Serial communication?

[MickGyver]

I'm trying to use the serial port but I get a syntax error for the OpenSerial command. Am I missing something obvious here?

OpenSerial "serial.device",0,9600,0

(Documentation: OpenSerial device$,unit#,baud,io_serflags)

[Daedalus]

Despite the documentation appearing to show otherwise, OpenSerial is a function and so needs brackets and a return value:

succ.l = OpenSerial("serial.device",0,9600,0)

That should do it...

[Twiggy]

I assume this is the sort of thing that's fixed in that Blitz Basic project? http://ubb.plus/

[Daedalus]

Sadly not. There are lots of fixes in that document, but both the AB3 documentation and the UBB Plus manual retained the error from the original documentation of omitting the brackets. They do say that it's a function however, which in Blitz terms means it must have brackets if it has arguments, but it should be clearer.

[MickGyver]

Originally Posted by Daedalus

Despite the documentation appearing to show otherwise, OpenSerial is a function and so needs brackets and a return value:

succ.l = OpenSerial("serial.device",0,9600,0)

That should do it...

That did it indeed. I tried the brackets but it also needed the return variable. Thanks a lot!