/* Goserial is a simple go package to allow you to read and write from the serial port as a stream of bytes. It aims to have the same API on all platforms, including windows. As an added bonus, the windows package does not use cgo, so you can cross compile for windows from another platform. Unfortunately goinstall does not currently let you cross compile so you will have to do it manually: GOOS=windows make clean install Currently there is very little in the way of configurability. You can set the baud rate. Then you can Read(), Write(), or Close() the connection. Read() will block until at least one byte is returned. Write is the same. There is currently no exposed way to set the timeouts, though patches are welcome. Currently all ports are opened with 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, no hardware flow control, and no software flow control. This works fine for many real devices and many faux serial devices including usb-to-serial converters and bluetooth serial ports. You may Read() and Write() simulantiously on the same connection (from different goroutines). Example usage: package main import ( "github.com/tarm/serial" "log" ) func main() { c := &serial.Config{Name: "COM5", Baud: 115200} s, err := serial.OpenPort(c) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } n, err := s.Write([]byte("test")) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } buf := make([]byte, 128) n, err = s.Read(buf) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } log.Print("%q", buf[:n]) } */ package serial import ( "errors" "time" ) const DefaultSize = 8 // Default value for Config.Size type StopBits byte type Parity byte const ( Stop1 StopBits = 1 Stop1Half StopBits = 15 Stop2 StopBits = 2 ) const ( ParityNone Parity = 'N' ParityOdd Parity = 'O' ParityEven Parity = 'E' ParityMark Parity = 'M' // parity bit is always 1 ParitySpace Parity = 'S' // parity bit is always 0 ) // Config contains the information needed to open a serial port. // // Currently few options are implemented, but more may be added in the // future (patches welcome), so it is recommended that you create a // new config addressing the fields by name rather than by order. // // For example: // // c0 := &serial.Config{Name: "COM45", Baud: 115200, ReadTimeout: time.Millisecond * 500} // or // c1 := new(serial.Config) // c1.Name = "/dev/tty.usbserial" // c1.Baud = 115200 // c1.ReadTimeout = time.Millisecond * 500 // type Config struct { Name string Baud int ReadTimeout time.Duration // Total timeout // Size is the number of data bits. If 0, DefaultSize is used. Size byte // Parity is the bit to use and defaults to ParityNone (no parity bit). Parity Parity // Number of stop bits to use. Default is 1 (1 stop bit). StopBits StopBits // RTSFlowControl bool // DTRFlowControl bool // XONFlowControl bool // CRLFTranslate bool } // ErrBadSize is returned if Size is not supported. var ErrBadSize error = errors.New("unsupported serial data size") // ErrBadStopBits is returned if the specified StopBits setting not supported. var ErrBadStopBits error = errors.New("unsupported stop bit setting") // ErrBadParity is returned if the parity is not supported. var ErrBadParity error = errors.New("unsupported parity setting") // OpenPort opens a serial port with the specified configuration func OpenPort(c *Config) (*Port, error) { size, par, stop := c.Size, c.Parity, c.StopBits if size == 0 { size = DefaultSize } if par == 0 { par = ParityNone } if stop == 0 { stop = Stop1 } return openPort(c.Name, c.Baud, size, par, stop, c.ReadTimeout) } // Converts the timeout values for Linux / POSIX systems func posixTimeoutValues(readTimeout time.Duration) (vmin uint8, vtime uint8) { const MAXUINT8 = 1<<8 - 1 // 255 // set blocking / non-blocking read var minBytesToRead uint8 = 1 var readTimeoutInDeci int64 if readTimeout > 0 { // EOF on zero read minBytesToRead = 0 // convert timeout to deciseconds as expected by VTIME readTimeoutInDeci = (readTimeout.Nanoseconds() / 1e6 / 100) // capping the timeout if readTimeoutInDeci < 1 { // min possible timeout 1 Deciseconds (0.1s) readTimeoutInDeci = 1 } else if readTimeoutInDeci > MAXUINT8 { // max possible timeout is 255 deciseconds (25.5s) readTimeoutInDeci = MAXUINT8 } } return minBytesToRead, uint8(readTimeoutInDeci) } // func SendBreak() // func RegisterBreakHandler(func())