Instrument Control Toolbox

The Serial Port Object Display

The serial port object provides you with a convenient display that summarizes important configuration and state information. You can invoke the display summary these three ways:

• Type the serial port object variable name at the command line.
• Exclude the semicolon when creating a serial port object.
• Exclude the semicolon when configuring properties using the dot notation.

You can also display summary information via the Workspace browser by right-clicking an instrument object and selecting Explore -> Display Summary from the context menu.

The display summary for the serial port object s is given below.

• Serial Port Object : Serial-COM1
  
  Communication Settings 
     Port:               COM1
     BaudRate:           9600
     Terminator:         'LF'
  
  Communication State 
     Status:             closed
     RecordStatus:       off
  
  Read/Write State  
     TransferStatus:     idle
     BytesAvailable:     0
     ValuesReceived:     0
     ValuesSent:         0
  

Creating a Serial Port Object

Configuring Communication Settings