serial port.

limit

number, optional, number of characters to read.

binary

boolean, optional, default %f, return array of int8 instead of string.

Description

Low level procedure.

Read characters from serial port.

Return read characters as a string or as array of bytes.

Examples

h = serialopen('/dev/ttyS0', 19200, 'N', 8, 1)
serialwrite('*idn?')
serialwrite(ascii(10))
sleep(100)
disp(serialread(h))
serialclose(h)

See Also. Low level functions:

High level functions:

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