RE: [PHP] Com Port Access - Take 2
| From: | Chris Aitken | Date: | Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:34:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Com Port Access - Take 2 | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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At 07:55 AM 18/10/2000, you wrote:
(1) the easy way You have a commandline tool to control the device on serialport, then you can simply use PHP's popen()-function (http://au.php.net:81/manual/function.popen.php).Okay, now my problem is, I dont know what applications I need to install on my unix box to have console access to the serial port. I have used Minicom to access it, but minicom is unable to be launched by popen() because its not command line. Do you, or anyone else have any suggestions of a good tool to use that works well with php so I can access the serial port ? --
Chris Aitken - Webmaster/Database Designer - IDEAL Internetemail: chris@ideal.net.au phone: +61 2 4628 8888 fax: +61 2 4628 8890
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