Mega Code Archive
SerialPort Class represents a serial port resource
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using System;
using System.IO.Ports;
using System.Threading;
public class PortChat
{
static bool _continue;
static SerialPort _serialPort;
public static void Main()
{
string name;
string message;
StringComparer stringComparer = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase;
Thread readThread = new Thread(Read);
_serialPort = new SerialPort();
_serialPort.ReadTimeout = 500;
_serialPort.WriteTimeout = 500;
_serialPort.Open();
_continue = true;
readThread.Start();
Console.Write("Name: ");
name = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Type QUIT to exit");
while (_continue)
{
message = Console.ReadLine();
if (stringComparer.Equals("quit", message))
{
_continue = false;
}
else
{
_serialPort.WriteLine(
String.Format("<{0}>: {1}", name, message) );
}
}
readThread.Join();
_serialPort.Close();
}
public static void Read()
{
while (_continue)
{
try
{
string message = _serialPort.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(message);
}
catch (TimeoutException) { }
}
}
}
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