Task Net - Serial Send

The Serial send Task lets you communicate with a wide range of devices that uses COM port interface.

Connection group

Serial port

The COM port to connect to (e.g. COM1, COM2). The dropdown lists all COM ports detected on the VisualCron server. Default is COM1.

Baud rate

The communication speed in bits per second. Available options: 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200. Default is 9600.

Data bits

The number of data bits per byte. Valid range is 5–8. Default is 8.

Handshake

The flow-control protocol for serial port transmission. Options: None (default), XOnXOff, RequestToSend, RequestToSendXOnXOff.

Parity

The parity-checking protocol. Options: None (default), Odd, Even, Mark, Space.

Stop bits

The number of stop bits per byte. Options: None, One (default), Two, OnePointFive.

Send text group

New line

An optional newline character appended to the text before sending. Options: None (default), Cr (carriage return, used on Unix/Linux), CrLf (carriage return + line feed, used on Windows).

String to write

The text to send to the device over the serial connection.