Delphi Xe5 Serial Communication Port
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Hi I have the need to find the Baud rate and other settings for a serial port, Looking about on the web, it looks like I should be using GetCommConfig, This returns a TCommConfig record with what I assume is the data I need. The problem is the function I wote returns the wrong values.
The code below looks like it is working, but the baud rate is always 1200, which looking in windows device manager (and altering port settings), is wrong.
I have tried calling it like so:
the first 4 are valid but return 1200 and the 5th is invalid and returns 0
Stepping through the code, the first 4 always hit the line Result := CommConfig;, so the GetCommConfig is retuning a valid code, so I must be missing something.
I have tryed verious other things, such as setting the length of the dcb record, but all have the same result, as baud of 1200.
Does anyone know where I am going wrong?
Mike2 Answers
Delphi Xe5 Serial Communication Port Authority
The baud rate and other settings for a serial port, are set when the serial port is opened.I think you are reading default values.
It turns out I was using the wrong function, I should have been using GetDefaultCommConfig and not the GetCommConfig that I was using.
By the look if it, and please correct me if I am wrong, GetDefaultCommConfig returns the settings from windows and GetCommConfig returns the settings of the open connection to the port, writefile opens the port up as it see fit (ignoring the default settings), which is where the 1200 baud rate was coming from.
If this helps anyone in the future, here is the function I came up with.
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