From: Casimiro, Daniel C CIV NUWC NWPT (daniel.casimiro_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-01 15:51:11
> Is there a boost library available for serial communications (com
port)? I could not find one based on the descriptions
> on the boost libraries page.
Boost::ASIO 1.1.1 supports serial ports. From the announcement,
The major new features in this release are:
* Support for serial ports.
New classes have been included for creating and manipulating serial
ports in a portable manner. For example, a serial port may be opened
using:
serial_port port(my_io_service, name);
where name is something like "COM1" on Windows, and "/dev/ttyS0" on
POSIX platforms. Once opened the serial port may be used as a stream
(meaning you can use the free functions such as read(), write(),
etc.)
The serial port implementation also includes option classes for
configuring the port: baud_rate, flow_control, parity, stop_bits and
character_size.
Thanks go to Rep Invariant Systems, Inc. for contributing the
initial implementation which was integrated into asio to provide
this facility.
Boost::ASIO 1.1.1 is a development version (boost 1.35.0 ships ASIO
1.0.0)
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=122478&package_id=
134200&release_id=610981
~Dan