Serial port on WinCE

[ralfw]

In eager anticipation of Rebol 3 I decided to familiiarise myself better with Rebol.
(I have been playing with Rebol on and off for a while).
While exploring PDA capabilities I installed Rebol Core 2.5.0.15.5  (ARM) on a WinCE 4.2 equipped GPS device.

On attempting to open a serial port to read (integrated SIRF III) GPS data I consistently get the 'Cannot open com1' exception. After reading all available posts and trying different open command variations I make no progress.

Has anyone had success with this particular Rebol implementation in regards to opening a serial port?
btw. system/ports/serial reports: == [com1 com2]

I ask this question because I was successful in running a Java/EWE application which also reads GPS data via the serial port. As I am not too familiar with Java either here is the program (including source - very helpful to understand GPS issues) that I am using:
http://courselog.free.fr/ 
- in case someone wants to investigate how the java program can open the port and read the data.

The application reads from com1 and seems to be able to read the data no matter what speed I set (2400 .. 57600) in the option dialog.

This somehow indicates to me that the solution is within the reaches of Rebol rather than being a hardware or wrong port issue.

Would be great if someone could shed some light on this issue.

[PeterWood]

Hi RalfW

Welcome of the world of Rebol.

There doesn't seem to have been any discussion on the Rebol Mailing List about accessing serial ports on WinCE. These old threads may, or maynot, help:

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/ml-topic-index.r?i=serial

It is a bit quiet here at the moment, probably as many of the regulars are busy with REBOL 3.

Peter

[ralfw]

Hi Peter,

thanks for welcoming me here.

I just wanted some 'proof of concept' that Rebol can do it - reality is that it will probably many more months, if not years, until an R3 for WinCE is ready for prime time. More 'sort of wishful thinking' on my side I guess.

I will wait patiently - I think it'll be worthwhile and I admire RT (Carl's) determination to get things right at the ground level ... taking the time it takes ... even though lots of people may be getting impatient...

Until R3 is ready I will dig into Java/EWE and use the mentioned software as a starting block for my GPS adventures.

Ralf

[PeterWood]

Ralf

Just don't get lost whilst waiting for Rebol 3 ;-)

Peter