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How to use wjwwood_serial?

HI everyone!

I am new to Linux and ROS and I used wjwwood_serial to connect my RS232. But after I finished installing it, I just don't know what should I do next...I don't know how to use it for recieving and sending datas from RS232.

I REALLY need HELP. THX!

best regard!

Asked by Allen_Feng on 2016-09-29 02:32:52 UTC

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So, how would you do this on Windows?

Asked by gvdhoorn on 2016-09-29 02:55:11 UTC

Also: depending on your preference, use-case and experience, I would suggest perhaps looking at Python for this. See this tutorial about pySerial fi. You'll be reading & writing to and from your serial port in 5 lines.

Asked by gvdhoorn on 2016-09-29 02:57:55 UTC

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