Bidirectional Aux Port (again)

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   Several months ago you had helped me with a script to accept data via the serial port on the pc, much like a aux port on an adds 4000 by using a second session connected to the serial port.  That has worked out great!.  My only problem is that sometimes the users forget to start the �scanner� session, and things get messed up.  I was wondering if there is any way from a BASIC program, - or whatever � to automatically start that session if it is not already open.  Meaning my program would check for this session before running the script to send and receive data from the PC serial port.

Any help would be great!

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anonymous Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: January 15 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 46	Post Options Post Reply Quote anonymous Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Bidirectional Aux Port (again) Posted: February 09 2004 at 3:40am
	Several months ago you had helped me with a script to accept data via the serial port on the pc, much like a aux port on an adds 4000 by using a second session connected to the serial port. That has worked out great!. My only problem is that sometimes the users forget to start the �scanner� session, and things get messed up. I was wondering if there is any way from a BASIC program, - or whatever � to automatically start that session if it is not already open. Meaning my program would check for this session before running the script to send and receive data from the PC serial port. Any help would be great!

PSchellenbach Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Moderator Joined: December 15 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2150	Post Options Post Reply Quote PSchellenbach Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 09 2004 at 3:45am
	You can modify the BIDIRECT.ATSC script automatically open the scanner session if its not already open. For example, before the check for 'Sessions.Count = 2', add this line: If Sessions.Count = 1 Then Sessions.Add "scanner.atcf" (that is all on a single line). Change "scanner.atcf" to the name of the session you use for the scanner port. Thanks, Pete