Re: Serial ports

Mark Hobley ha scritto:

Most PCs support more than one serial port at controller level. It is probable that your computer has more than one serial port connector on the motherboard, even though only one is connected to the outer case. Even if there is only one connector on the motherboard, the controller chip is designed for more than one.


You're right, but the control panel of Windows XP tells me I have only COM1 (the one connected to the outer case). So I assume my motherboard has only one serial.


You could either ask a question during installation, as to which ports to use with this application, or you could examine the line statuses to determine which ports have devices attached.


I'm sorry if I compare Windows and Linux, but I need to rewrite software from there. In my applications I have a combo box which shows the available serial ports. For example I can add 4 USB-RS232 converter and obviously Windows (and therefore my application) will show up them.

I want to do the same thing in Linux, no matter what the user know about the system. He want to see which are the available serial ports.

Thanks again
Marco
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