Serial Open

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Opens a serial port.

Action available for the following operating systems:

Parameters

• Serial Port <unquoted string> - The name of the port that user wants to open. Typically its a Com Port, and user could choose from pre-defined Com Ports from Com0 to Com13. It's also possible defined a port dynamically by choosing option dynamic for this parameter. In Win32 (Desktop/Mobile/CE) if this value is negative it will refer to a LPT port. In Android it DeviceString is not specified it will try to find a port on the system with a number matching this specified number, but in you should always use DeviceString parameter in Android.

• Baud Rate <numeric> - The baud rate for the serial port that user wants to open. There are several pre-defined values for this parameter. For more information, see the notes.

• Data Bits <unquoted string> - The number of data bits transmitted throw the serial port. The possible values for this parameter are: 7 bits, 8 bits or dynamic.

• Stop Bits <unquoted string> - The number of stop bits in the serial port. The possible values for this parameter are: 1 bit, 2 bits or dynamic.

• Parity <unquoted string> - The parity of bits in the serial port. The possible values for this parameter are: None, Even, Odd or dynamic.

• Timeout <numeric> - The timeout in milliseconds defined for this serial port.

• Tries <numeric> - The number of tries defined for this serial port.

• Device String <string> - The name of the device string specifying the serial port to open. Leave empty for system default in Windows. For example "BT1:" in Windows or "/dev/ttyS1" in Android.

The pre-defined values for the Baud Rate are: 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, 19200, 38400, 56000, 57600, 115200 and 128000.

If Device String value is specified, the actual number in Serial Port is ignored to open the port, but you must specify the same Serial Port in subsequent Serial ... actions called to use the same port opened in this action.

In Win10 for Bluetooth devices you can use Device String to specify the name of the Bluetooth device you want to connect to, specifying the COM port number for Bluetooth virtual COM port will not work.