RE: Win32::Commport, SerialPort stopbits woes

> I'm aiming to get my PocketPC to talk to a Dallas one-wire network.
> However, I'm failing at the first hurdle: getting serial
> communications working under PerlCE. I don't seem to be able to change
> the number of stop bits.
> 
> I have Rainer's 5.6 build of Perl with Win32::API, with Nick Peskett's
> Win32::Commport and Serialport (from this site) and various other
> ActiveState 5.6 libraries as required. It's running on a 3870 Ipaq,
> PocketPC 2002.
> 
> The serial port opens fine, but when I try:
> 
> $PortObj->stopbits(1);
> 
> I get "Could not set stopbits on COM1:". Turning $Babble on in
> Commport.pm tells me that the $CP_SettableParams = 0x7f (so stop bits
> should be settable) but $CP_SettableStopParity = 0x700 (so it does not
> appear that the device supports any stop bits settings [other than
> zero, which is what it starts up with]).

I remember some strange behavior of the IPAQ serial port driver..
Try ignoring the error and/or change the masks.


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