Communication between the PC and laboratory instruments.
In this paper we describe communications between a personal computer and any instrument with a serial port for the purpose of collecting data or controlling equipment and a program for performing this task. From a user-defined file, the software reads the communication parameters: baud rate, data bits, stop bits and parity. The communication protocol is also read: echo, acknowledge and end-of-transmission characters. The software can be used to determine the protocol, to check the integrity of the communications, and can form the basis of a program for more specific applications.
Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505.
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MF
Petrini
T M
TM
Dwyer
M A
MA
Wall
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JK
Mansel
J R
JR
Norman
D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D007753:Laboratories; D008838:Microcomputers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design