Class SerialPortControl

java.lang.Object
  SerialPortControl

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.EventListener, java.lang.Runnable, javax.comm.SerialPortEventListener

public class SerialPortControl

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Runnable, javax.comm.SerialPortEventListener

Class declaration

Constructor Summary

SerialPortControl(javax.comm.CommPortIdentifier commPort)
Constructor declaration

Method Summary

void	clearStream() This clears the input serial port input stream.
byte[]	getResponsePacket() This returns the response packet from the OCU to you.
void	run() Method declaration
void	sendCommand(byte[] packet) Sends a packet of bytes over a serial port.
void	serialEvent(javax.comm.SerialPortEvent event) Method declaration

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SerialPortControl

public SerialPortControl(javax.comm.CommPortIdentifier commPort)

Constructor declaration

Parameters:

commPort - A commPort object. This specifies what comm port you will use. See the JavaDoc for the commAPI for details on the commPort object.

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Method declaration

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

serialEvent

public void serialEvent(javax.comm.SerialPortEvent event)

Method declaration

Specified by:

serialEvent in interface javax.comm.SerialPortEventListener

Parameters:

event - A serial port event

See Also:

the JavaDoc for the Java CommAPI

sendCommand

public void sendCommand(byte[] packet)

Sends a packet of bytes over a serial port.

Parameters:

packet - This is the command packet to be sent to the VGTV OCU.

getResponsePacket

public byte[] getResponsePacket()

This returns the response packet from the OCU to you.

Returns:

This byte array is the response packet. Give it to decodeResponsePacket() in CPC.

clearStream

public void clearStream()

This clears the input serial port input stream. I use this to clear incomplete data from the buffer.